Employment
# employment - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Immigrants “do not fare as well as Irish nationals” in labour market
A new study shows that Black Africans report the highest rates of discrimination in the workplace and when looking for work.
# employment - Monday 14 January, 2013
Jobs initiative helped turn 6,000 pledges into 4,000 new hires in 2012
Hireland, the voluntary initiative which urges SMEs to pledge to take on more staff, helped created 4,000 jobs in its first year.
# employment - Friday 11 January, 2013
Nestlé Ireland to transfer 46 jobs to outside company
The company has said the changes to its field sales structure will not involve redundancies.
# employment - Monday 7 January, 2013
Labour Relations Committee conference to be held over Tara Mines jobs
On Thursday management at the zinc mine put its entire workforce of 670 employees on protective notice.
# employment - Friday 28 December, 2012
Small and medium businesses could* deliver 20,000 jobs
The Small Firms Association makes optimistic prediction for 2013 – *but only if SMEs are “placed at the heart of economic policy”.
# employment - Saturday 15 December, 2012
15 words you must stop using in your LinkedIn profile
The 2012 list of overused, useless buzzwords on the careers networking site.
# employment - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
ESRI: One in five people are living in jobless households
The percentage of households where adults are not working has grown from 15 per cent to 22 per cent in just three years.
# employment - Sunday 9 December, 2012
Careers clinic: What NOT to do at an interview
Some of it’s obvious – but so much of it is vital advice.
The slowest-growing cities of the past 20 years
Some cities have found it more difficult than others to recover from the 2008 economic meltdown…
# employment - Friday 7 December, 2012
100 jobs for Nypro Healthcare in Bray
The jobs announcement came after the company decided to further expand its medical device operations in Ireland.
# employment - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Unemployment falls as 1,500 come off Live Register
The seasonally adjusted figures on the Live Register show a drop of 1,500; the numbers are down 12,290 in a year.
# employment - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Dublin Clearstream branch to create 100 jobs
The Dublin office will support Clearstream’s move into the hedge fund administration market.
# employment - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Column: Getting a few extra skirts in the boardroom is not liberation
Men should support feminism, says David Cronin – and it should be about more than just high-status women.
# employment - Monday 26 November, 2012
Galway Volvo Ocean Race worth €60.5 million to Irish economy
Over 500,000 people visited Galway city for the festival with 16% of those coming from outside of Ireland.
# employment - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Algorithm predicts how long workers will stay at a job
Certain factors – even the number of social media accounts you have – can indicate whether you will be likely to stay on in a particular workplace.
State has ‘saved €5.3m’ on rent in 2012
OPW has been reducing office space and car spaces as number of State employees leave the fold – cutting cost of rented offices by one-third since 2008.
# employment - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Scrap compulsory retirement age, says Fianna Fáil
Senator Mary White (pictured) said there are people in their 60s and 70s who have a lot more to offer in their workplace.
Padraic Maher: ‘Only I’m hurling for Sarsfields I would have left the country’
The Tipperary defender is grateful to his club’s provincial campaign, which continues in next Sunday’s Munster final, for keeping him occupied.
# employment - Sunday 18 November, 2012
Column: We should be supporting our jobless thousands, not punishing them
Our focus should be making Ireland the best small country in the world to be unemployed, says Tom Boland.
# employment - Friday 16 November, 2012
Statutory sick pay ‘could threaten 42 per cent of businesses’ – IBEC
The employers’ group publishes a survey saying almost half of all firms believe paying sick employees could affect their sustainability.
# employment - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Australia seeks Irish mental health nurses and midwives
The New South Wales health board has launched a new recruitment drive for 70 Irish nurses.
Cloud computing firm announces more than 50 new jobs in Dublin
LogMeln will set up a new base in Dublin in the coming months and plans to hire more than 50 new people next year.
# employment - Sunday 11 November, 2012
Companies ‘fire their best workers during recessions’
High-skilled – but high wage-earners – are among those most likely to be let go, finds Columbia University research.
# employment - Friday 9 November, 2012
Irish multinationals employed almost 249,000 abroad in 2010
Figures show the UK was the most important destination country for Irish businesses abroad.
# employment - Thursday 1 November, 2012
13 per cent of population have a disability – CSO
Census figures also showed that over 56,000 disabled people aged over 65 lived alone.
Unemployment unchanged at 14.8 per cent in October
The number of people signing on the Live Register fell by 1,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis in October according to the latest CSO figures.
# employment - Friday 26 October, 2012
40 new jobs for Kepak in Cork
In addition to the 60 jobs already filled, Kepak will create 100 new jobs in a 12 month period.
# employment - Thursday 25 October, 2012
120 jobs earmarked for online payments HQ in Louth
YapStone International are to set up new headquarters in Drogheda, the IDA has announced.
# employment - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
60 new jobs in US companies in Cork and Galway
Minister for Jobs, Richard Bruton also said he will travel to the US for an FDI mission this week to meet with tech companies.
# employment - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
MEPs approve €5.4m funding to retrain TalkTalk workers
The European Parliament has approved an application from Ireland for funds to retrain the call centre staff sacked last year.
# employment - Monday 22 October, 2012
IBEC demands ‘pro-jobs Budget’ as forecast for 2013 is lowered
The business group says plans to increase PRSI or make employers cover sick will hamper job creation.
# employment - Sunday 21 October, 2012
5 pointers to remember in an interview
Preparation, examples, telling the company what they need to know: Some basic things to remember when going for that job.
# employment - Friday 19 October, 2012
Discount retailer to create 300 Irish jobs
The discount retailer celebrated its first anniversary of trading in Ireland with the announcement it will open ten new Irish stores in 2013.
# employment - Monday 15 October, 2012
FÁS rebrand: Intreo to provide services to jobseekers
The initiative was launched by Enda Kenny and Joan Burton this morning.
€8 million invested into Dublin facility for Munich Re
The company is one of the largest reinsurers in the world and will also create 17 jobs at its strategic R&D facility.
# employment - Sunday 14 October, 2012
Open thread: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever put on a CV?
Smoking as a hobby? Surfing the internet as a skill? Join the club.
# employment - Saturday 13 October, 2012
Careers clinic: Get a reference… from your colleagues
A referral by a friend or colleague is one of the more fruitful avenues to explore in job hunting.
# employment - Thursday 11 October, 2012
Sinn Féin launches its jobs plan
The party says it has identified €13 billion which can be sourced to create jobs, improve competitiveness and increase productivity.
Poll: Are you satisfied with the government’s progress in job creation?
As news breaks of the second big job announcement this week we ask: Are you happy with the government’s progress in job creation?
Professional job vacancies up 18 per cent in Q3
New data indicates a decrease in the numbers of jobseekers actively seeking new opportunities in Ireland.
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