On my first day of work in RecruitIreland.com  I thought I would be very clever and avoid paying for parking by leaving my car at a friend’s house, just a short walk from the city centre. However, the shortcut that existed in mind did not exist in reality and so I ended up sprinting as fast as I could to make it in on time. Falling into the office out of breath was probably not the best first impression to make but apart from that things seemed to run fairly smoothly.

Luckily, soon after I joined the parking issue was sorted because we moved to our new office in Blackpool. Not only were we all more comfortable in the new office but it also helped us stop spending all our wages at lunch time.

Elaine returned from maternity leave so I finally got to meet the famous “Golden Girl” of the office. I was somehow roped into writing the reviews of the Apprentice for the blog which led to me being known as the Sales Assassin. It’s an affectionate term….I think.

We had a thrilling training day in Kilkenny that year. Activities included target shooting, orienteering, sumo wrestling and canoeing. Thankfully it was a gorgeous day as myself and Mags’ boat capsized in the river. Here is a pic of that day while we were still dry.

There was success in the Marketing department too as the “Objects” campaign won more awards, an ICAD award was given for the Tick radio ad, Ink and Line press ads, shown here.

Also this year:

• An Irish General Election took place
• Kerry won the All Ireland Football Championships
• Kilkenny won the All Ireland Hurling Championships
• X-Factor winner Leon took the Christmas number 1