Hays Ireland Raises Over EUR1000

DUBLIN, IRELAND, April 16, 2011 (Press-News.org) Hays, the leading recruitment expert, raised over EUR1,000 for Barretstown from Sunday's Great Ireland Run 2011 in Phoenix Park.

Twelve members of staff from Hays' Dublin office took part in the run along with over 11,000 other participants, on a hot spring day.

Michelle Waters, the event organiser for Hays and chief fundraiser was happy with the outcome "We all survived the race despite the heat. Everyone had a ball, but the most important thing was raising the money for Barretstown"

Barretstown rebuilds the lives of children affected by childhood cancer and their families.

For more information and photos of the day - http://www.hays.ie

Find more information about Barretstown on their website - http://www.barretstown.org

Note to editor:

About Hays Ireland
Hays Ireland is part of Hays plc, the leading global specialist recruitment group. Established in Ireland since 1996, Hays developed into one of the country's most successful recruitment organisations with a network of offices around the country. The Group is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide. It operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments.

As at 30 June 2010, the Group employed 6,845 staff operating from 270 offices in 28 countries across 17 specialisms.

For the year ended 30 June 2010:
- the Group reported net fees of GBP557.7 million and operating profit of GBP80.5 million;
- the Group placed around 50,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 180,000 people into temporary assignments;
- 26% of Group net fees were generated in Asia Pacific, 30% in Continental Europe & RoW and 44% in the United Kingdom & Ireland
- the temporary placement business represented 58% of net fees and the permanent placement business represented 42% of net fees;
- Hays operates in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE and the United Kingdom.

For further press information or to set up an interview please contact:

Stephen Flanagan
Hays
T. 01 897 2481