First Draft founder highlights perks of the job

Barista sets up recruitment firm for coffee workers

Trainee barista David Flood (left) with company founder Ger O’Donohoe and staff member David Fox at First Draft Coffee in Dublin Picture: Maura Hickey

The continuing demand for speciality coffee among Irish consumers has prompted one barista to set up the country’s first coffee-focused recruitment company.

Ger O’Donohoe of First Draft Recruitment has already signed up clients including 3fe, Bell Lane and Cloud Picker. He got the idea for the business after setting up a Facebook page designed to connect jobseekers in the sector with firms who were hiring.

“I’d initially set up First Draft Coffee five ...