20 August 2015 by John Burns
Last Wednesday, August 12th, was the day the Leaving Cert results came out. But how many students will be thinking of a career as a company secretary? Probably not many because our profession is one of those hidden gems (or we think so anyway!) that far more people would take up if only they know about it. That’s part of the reason ICSA is so keen on raising the profile of the profession, as we can see that there’s already a shortage of good, qualified, company secretaries…and we believe that shortage is only going to get greater. So what better time to get into a great profession – with more or less guaranteed employment!
If you’re reading this you are more likely to already be a company secretary. If you are, have you ever spoken to young people about the job you do and have you ever encouraged them to follow the CS path? If not, why not?
Here are some crib notes that you can use to answer their most basic questions. For more detailed information you should obviously send them to the www.icsa.ie website.