Great news for anyone considering computing or IT in college.

IT is not all about coding, somebody has to spec it, design it, document it, qa it, publish/install it, train it, sell it, support it, administrate it. actually coding is a small element of IT. My previous point was if the guy knows where the are 2500 jobs available in this country then he should tell the gov where they need to train people.

As someone who works in the IT industry, I’d have to point out that all my peers just recently out of college that I know of walked into well paid jobs. There is a surplus of jobs in IT. The last few tech conferences I’ve been to have been full of CEO’s trying to recruit. Thought this was common knowledge…

am i dreaming here or something… there is actually somebody alive in our country today who knows where there are 2500 vacant jobs and he decides to break the news to a tech conference. i didn’t see it on Skys breaking new ticker, i did’t see an RTE news flash ??

MR. FEENAN – YOUR ADDRESSING THE WRONG AUDIENCE. Kildare St. immediately do not pass go, do not collect €200. – tell them that you know where the jobs are and you kknow the exact skills required. Tell them to get the people in Fas or what every agency to setup specific training courses (free of charge) for already skilled computer people in this country, tell them to have it finished by 31-august, tell them to get their finger out and get people off the dole. The press will advertise if for free, (or Michael O Leary will sponsor it if you put a Ryanair banner on it) you will become a hero and in the running for the presidency next year

stop addressing a tech conferences with headline stories of vapourware jobs if they are not out there. If they are out there get your finger out and do something for your country.

CAO change of mind by the end of the month. Anyone can apply for a computer science course or similar. I’ll be doing one which combines computers with maths, statistics and business.

In 4 years time, if any graduate whines about not being able to find a job, it’s their own fault I’m afraid.

That is the biggest load of rubbish ever. Such a misleading headline. Y’know, just because “Dave Feenan of CloudArena” says it is so, does not mean it is so.

Go on to a recruitment website and look up IT jobs. You’ll find not more than a few hundred in the whole country at most and they are:
* Tech support that require fluency in a foreign language, or
* Looking for a (contract) developer who is specialised in a very specific language/environment (and way above grad level), or
* Recruitment agents/agencies with nothing better to do other than post fake listings so they can harvest CV’s.

I fail to see how this is news, or even noteworthy…

There are plenty of jobs in IT and as someone that recruits regularly, the numbers are there but the level of quality and expertise among candidates is poor. On average for every 10 candidates I interview, 1 makes it for 2nd round and then you find they have already been snapped up. Candidates need to take risks, sell themselves and focus more on what the position requires as opposed to what they have done previously.

IT is booming globally and therefore in Ireland. Demand is outstripping supply so there is opportunity out there. The company I work for hired 20 graduates this year – engineers and computer science.

At National College of Ireland we are offering a number of courses in web technologies and free courses for the unemployed in cloud computing to help people who need to adapt their skill set in order to be marketable in the jobs front. We are running an event called Find Your Silver Lining where job seekers who are interested in getting into cloud computing can hear industry speakers and experts talk about what is cloud computing, what it means for people’s careers, who is hiring, what they’re looking for and how to transfer their skills and package themselves for the cloud. . This free event is at our IFSC Campus on Wednesday 29th June from 5-7pm. Check here for further information, http://www.ncirl.ie/Events/Find_Your_Silver_Lining

100 tech jobs announced by Ericsson this morning

Again Barry, well said. Cloud computing is nothing new really, broken down into pieces it is technology we’ve been using for years now. It’s just big now as software as service is so much cheaper for all companies and is being spoken about everywhere and virtualization is so hot topic now too. There are few new things there fair enough, but core model is pretty much the same. So anyone good in IT as general can do easy transition into IT cloud focused. Therefore its hard to believe there’s no expertise through candidates. I know myself some great coders looking for permanent positions and either job is not there, or package is less expectations and they prefer take social money plus hit some adhoc work as anything freelance comes their way. Surely they shouldn’t have issues like that if there truly was 2500 urgent and well paid vacancies, should they?

Thumbs up Barry O’Brien. Exactly same views here. Lack of expertise and 2500 jobs my arse. Most are just ghost jobs or jobs requiring speaking Swedish or something. Salaries on offer are really poor too. Only once in a while there’s genuine job for decent money. 2500 vacancies dream on…

Check out http://cloud.cit.ie A new cloud computing degree course CIT are starting in Cork in conjunction with EMC and us here in VMware.

The bold Michael in TwoMileBorris must know something about the gaming end of things looking at the size of the gaming place his pals are putting up ;-)