Grafton ESP

Market leading Irish recruitment firm goes from strength to strength .

Grafton Employment Solutions Group Chairman (left) James Kilbane discusses Grafton’s ambitious global strategy with Niall Keyes, Grafton Managing Director for Central and Eastern Europe. In 2007 Grafton will open 17 new offices creating 250 new jobs worldwide.

Ireland’s leading recruitment specialist Grafton ESP (Employment Solutions Portfolio) established some 25 years ago in 1982 on Grafton Street in Dublin, comprises a global network of 75 offices in 18 countries, employing over 700 professional staff. Awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2002 and 2006, Grafton ESP has significant presences in Belgium, Chile, China, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Romania, Russia, Turkey, UAE, and UK. This year the group will open a further 17 offices extending its network into Greece and India.

Co-founded by Group Chairman James Kilbane and Managing Director Ken Belshaw, Grafton ESP has a proven track record of success, using its Portfolio of five distinct brands to service the needs of an extensive client base around the world, overcoming sector and geographic boundaries. The Grafton Employment Solutions portfolio offers clients and candidates bespoke human capital solutions, no matter how simple or complex the need may be. The Grafton ESP network allows the delivery of a consistent quality of services in multi-country contacts and with a presence in emergings markets Grafton ESP is ready for business when you are.

Grafton Values & Brands

As an organization Grafton ESP truly lives by its core brand values of integrity, collaboration, responsiveness and resourcefulness throughout the entire portfolio, which currently consists of: Grafton Recruitment; Spengler Fox; Grafton Healthcare; Blueprint Appointments; and Maryb.ie. Combining specialist Recruitment, Finance, HR, IT, Administration and Marketing professionals across the world has resulted in producing the most comprehensive service offering in the recruitment industry at an Irish, European and global level.

The Grafton service portfolio includes:

• Local temporary and permanent contingency recruitment;
• International skills resourcing;
• Interim Management and Executive search;
• Managed services;
• Added value services including: Human Capital (HR) Consultancy; Business Improvement Consultancy; Credit Control Consultancy; Credit Control Outsourcing; and Payroll Outsourcing.

A Glorious Irish Heritage

The development of Grafton ESP with such a diverse range of specialisms across five brands has won Grafton its well earned place at the top of the Irish, Czech, Polish and Hungarian recruitment markets.

Having established itself as a trusted brand across Ireland, the Grafton model was first tried on mainland Europe with a Grafton Recruitment office opening in Prague in 1994, before moving into Poland shortly afterwards. The growth abroad has been exponential ever since, with employers and candidates alike choosing Grafton’s straightforward and dedicated service to drive their business growth and develop their careers. Utilising the extensive network of Grafton Recruitment, Spengler Fox was launched internationally in 2003, offering individual career development services to leading executives. It is one of the fastest growing high-end recruitment services in the country and offers Executive Search & Selection and Human Capital Consultancy worldwide.

Grafton ESP, through the Grafton Recruitment and Spengler Fox brands, now enjoys the largest recruitment network across Central and Eastern Europe with further growth imminent in 2007. Based on a gross profit increase of 17.6% to €54 million and a turnover of €161 million for 2006/07, plans to extend this network over the coming year include new branch openings in Ireland (3), Chile (3), Czech Republic (3), Greece (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Poland (2), Slovakia (2) and Turkey (1).

For information on how Grafton ESP can satisfy your recruitment requirements across its global network please contact:

Central Eastern Europe: Niall Keyes
Tel +42 022 421 8435 E-mail: niall.keyes@grafton.cz

Middle East, Asia and Africa: Nico
Ekendahl Tel +971 4390 1939 E-mail: nekendahl@spenglerfox.com

Western Europe: John Callagher
Tel +44 796 652 8640 E-mail: jcallagher@spenglerfox.com

South America: Brendan Morrison
Tel +562 223 8000 E-mail: Morrison@grafton.cl

UK & Ireland: Ken Belshaw
Tel +44 28 90242824 E-mail: kbelshaw@graftonrecruitment.com

www.graftonrecruitment.com

 

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