Rossa Mullally, Director with Sigmar Recruitment (150 staff across five offices nationwide) joins TeamGBS to instigate 'National Jealousy Day' - celebrated in Finland when, on the 1st of November every year, EVERYBODY'S taxable income is posted for all to see. Team GBS wanted to find out what the neighbours were earning so we recruited (see what we did there) Rossa, who has sixteen years industry experience, to tell us who's earning what...like the software sales reps, who are under 30, and earning €250,000 plus! He then moves the dial up and talks about some who are earning €1/2 million... in Ireland.He says he has never seen the recruitment industry busier, including IT recruitment that has seen more openings in January than in all of 2021... and the IT industry didn't see any big fall during Covid. He cites examples of people who have seen their salaries jump from €90k to €140k by 'not leaving their jobs'.Recruitment is another hot sector, where entrants can pick up a high salary from the get-go. Marketing is NOT the hottest sector salary-wise, but many, many people are choosing to get into marketing.We of course go down some rabbit holes, like how a recruiter could tell venture capitalists if an app could work...His 'hire in a heartbeat', chef, businessman, TV personality, Rick SteinJohn Saunders is MD of the Honda, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Jeep unit of the Gowan Group. He explains why we choose the cars we do, and how we're now focussing on technology.But how do you differentiate cars that are made on the same chassis, but effectively the same company? John explains.He talks about Opel being the biggest car sponsorship for the Ireland rugby team, but he wants Jack Charlton back before they might sponsor the soccer team again.We asked him for a discount on his cars. His answer is great...if typical!We were a little rude about the Jeep, but John came out fighting and explains why it's actually a great car - because of its four wheel drive.He explains the changes in customers buying cars. Salesroom visits have dropped from 5 to just one, where customers have done all of their work online before deciding what they want. They only go to the showroom to kick the tyres.His hire in a heartbeat was going to be Ayrton Senna, but he eventually opted for his boss, Brenda Saunders - his wife!Kevin D'Arcy is co-founder with his fiancée, Alannah, of OrcaBoards. They design paddle boards as well as Blubber robes and Belooga swimwear. But both founders have 'real' jobs as well. Kevin is an auditor, and we had a world-first on That Great Business Show when Kevin gave us a cracking business one-liner. An auditor telling jokes, you heard it here first folks.He explains how they differentiate their robes and boards from others - the secret is a lower margin.They've decided to create different brands in case one has problems, the Cadbury model according to Kevin.They were selected by Arnotts to sell their products in the run up to Christmas, which proved hugely successful. Every day they were selling in Arnotts was a like the best market research they could carry out. he talks about the new range, due out this side of summer.One of their clever products is Christmas togs to match the Christmas jumpers, hugely popular in Ireland.Alannah has also created her own design for women's swimwear, that includes sleeves on the swimsuit to counter the cold of Ireland's seawater.His 'hire in a heartbeat' is Gym Plus Coffee co-founder, Niall HorganFind all episodes at www.ThatGreatBusinessShow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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