‘It’s an evening for business people to network, relax and interact...’

MANAGING Director of The HR Suite and HR & Employment Law Expert, Caroline McEnery, is once again looking forward to presenting The Kerryman Business Awards on November 1. This will be Caroline’s third-year as MC and she is looking forward to hosting an event that brings Kerry’s diverse business community together for an entertaining evening.

“I thoroughly enjoy hosting the awards night as it brings me into contact with so many wonderful business people in Kerry,” Caroline said.

“I think the awards night has successfully managed to build on its success year on year with regular attendances. There is such a varied range of businesses in the county, businesses with great stories behind them, of hard work and innovation,” she added.

Businesses across all sectors in Kerry face new challenges and The Kerryman Business Awards is a way of recognising the huge level of effort and resilience by business people in the county. Caroline praised the creativity of businesses here, saying that in spite of the difficult economic challenges, the innovation and manner in which business in Kerry keeps fighting back needs be recognised.

“One of the things I’ve noticed during my time as MC of The Kerryman Business Awards is the new businesses each year. To see emerging businesses alongside more established businesses is an indication of the success of business in Kerry. A key strength of the awards night is also that it provides a brilliant opportunity to showcase businesses, and for people to network and interact.”

Caroline is part of the successful HR Suite, which was set up in 2009 offering specialist tailored and effective human resources and business solutions to clients throughout Ireland. Its main areas are Employment Law Advice, HR Outsourcing, Dispute Resolution, Investigations, HR Strategy, Training & People Management.

With offices and teams in Dublin and Kerry, and a nationwide client base of SME’s and multinationals, the HR Suite has well over 500 clients throughout Ireland and employs a team of senior HR Advisors.

The HR Suite offers a concrete service that can complement a company’s current HR team. They aim to grow nationwide, specifically in the Dublin area, and would like to become trusted partners with more multi-national companies. They also aspire to continue to grow the business to be the top HR Consultancy & training company in Ireland. The team want to be the best so it can offer its clients a full suite of HR services geared to improve the workplace through exceptional service and quality products.

Caroline also speaks widely and writes articles and papers on thought leadership in relation to the future landscape of HR and the challenges and opportunities for employers and employees. She also speaks on the area of employment law, mediation and other relevant HR related topics. She is a regular contributor on Newstalk with Pat Kenny and other presenters.

Caroline recently wrote a children’s book about diversity and inclusion to mark her 10-year Anniversary in business, called ‘Celebrating You’. This book is a guide for parents, guardians, teachers, coaches, mentors, carers and anyone who impacts a child’s life to discuss the importance of celebrating difference and maximising everyone’s own potential (visit the website below to obtain a free copy of this book: www.thehrsuite.com/ebook.html).

Caroline and her team also have some exciting news in the pipeline as they have been involved in recording a documentary to be aired on TV in January 2020. Caroline concluded:

“I’m really looking forward to November 1 and yet another opportunity to meet with and listen to the people behind Kerry’s business success stories. One of the things I like about The Kerryman Business Awards is that it’s an opportunity to support our own local business community. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter what business type you have as every business has the same common challenges.”