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Fri 03 Mar 2007Firm uses peers to recruit staffFierce competition for job candidates in the Irish labour market is compelling employers such as Accenture to become imaginative about how they attract and retain staff."In the early to mid-1990s, you could run a few ads and get a huge amount of applications. This doesn't work anymore," said Mark Ryan, managing director of Accenture in Ireland. "There is a very hot jobs market and that's not going to change."