IKEA JOBS in Ireland – Careers in IKEA

If you want a job in Ikea get down to the Ballymun Civic Center between 10am and 5pm this weekend but expect competition for 280 jobs. It was reported that over 4,500 applicants for 50 supervisor jobs in the first Ikea superstore to open in the Republic in July. BUT if you are not in you can’t win. There will be certainly big interest in the recruitment drive BUT also the opening in July. The Dublin outlet will be 31,500 sq ft representing one of Ikea’s flagship stores and it will include a restaurant and a creche.

ESB create 3,700 GREEN JOBS in Ireland

3,700 new jobs have been created through the latest announced by the ESB of which 500 jobs will be offered to new recruits this year. The massive employment boost for thousands of workers was announced this week and is part of a €1bn a year investment in new green technologies.

Job loss in Dublin, Kerry, Limerick & Shannon

160 plus employees will lose jobs with recent closures and layoff at 5 firms

LIMERICK – Irish Dresden

Irish Dresden has stopped manufacturing with the loss of 15 jobs.

KERRY – BeoCare & Beru Electronics

The healthcare company BeoCare is expected to close and Beru Electronics is seeking redundancies. Expected loss is 40 jobs.

CLARE – Agilisys Contact Services

Agilisys Contact Services based in Shannon is transferring operations to UK. The company employs 71 staff.

DUBLIN – New Oceans Limited

The print & design company has closed with 36 jobs lost.

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Ireland got a huge jobs boost from the gaming sector this week when GOA, mobile operator Orange’s online games unit, announced it was setting up an operations and customer support centre in Dublin. The company will locate at the Digital Hub and it will create 400 jobs.

GOA specialises in (MMORPG) – massively multiplayer online role playing games. These are online computer role-playing games (RPG) in which many players interact in a virtual world. World of Warcraft is one of the best know games and it has over 11 million monthly subscribers.

Other Job News in Ireland.

This other news is not so good and focuses on the Electronic Sector.

Motorola has announced 3,000 job cuts globally.

In Limerick there were job cuts at Dell with 400 temp staff loosing their jobs. This has raised general fears from the 3,000 permanent staff at the company.

Also in Limerick there are fears for 100 jobs at Flextronics. The company supports firms like Dell with Warehousing solutions and employs 290 staff in Limerick.

Finally

Banking and Finance was served a jobs blow with the announcement that CITCO will cuts jobs in the IFSC. Only a few months back it was reported off expansions for the company in Cork. This may now be put on the back burner.

Jobs News in Ireland. All the latest job announcement and job loss news.

With all the focus on the large MNC’s we sometimes forget about the smaller fish – the SME’s. These companies make up a great part of the employment figures in Ireland thus combined play an important role in the employment landscape in Ireland. Worryingly 40% of SME’s have cut staff in the last 3 months with only 15% indicating that they employed new staff. This survey which talked to 400 companies highlights the difficult trading conditions for SME firms. So were are the big casualties – Construction Sector related companies, followed by Distribution Sector related companies and then Manufacturing Sector related companies.

This bad news though is not confined to Ireland as reports suggest that the dreaded “R” word is evident in 3 other regions across Europe – Italy, France and Germany.

We have been posting quite a bit on negative job announcements. Basically these have been the key stories over that last number of months. Well here is a bit of positive news!!

“Career Change Starts Here” is a Jobs and Careers Workshop which will be held in Dublin on 18th October. This workshop will provide essential advice and information for those of you seeking a career change or looking for a job. It is being run by Paul Mullan & Jane Downes. They are two Career Coaches who have come together to pilot this programme.

There are two parts to their workshop. Firstly it will explore career change and career direction. It will then outline an essential guide to achieving career goals looking and CV’s and job search strategies.

For more information on the workshop email info@measurability.ie. You can also read about the career coaches running the workshop – Career Coach Paul Mullan & Jane Downes.

Is it all bad news for the Irish Jobs market?

We have been reading about the jobs loss at many of the larger employers in Ireland as this makes great headlines and sells newspapers. What about the SME’s in Ireland? How have they been affected?

Well the developments are similar and SME’s in Ireland are suffering as a result of global pressures. They have been affected directly by redundancies and temporary lay-offs. It is estimated that 20% of SME’s made staff redundant in 2007. 14% of SME’s expect to let staff go in 2008 and 12% expect to introduce short term lay-offs. These figures indicate that SME sector mirrors the economy in general.

Commentators blame rising costs for these development. Costs such as electricity, waste and water but I think this is a simplistic view. Ok increased costs affects competitiveness but there are other glaring factors like the global recession, exchange rates and more.

Will new start-ups create new Irish Jobs?

This negative news does not seem to be deterring new entrepreneurs in Ireland. Reports suggest that there are as many start-ups in Ireland. Good luck to them.

Central Statistics Figures on Irish Jobs.

Service Sector has lost 2320 jobs in 2008 to date.
Building and Civil Sector has lost 2022 jobs in 2008 to date.
Manufacturing Sector has lost 2019 jobs in 2008 to date.

Last month 12,000 people were added to the live register.

Only back after our St Patrick’s Day celebrations to find out the the sky nearly fell down yesterday. While we were partying without a care in the world stock markets plunged following the news of the sale of US investment bank -Bear Stearns. The Irish stock market closed at its lowest level for 3 years with more than 3.5bn wiped of the value of stock. Banks took the biggest hits with Anglo Irish Bank falling 15%.

This latest news is further indication that the US recession could last longer than expected. This could mean severe problems for the Irish economy with slower growth and higher unemployment.

This crisis could mean lower mortgage repayments for Irish home owners as the ECB may be forced to interest levels BUT how will be pay this with no job or income.

Recent closures in wards in Midwest and lack of recruitment have sparked fears that plans to cut 300m euro in spending has already started to bite.

It is claimed that serveral wards in Ennis and Limerick are closed. It is also claimed that over 60 nurses are required for Limerick, Ennis and Nenagh.

I though the existing service was already creaking with the pressure – never mind these latest developments.

Two job announcements today will result in the creation of 120 new jobs in Ireland. 20 of these jobs will be created in Cork and 100 will be created in Dublin

Cork Jobs – DePuy

Depuy announce that it will establish an innovation centre at its existing manufacturing plant in Ringaskiddy in Cork. This will create 20 new positions to an existing workforce of 600 staff. The jobs will be for bioengineering, materials and quality backgrounds. DePuy develop and manufacture orthopedic products.

Dublin Jobs – Chase Paymentech Solutions

Chase Paymentech Solutions announced that it will create 100 jobs in Dublin over the next 3 years. Bertie Ahern took a break from the tribunals to open the facility in Eastpoint Business Park.

Well that’s the jobs news for today. We will keep you posted and up-to-date on any new develops – good or bad.

On this site we post both good and bad job news in Ireland.

If you have been affected by the bad news or you want to target the good news and new jobs – training and education is important.

If you have suffered redundancy training and education can improve your chances of landing another job. Equally if you have employment and want a change then education and training can help you land one of the new jobs created in Ireland.

Below is a list of Education & Training institutions in Ireland which can help you achieve education and career goals. These institutions were at the recent FAS Opportunities Fair.

KINGSPAN has announced 40 new jobs for Newry as part of a 6m euro investment. by the groups Environmental & Renewables division. This will bring the number employed by the company in Newry to 75 staff.

All the jobs created are manufacturing and these will be 40 full-time posts with the company.

This means that there has been a total of 41 jobs created with the news that Ian Paisley has stepped down as head of the DUP.

If you are interested in the company and thes jobs then check out the website.

What makes a great place to work?

Is it the internal communications within the organisation?
Is it the work life balance offered within the organisation?
Is it the diversity and coordination of diversity?
Is it the training and development offered to the staff?
Is it the great HR departments?

To be honest it is probably a combination of all of the above with a few other factors added into the equation. No matter what the criteria is there are certainly 50 companies getting in right. Airtricity recently got the award for best comapny to work for. The other 49 of the top 50 are listed below:

Abbott Laboratories Ireland Ltd, Accenture, AOL Europe Operations Ltd, AXA Insurance Ltd, BDO Simpson Xavier, Brightwater, BUPA Ireland, CB Richard Ellis Ireland, Children’s University Hospital Temple Street, Clontarf Castle Hotel, CPL Resources, Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport Hotel, Deloitte, Diageo Ireland, eBay, Euro Car Parks, FedEx Express, GE Commercial Aviation Services, GlaxoSmithKline Ireland, Globoforce, Google Ireland Ltd, GTECH Ireland Operations Ltd, Halifax Insurance Ireland Ltd, Hibernian Group, Hooke & MacDonald, Irish Life Corporate Business, Irish Stock Exchange, KPMG, Man Investments, Marathon Oil Ireland Ltd, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, McDonald’s, Mellon Ireland, Microsoft Ireland, O’Mahony Pike Architects, PEI, Philips Electronics Ireland, PM Group, Pramerica Systems Ireland, Premier Group, Public Appointments Service, Quintiles and Innovex, Radisson SAS Hotel & Resorts, RCI, SAP SSC (Ireland) Ltd, Sherry Fitzgerald Group, Sigmar Recruitment, Tourism Ireland Ltd, Unicare Pharmacy Ltd

Microprint announced earlier this afternoon that they are letting 120 staff go at their Dublin operation. They say increased competition from the UK is one of the key factors.

This is a double blow for the Tallaght area in Dublin as Jacobs announced jobs losses last month.

Check the Jobs News (JowsNews.ie) news carried on the Jobs News Career section on leading Irish Jobs site EmployIreland.ie

JuicyCampusIt is interesting that there have been so many discussions about online activity and how it can affect your career. It can have a positive impact (like the SEO guru who does my technical stuff) BUT most of the emphasis is on the negative impact. Particular focus is on Networking Sites like MySpace, Bebo and Facebook and how recruiters and potential employers are using these sites to gain additional information on applicants.

We can argue all day about the rights and wrongs of using this information but it is happening. I read yesterday about the NEW KID ON THE BLOCK (Not the 80′s American Boyband) – JUICYCAMPUS!! Now this site could be trouble. Certainly if your parents read it but it could prove interesting reading for potential employers.

This site is gaining in popularity in US and it is predominantly college gossip and a few top 10 listings. These rankings are not the sort that you probably want to come top of or even get listed on. Rather than me tell you about it check out the site for yourself.

I noted on the radio this morning that there is an Internet Advisory meeting for parents today all around Networking Sites information and safety. I would be interested to know if this new site is discussed.

FAS Opportunities Fair 2008 will take place in Croke Park on Friday 29th February and will run until Monday 3rd. It is FREE to attend so get along as there are some big names at the exhibition. Bank of New York, MBNA, Allianz, Quinn Direct, SAP, Dublin Bus, Tesco and Canon will all be attending.

You will probably hear much more about the show in the next week as FAS have just launched a huge marketing campaign to promote the event. FAS hope 100,000 visitors will attend over the 4 days.