Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 10th, 2008
More bad news for gloom for the construction industry BUT there was positive jobs news in Cork. Depuy Ireland announced that it is to set up an innovation centre in Ringaskiddy, Cork. DePuy develops and manufactures orthopedic products. This announcement will bring 20 new jobs to the region. Employees will require PhD, Msc, Degrees in Materials, Quality and Biomedical Engineering.
Depuy set up operations in Cork in 1997. They introduced the Supply Chain function to Cork in 2002. They currently employ 600 staff in Ireland.
Tags: Biomedical, Construction, Cork Jobs, DePuy, DePuy Ireland, Engineering, Irish Jobs, Manufacturing, Orthopedic, Ringaskiddy, Supply Chain
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
If you missed the FAS 2008 Opportunities Jobs Fair last weekend don’t panic. I have located the companies who where exhibiting at the show and listed them below. If you are on the job market I would certainly be approaching these companies as they all have open vacancies.
Tags: Abbott Ireland, Accenture, Allianz, Argos, Bank of New York Mellon, BWG Foods Ltd, Canon, Casey Recruitment, Chevron Training, Citco Group, Citizens' Information Board (Comhaire), County & City Enterprise Boards, CPM Ireland, Defence Forces, DPS Engineering, Dublin Bus, Dunnes Stores, Eplan software and service, Equality Authority, Failte Ireland, FAS One Step Up, FAS Science Challenge, FAS Supported Employment, Gaisce - The President's Award, Garda Síochána & Garda Reserve, gsmExchange.com, GXP Systems, Handwerkskammer Zu Koeln, Health Service Executive, i-to-i Volunteer & Teach Abroad, IDA Ireland, International Academy of Travel, InterTrade Ireland, IPASS, IPASS (Irish Payroll Association), Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish congress of Trade Unions Youth Committee, Irish Jobs, IT Alliance Group, LastMinuteMinders.com, LIDL Ireland GmbH, Lifeline Ambulance Service, Loadzajobs.ie, Local Employment Service Network, LookWest.ie, MBNA Bank of America, McCurrach, McDonalds Restaurants of Ireland Limited, National Employment Rights Authority, One-Step-Up, Pilot Training College of Ireland, Pramerica Software Development and Call Centre, Public Appointments, Quinn Insurance, Ryanair, SAP Ireland, Science Challenge, Shannon Aerospace, Shannon Development, SR Technics Ireland Limited, Stryker Instruments, Supermacs, Superquinn, Teagasc, Tesco Ireland, The Pensions Board, Vocations Ireland, VT Life Skills, YAP Ireland
Posted in Graduate Recruitment, Jobs, News, Recruitment | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Enterprise Ireland backed 79 start-ups last year and expects these to generate 756m in sales. One expert (probably the Minister of ETE) commented “I do think that 2008 is a good year to launch a Business venture”
Would you launch a new business venture in the Construction Sector?
Tags: Enterprise Ireland, Entrepreneur, Ireland, Irish Jobs, MNC, SME, US, Working in Ireland
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
None of the government transport 21 projects will come in on time. Hmmmmm… I guess this reflects the daily commuting experience.
Key projects delayed include
a) City center Luas link up – Due 2008 – now no completion date
b) Metro from city to airport – Due 2012 – now 2013
c) Luas extension Connolly to Dockland – Due 2008 – now 2009
d) Luas extension Tallaght to Citywest – Due 2008 – now 2010
Looks like commuter hell in Ireland will continue for the foreseeable future.
Tags: Citywest, Commuting, Connolly, Dockland, Dublin, Dublin City Center, Government, Luas, Project, Tallaght, Transport
Posted in HR, News, Staff Retention, Work-life Balance | No Comments »
Friday, March 7th, 2008
I read with interest how an air traffic controller who allowed two passenger planes come within 17 seconds of disaster is back in his job. The incident report confirmed that the event was the result of a human error. You will be glad to learn that this individual underwent extra training before being placed back in the line of fire.
I guess this highlights that training can work (we hope) and everyone deserves a second chance.
Tags: Air Traffic Controller, Airport, Ireland, Shannon Airport, Training & Development
Posted in News, Training & Development | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Is this a change of Business in Ireland as we know it.
I could never see the attraction of firms locating in central Dublin. High costs, congestion, expensive sarnies and coffee. Do they pay for expensive offices in city center Dublin to get the staff??
Hmmmmmmm
I though most employees were living in Navan, Cavan, Kinnegad, Drogheda, Dundalk, Naas, Newbridge, Wicklow, Gorey, Bray ….. basically everywhere except Dublin.
Looks like there is even more incentive for firms to locate outside the capital as survey today announced that most commuters from Wicklow would be willing to take a paycut to work closer to home. This means that all commuters would be willing to do so.
Commuters spend on average 2hrs per day on trains planes and automobiles. I guess the penny has actually dropped that the extra 10k for working in Dublin is not worth 10-15 hours a week.
I am going to start a bring the jobs to the people campaign encouraging employers to relocated to the leafy suburbs cutting stress, traffic congestion, costs and improving life for us all.
Tags: Arklow, Bray, Careers, Carlow, Cavan, Commuters, Congestion, Drogheda, Dundalk, Gorey, HR, Jobs, Kildare, Kilkenny, Kinnegad, M50, Meath, Naas, Navan, Newbridge, Newry, Offaly, Travel, Westmeath, Wicklow, WLB, Worklife Balance
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
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Tags: Assessment Ireland, Assessment Recruitment, Assessment Solutions, Career Assessment, Career Tests, Interest Assessment, Interest Inventory, Job Assessment, Motivation Questionnaire, Motivation Questionnaires, Numerical Ability Test, Numerical Ability Testing, Occupational Personality Questionnaire, Online Ability Testing, Online Ability Testing Ireland, Online Ability Tests, Online Ability Tests Ireland, Online Aptitude Testing, Online Aptitude Testing Ireland, Online Aptitude Tests, Online Aptitude Tests Ireland, Online Motivation Questionnaire, Online Numerical Ability Tests, Online Occupational Questionnaire, Online Verbal Ability Tests, OPQ32, OPQ32i, Personality Questionnaire, Personality Questionnaires, Psychometric Assessment, Psychometric Assessment Ireland, Psychometric Services, Psychometric Testing, Psychometric Testing company, Psychometric Testing Ireland, Psychometric Testing service, Psychometric tests, Psychometric Tests Ireland, Psychometrics, Scenarios Ability Test, SHL Ireland, SHL Partner, Tests Ireland, Verbal Ability Test, Verbal Ability Testing
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Waterford received great news today when Teva Pharmaceuticals announced 165 new jobs as part of a EUR65 million expansion in its facility in the region.
The jobs will be created across a number of skills including Manufacturing, R&D, Quality and Support. So I guess all production and manufacturing is not leaving these shores after all. The above jobs will come on line over the next 5 years.
Teva currently employs 650 staff in Waterford. It is part of a buoyant sector in Ireland. Most of the top pharmaceutical companies have operations in Ireland. In total there are about 20,000 people directly employed by the sector in Ireland.
Tags: Ireland, Irish Jobs, Manufacturing, Munster, Pharmaceutical Sector, Quality, R&D, Support, Teva, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Waterford
Posted in Jobs, News | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Microprint has announced that it will close its Tallaght plant in April with the loss of 130 jobs. This is tough news for the region as there were 230 jobs lost in February with the announcement from Jacobs.
It was stated that increased competition and doubts over key contracts were the reasons for the decision. But could it be that we are not buying enough RTE Guides as this is one of a number of publications that the company prints.
I guess that a high cost base played a major factor in this decision as it would have had an impact on the competitiveness of the company. Anyway the 130 staff are probably not worried why and are more concerned about transition into new employment as soon as possible.
Tags: Dublin, Ireland, Irish Jobs Loss, Jacobs, Jobs Loss, Microprint, Redundancy, RTE, Tallaght, UK
Posted in Jobs, News, Redundancy | 2 Comments »
