O'Mahony Talent is a specialist recruitment and talent development practice for marketing, PR and digital — serving agencies that need better hires, and candidates who are ready to become them.
You've hired someone who interviewed well, started confidently, and was gone within six months. You know the cost — not just financially, but in momentum, morale, and your own time. The problem isn't your process. It's that no-one was checking whether candidates were actually ready for agency life.
That's what we fix. Every candidate we introduce has been through our structured training programme and assessed on our Work Readiness Score — a five-dimension evaluation that measures what CVs can't.
You've put in the work — the degree, the internships, the applications. But the gap between studying marketing and working in a fast-paced agency is bigger than anyone warned you about. We close that gap with structured training designed specifically for how agencies actually operate.
Our four to six week programme covers professional communication, workplace behaviour, client and stakeholder management, and interview readiness. You graduate with a verified Work Readiness Score and a direct route into our employer network.
Traditional recruiters match CVs. We match people — with evidence behind every introduction.
The WRS is a five-dimension pre-placement assessment that measures what CVs, degrees, and interviews typically miss. Every candidate we introduce carries a verified score.
"I've spent nearly a decade watching where the system fails both sides. I built O'Mahony Talent to fix it from both ends at once."
O'Mahony Talent was built from direct experience — not from the outside looking in. I started working in media at 16 and have spent years observing the communication breakdowns, the misaligned expectations, and the structural gap between what employers say they want and what early-career candidates are taught to offer.
Traditional recruitment agencies fill the role and move on. I stay involved — before the hire, during training, and through the first 90 days. That accountability is the business model, and it's what makes every placement mean something.
Based in Ireland. Working with agencies and candidates who want something better than the current system offers.
Whether you're an agency with a role to fill or a candidate ready to take the next step — reach out below and we'll respond within one business day.