Having just completed my Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management I am looking for employment again, and I am confident of finding the right role. I am a firm believer in the power of networking to create opportunity.
My couurse included a ten thousand word dissertation, and given my beckground I decided to look into the impact that Brexit would have on the supply chain of the Irish Hotel Industry. In the end I concluded that provided Ireland remains savy, Brexit will actually provide a great opportunity for Ireland. She can make great gains through promoting herseelf as the only english speaking country in Europe and a country with a stable political system not prone to extremism.
Whilst Britain humilates herself , hoteliers in Ireland can make up for the loss of short stay tourists from Britain, as uncertainty covers the UK like an immovable cloud; by growing their market in the BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa through partnerships and joint promotions with airlines, as well as building on the affinity they have with America. Whilst a number of products in their supply chains come from the UK, and there may be delays in getting these items post Brexit, by looking again for Irish made alternatives, they could increase the number of guests that come from their domestic market and save money.
All of this is an example of looking for the silver lining behind the Brexit cloud. I like a lot of people can be prone to self doubt and worry about my future but surprising things can prove quite cathartic, in lifting how you feel and enabling you to see a hurdle as an opportunity.
A film that has always stuck in my mind is Dead Poets Society. I like the repeated theme in film about gathering the rosebuds of opportunity. I know that opportunity is knocking on the door for me and for Ireland. So I am going to hunt out these opportunities and seize the day.
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