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Wexford based company Sonru partner with iON in Belfast to receive funding as part of InterTradeIreland’s collaborative R&D Programme, Innova

The CIPD in the UK's Annual HR Conference and Exhibition which takes place over three days kicked off yesterday in Manchester. Jackie Orme, Chief Executive, told delegates in her opening address that changes to CIPD services, designed to strengthen support for members in their jobs, will be introduced early in 2011.

"We’ve undertaken extensive research to build the deepest and broadest possible understanding of the HR profession’s needs.Members are looking for the most up-to-date news and information, thought-provoking insight and clear practical help. Our changes aim to deliver all of that more effectively."  Jackie Orme, Chief Executive, CIPD

Earlier in October, John Maher invited me to speak to the MBS class at Waterford Institute of Technology (W.I.T.). I spoke, they listened and as part of their final year examination they will present Sonru with a number of suggestions towards our overall strategy. This coming Thursday the students are due to present their ideas and I can't wait to see the results! 

Enniscorthy 03 November 2010. Sonru.com were named the Best High Growth Company in the Connaught and Leinster regional final of the InterTradeIreland Seedcorn All-island Business Competition. The company, which employs eight people and is based in Enniscorthy Enterprise & Technology Centre has won a €20,000 share of the prize fund and will now go forward to compete in the all-island finals which will take place in Belfast on 24th November. The company is now in with a chance to compete for the overall Best High Growth Company prize worth €100,000.
 

We (Sonru) have been trying to think of a catchy word for an automated video interview that can be a noun, a verb and its derivatives. It has been something of a pet project for our marketing manager, who believes that in order for something to become standard it must be defined and if we define it, and it takes then it'll become a standard word in the recruitment lexicon similar to CV. Automated interviews are completely new, there are only a handful of players in the market, few to speak of in Europe but we believe that automated video interviews will become the standard. Completing an automated video interview in the months and years to come will be as natural to us as hitting 'send' on that online application form or building our profiles on professional social networks such as LinkedIn. So what do you think of this?

To mark Wexford Festival Opera currently taking place, RTÉ Radio One's flagship news and current affairs radio programme, Morning Ireland, broadcasted live from Whites Hotel. RTE Business reporter Emma McNamara invited Sonru along with James O'Connor of Wexford gastro/cultural institution Greenacres to talk about doing business in Wexford. Read the bulletin or listen to the podcast below.

HeadRec is our series of interviews with gurus, opinion leaders and innovators both in Ireland and abroad. This issue we talk to Sean Gallagher, entrepreneur, mentor, Dragons' Den panelist and founder and former CEO  of Ireland's largest home technology company, Smarthomes. Sean talks about his first job, his most challenging interview, how he has recruited talent, his work on the ground encouraging an entrepreneurial culture in Ireland and of course let's not forget Dragons' Den, All is revealed in the transcript below.

Bookmaking giant PaddyPower.com adopts Sonru's automated video interviewing tool to give applicants better odds at getting to the next stage of their recruitment process. This new client is a result of the Strategic Partnership between Sonru and Irishjobs.ie announced earlier this year.  Sonru will enable PaddyPower.com's HR team to get a genuine experience of each candidate before meeting them in person through their secure video interview tool.

Further to our recent blog post announcing the exciting news that we've made it to the final of the David Manley Awards, BizStartup.ie have written an article where you can read more about the David Manley Awards and our formidable competitors in the Business Entrepreneur of the Year category.