Posts Tagged ‘Manufacturing’
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Department of Trade and Enterprise figures show that there have been 23,545 official redundancies in Ireland so far this year. In August there were 3,181 redundancies with construction, manufacturing and services seriously hit. One article I read on this topic indicated that we need to take this more seriously particularly the government. Stating the obvious. I don’t doubt that the government is doing all it can to reverse the trend.
I have an issue with companies not supporting workers affected by redundancy. Most offer the minimum severance with little formal redundancy support. Quite often these are workers who have shown great loyalty to their employer (unlike footballers). I work with many individuals who have suffered redundancy and it is a tough situation to be. Ok many can cope but there are others who need much support to move on.
Outplacement Services can help these individuals BUT also paint companies in a positive light in the community and especially with those workers who remain at the company. It really is a win-win situation. Obviously some companies are starting to realise this as outplacement queries have increased. There are however many companies that can certainly afford such services but instead chose to ingnore the option showing little concern for their workers.
Have you been affected by redundancy? Did your employer help?
Please post and we can highlight positive redundancy news.
Tags: Construction, Ireland, Manufacturing, Outplacement Services, Redundancy, Services
Posted in Outplacement Services | No Comments »
Monday, June 16th, 2008
More data released indicates that a recession is still on the horizon in Ireland. Retail sales figures for 2008 to date are very disappointing, car sales down 50% in May from 2007 and generally we are keeping what little money we have in our pockets. Add into the pot that there are now 207,300 signing on the live register which is the highest figure since the middle of 1999. Construction sector is doomed, manufacturing has all but left our shores and many other sectors are looking shaky. Did I mention the property crash and negative equity?
But aside from all this – wasn’t it a great day today!! I just came back from a walk on the beach with my baby daughter – very pleasant evening. Her only worries seem to be the two teeth trying to escape from her gums but aside from that she is in good form. She has decided not to take part in the recession!! In fact she doesn’t seem to understand it much or want to. She seems to be more interested in the dogs being walked on the beach and birds flying overhead.
I read an article some time back and it instructed readers not to listen to the news or read the papers as we are being drip fed a constant stream of negativity. You have to think though that this makes sense. If we hear it enough we will believe it. This will in turn impact our behaviour and it will inevitably produce the reality we feared. Hey I am even guilty of writing negative stories on this blog – but you know what I genuinely think that people love to read this – especially in Ireland.
I will leave you with some positive news and unfortunately it is not HR and RECRUITMENT related – THE LOTTO IS SET TO REACH 14M THIS WEDNESDAY.
Looking for a new job and need professional CV & Interview advice?
Tags: Construction, Housing, Ireland, Manufacturing, Recession, Retail
Posted in News | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
There has been mixed job news in Ireland over the last week with jobs created in Galway and jobs lost in Dublin. Ryanair announced the closure of its Dublin call centre with 40 telesales jobs to go. Thermo King announced the creation of 19 new jobs at its plant in Galway where it employs 600 staff. If you would like to read more about these announcements visit.
Tags: Airport, Aviation, Connaught, Dublin, Galway, Irish Jobs, Jobs, Leinster, Manufacturing, Ryanair, Telesales, Thermo King
Posted in HR, Job loss, Jobs, News, Redundancy | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
There have been quite a few new kids on the block in Ireland over the last decade and many of these have taken awards at the SFA awards.
This year Aran Candy took the top award at the SFA National Small Business Award 2008. Aran Candy is a Dublin based gourmet jelly beans producer and a good one at that (Tested the products!!). The company is aka The Jelly Bean Factory and it has manufacturing premises in Blanchardstown.
Aran Candy received a 15k cash prize and a lifetime membership of the SFA. I certainly know which of the prizes appeals more to me – 15k to spend on Jelly Beans.
Aran Candy is a great success story founded by a father and son. They are now one of the largest producers globally with 10 key customers in Ireland and 120 further customers globally.
The full list of winners in SFA Awards 2008:
INNOVATOR: (up to 50 employees): Easy Fix Rubber Products
MANUFACTURING: Ecocem Ireland
FOOD & DRINK: Aran Candy
SERVICES: Home Instead Senior Care
OUTSTANDING SMALL BUSINESS (up to five employees): Atomic Sports
BEST IN HR DEVELOPMENT AWARD (up to 50 employees): CCP Recruitment
Tags: Aran Candy, Atomic Sport, CCP Recruitment, Drink, Easy Fix Rubber Products, Ecocem Ireland, Food, Home Instead Senior Care, HR, Manufacturing, Services, SFA, SME
Posted in HR, Jobs, News | No Comments »
Monday, March 17th, 2008
We keep you posted on recruitment and HR issues on this site. We also report on job loss and redundancy in Ireland.
If you need outplacement services why not contact Measurability.
Measurability offer outplacement services across all industry sectors in Ireland – Manufacturing, Construction, Retail, Pharmaceutical, IT, Banking & Finance and more. They provide services nationwide in regions such as Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Galway & Sligo.
Tags: Banking, Construction, Cork, Dublin, Finance, Galway, IT, Limerick, Manufacturing, Outplacement Company, Outplacement Consultancy, Pharmaceutical, Retail, Sligo, Waterford
Posted in HR, Outplacement Services | 2 Comments »
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
Posted in HR, Jobs, News | No Comments »
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 »
