Course Trainers
Grainne Martin
Grainne Martin runs an independent Recruitment Sales Training company, GMT Grainne Martin Training.
Eoin O Connor BL
Eoin is a practicing barrister, he was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2008 and the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2013. Eoin also lecturers in Law in Trinity College, Dublin where he is completing his doctorate.
Olivia Galvin
Olivia is a professional and personal development Coach, Mentor and Facilitator and the Director of Olivia Galvin Coaching - she has over 25 years' experience in the recruitment sector.
ERF Education Partner
Testimonials
Sparktel
I thoroughly enjoyed the ERF Cert in Recruitment Practice! It was very well-run, and I think every Recruiter should be required to sit the course to ensure they are working to best-practice. Even after 4 years in agency recruitment, I feel I have learned a lot from the course and would highly recommend.
Ciara Lawless - Recruitment Specialist, Sparktel, February 2021
Metis Recruit
I really enjoyed the course, and the lecturers were very informative and gave valuable advice. The content was practical and highly useful for me in my day-to-day job in the recruitment industry . I would recommend this course to people who are new to recruitment and those who are experienced recruiters.
Laura Jackson - Recruitment Officer, Metis Recruit, February 2021
Osborne
A must have certification for every Recruiter essential, practical information and “how-to” approaches in global, multi-national, diverse recruitment sales / marketing & EU legislation. I would highly recommend this training.
Yvette Simpson, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Osborne
Quality Assurance Committee
Brendan McGinty
Managing Partner of Stratis Consulting
Brendan is a leading expert in people strategy, employee relations, employment policy, change management and dispute resolution with 30 years of experience backed judgement. At Stratis, Brendan and his colleagues support organisations who want to lead improvements in critical areas of Strategic Employment Relations, People Strategy and Workplace Policy. He brings career experience, knowledge and insight to the full advantage of clients in leading people strategies and supporting senior leaders on any sensitive employment and people strategy issues.Brendan previously worked with the business organisation Ibec, where as a member of the leadership team he had a successful career as Director of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Services.He engages with trade unions, government, state agencies, with other stakeholders and has an excellent appreciation of National and European employment policy.He is Chairman of the Board of Skillnet Ireland, the national business support agency dedicated to workforce development. Brendan is passionate about workforce development issues and helping organisations and workers invest in skill development and to prepare for the ‘future of work’ issues ahead.He is also a member of the Governing Body of the National College of Ireland and previously served as a board member of the Labour Relations Commission (now the Workplace Relations Commission). Brendan is Strategic Policy Advisor to the ERF and is a member of the Public Affairs Committee of the World Employment Confederation on behalf of the Federation.
Cora Barnes
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Three Q PERMS & TEMPS
Cora has a strong entrepreneurial spirit who believes wholeheartedly in the role of education and continuous life-long learning in personal, career and business success. A career spanning 23 years in recruitment, entrepreneurship, social enterprises and mentoring, Cora holds an Executive MBA from Smurfit, a Post Graduate Diploma in HR from DBS, a BA in Social Science from UCD. She undertakes CPD courses annually in areas of coaching, communications, sales and marketing. Resident judge for the Dublin City Local Enterprise Office Female Entrepreneur Award since 2008, a Fellow of the National Recruitment Federation, an ERF & ERF Skillnet committee member and a board member and fundraiser for educational and youth initiatives in Dublin and South Africa. She is a proud supporter of the National Recruitment Federation Educational and professional development programs.
Barry Prost
Managing Partner at Yala & Propel Consult
Barry has managed recruitment teams across Ireland, UK and Middle East for over 20 years.
In 2010, Barry moved to Bahrain and set up a recruitment company, Propel Consult, with his business partner, Jamie Groom, which they grew to become the largest agency in Bahrain. In 2018 the two founders and their families decided it was time to return home.
After moving back to Dublin, Barry and Jamie set up a new recruitment company called Yala to provide embedded recruitment services in Ireland and internationally through a product called ‘Rent A Recruiter’. Yala grew to 15 staff by 2019 and has signed up major clients in both the private and public sector.
Barry graduated from Trinity College with a Bachelor in Business Studies and subsequently an MBA from the Smurfit School of Business. Barry is a Committee Member of the ERF and also serves on the board for the SFA overseeing the MentorsWork initiative.