CPL Resources facts for kids
CPL Resources is a company based in Dublin, Ireland, that helps other businesses find the right people for jobs. They also help people find jobs! It was started in 1992 by Anne Heraty. CPL works across Ireland and other parts of Europe. They have many offices and different companies that focus on various types of jobs, like IT, healthcare, and engineering.
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| Founded | 1992 |
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What CPL Resources Does
CPL Resources is made up of several different companies. Each one focuses on specific types of jobs. For example, some parts of CPL help find people for jobs in technology (IT). Others focus on areas like construction, sales, or even call centers. They also have teams that help with finance, healthcare, and manufacturing jobs. This means CPL helps a wide range of businesses find the right employees.
Some of the areas CPL helps with include:
- Finding staff for IT, construction, sales, and customer service roles.
- Helping people find jobs in finance, accounting, and banking.
- Recruiting engineers and construction workers.
- Finding experts for the pharmaceutical and medical industries.
- Placing staff in industrial, manufacturing, and retail jobs.
- Helping companies find very senior leaders.
- Finding people for science and healthcare jobs across Europe.
- Providing services like outsourcing and consulting for businesses.
How CPL Resources Started
In 1989, Anne Heraty and Keith O'Malley started a company called Computer Placement Ltd. They helped find staff for the growing computer industry. In 1992, Anne Heraty bought out the other owners and became the full owner of CPL.
In 1996, Anne's husband, Paul Carrol, joined the company. He now works as the director of Business Development. Over the years, Computer Placement Ltd. changed its name and became known as CPL. They also started new companies like CPL Engineering (for construction jobs) and CPL Solutions (for IT and call centers). In 1997, CPL opened its first new office outside Dublin, in Limerick. By 1998, they had even more specialized teams, like CPL Telecoms and CPL Financial.
CPL's Role in Content Moderation
In 2018, a TV show called Dispatches looked into how CPL helped social media companies like Facebook with content moderation. This means CPL provided teams of employees who reviewed content to make sure it followed the rules.
In 2019, a former worker at CPL's Dublin office shared their experience. They said the job involved reviewing videos with very difficult and disturbing content. Workers had to do this quickly and were expected to meet high quality standards. This shows that some jobs in content moderation can be very demanding.
Growing Through New Companies
CPL has grown a lot by buying other companies. They started doing this after they became a public company, which means their shares can be bought and sold on the stock market. This helped CPL offer more types of services and work in more areas.
Here are some examples of companies CPL has acquired:
- Careers Register (2000) - for financial jobs in Ireland.
- Tech Skills Resources (2002) - for construction and production jobs in Ireland.
- Thornshaw Recruitment (2004) - for healthcare jobs in Ireland.
- Nurse Finder (2006) - for healthcare jobs in the United Kingdom.
- Key6 Business Solutions (2007) - for IT and consulting in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- Servisource (2010) - for recruitment and healthcare in Ireland.
- Clinical Professionals Ltd (2015) - for scientific and clinical recruitment in the United Kingdom.
- Covalen (2019) - for managed services and outsourcing in Ireland.
Who Leads CPL Resources
The company is led by a group of people called the Board of Directors. As of 2009, some of the key people on the board included:
- Anne Heraty: She is the CEO and the founder of CPL. She started the company in 1989.
- John Hennesy: He is a non-executive chairman, meaning he helps guide the company but isn't involved in daily operations.
- Paul Carrol: He is the director of Business Development and has been with CPL since 1996.
- Lorna Conn: She is the current CEO of CPL.
- Josephine Tierney: She is the current CFO.
Anne Heraty and her husband, Paul Carrol, own a large part of CPL Resources. This means they have a significant say in how the company is run.
