Caroline Gleeson and David Banaghan, co-founders, Occupop: ‘What we have created in our tech is a really effective and simple solution that allows our customers to find the best talent quickly and efficiently.’ Picture: Fergal Phillips
Occupop, which has backing from Enterprise Ireland, helps small and medium businesses improve their recruitment processes with a platform that lets them find talent more quickly and in a cost-efficient way. “Myself and my co-founder David were both working in the industry, so we could see the challenges that were faced by candidates, hiring managers and recruiters,” Gleeson told theCiting the example of Airbnb in the hospitality sector, she said technology had transformed other industries, but recruitment was lagging behind.
“The product has evolved so much to meet market demand,” Gleeson said. “We have a much bigger range of services now, so we wanted to rebrand to a name that we could carry globally, and that could unlock future product potential.”