There has been mixed news either side of St Patrick’s Day on the jobs market. Last week Wavin announced that it was making 50 staff redundant in Dublin & Cork. This week IBM announced that it was created 21 new jobs in an IDA backed project in Dublin. For more information on these stories visit Jobsnews.
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IBM creates 21 new jobs BUT Wavin lets 50 staff go
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Increased IT investment by Irish Firms
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
A KPMG report has found that over half of Irish firms intent to increase their spend on IT this year. Would this explain why most Senior Technical Executives are optimistic about the performance of the IT sector in 2008.
The fact that IT investment will increase with the cloud of pessimism over the economy is significant for IT sector as traditionally IT spend was considered optional rather than necessary.
At least one sector is rubbing its hands with the prospect of good news in 2008. The construction sector with hit with more bad news today with the number of new home completions to fall again this year
