Jobs
# jobs - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Good news! 150 new jobs for Cork
Recruitment for engineers with varying levels of experience is to begin immediately.
# jobs - Saturday 2 March, 2013
Midlands show largest percentage drop in employment ratio since 2006
Nationally, there has been a 64 per cent decline in the ratio of employed to unemployed people with less than 5 people working for every person out of work.
# jobs - Friday 1 March, 2013
New figures on foreign nationals ‘debunk migrant welfare myth’
The CSO report said that the decline in employment activity for foreign nationals has not resulted in a corresponding increase in social welfare activity.
More than 60 new jobs for Limerick
WorldWide TechServices is setting up a European base in the city.
Column: 15 tips to help you get a job
Although there has been a drop in the unemployment figures, there are still many people searching for work. To mark National Jobseekers’ Day, Robert Mac Giolla Phadrig has some tips to help.
# jobs - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Software company creates 75 jobs in Dublin
Guidewire Software is more than doubling its Irish staff numbers during this round of recruitment.
# jobs - Monday 25 February, 2013
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Centra to create 400 jobs and open 20 new stores in 2013
The company also grew by 1.6 per cent last year, and recorded retail sales of €1.435 billion.
Poll: Should a percentage of new jobs be set aside for certain sections of society?
With 400 of the 1,600 jobs to install water meters being set aside for graduates, the unemployed and small businesses, is this a move that should be repeated?
400 jobs for the unemployed through the water metering project
Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan said the programme is an opportunity for skilled workers to re-enter the workforce.
# jobs - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Hundreds of young Fianna Fáil members converge on Sligo
In the region of 500 young Fianna Fáil members are expected to attend the event, which takes place in Sligo this weekend.
# jobs - Friday 22 February, 2013
Government to pay employers to recruit unemployed people
The Government also wants to increase the number of ICT graduates and get 2,000 more small businesses online
Poll: Are you satisfied with the government’s work on jobs?
The Government launched its Action Plan on Jobs for 2013 today.
# jobs - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Nama to make significant investment in Dublin Docklands area
The Agency said the decision to invest in the area was in response to emerging demand in key markets, such as financial services sector.
30 new hospitality jobs for Dublin
The jobs will be available in late August following a refurbishment at Fire Restaurant and Venue in Dublin.
The Marker Hotel launches recruitment for 180 staff
Positions are available in a number of areas with roles for food and drink servers, bartenders, chefs and spa therapists.
Quantcast announces 100 jobs for Dublin
The digital advertising company, specialising in audience measurement, will create the jobs over the next two years.
# jobs - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Report: Government should establish a ‘youth guarantee’ for unemployed
A jobs committee has made a number of recommendations, including introducing a €1 million Youth Entrepreneurship Fund.
# jobs - Monday 18 February, 2013
The 10 jobs we’d REALLY like to see at Facebook
We just want to make the world (i.e. Facebook) a better place. These are the positions they should be filling at Facebook HQ.
BBC journalists on 24-hour strike
Staff walked out at midnight in protest at compulsory redundancies.
# jobs - Sunday 17 February, 2013
James Reilly: The boycott of nursing jobs is “ill-judged”
The Minister for Health criticised graduate nurses for not taking up lower-paid jobs with the HSE.
# jobs - Friday 15 February, 2013
Careers clinic: A spell of volunteering can transform your job skills
As survey finds that one in five people who take a break to volunteer abroad end up changing careers, two volunteers speak about their ‘transformative’ experiences.
# jobs - Thursday 14 February, 2013
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Good news: eBay to create 450 jobs in Dundalk
The new jobs will be in customer services, sales and compliance.
# jobs - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
Pharmaceutical firm announces €44m investment in Waterford plant
The biotechnology campus produces products for patients living with rare genetic diseases.
# jobs - Monday 11 February, 2013
Union meeting with IBRC liquidator over future of 800 jobs
The contracts of some 800 workers in Ireland were essentially terminated when the government decided to liquidate the bank last week.
# jobs - Friday 8 February, 2013
HMV to shut 66 British stores in next two months
The move could see up to 1,000 HMV employees lose their jobs.
# jobs - Thursday 7 February, 2013
Financial services union calls on Noonan to guarantee IBRC jobs
Last night the Finance minister said he understood most staff would be rehired by the liquidators or by NAMA when it takes on the bank’s assets.
# jobs - Friday 1 February, 2013
Taoiseach reveals how Action Plan on Jobs is progressing
The Taoiseach has launched the plan’s fourth report, saying that the rate of unemployment “remains unacceptably high” in Ireland.
# jobs - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
200 jobs to go at EBS Building Society
Staff are to hold a meeting to discuss the possibility of industrial action after being informed of the cuts.
French minister says the country is “totally bankrupt”
The minister said reducing the country’s deficit was fundamental for the economy, enterprise and jobs.
New jobs for Cork and Dublin across five growing firms
The 147 new positions were announced by the IDA and Minister Richard Bruton this morning.
# jobs - Friday 25 January, 2013
€60m investment released for pioneering research projects
Government funding of €60 million will support 85 research projects in areas like science, technology and mathematics.
# jobs - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added Star Trek mixed with Sex and the City
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Column: Proposed local government reforms will lead to job losses and closures
Entrepreneurs, job-seekers, rural enterprises, tourism initiatives and community-based projects all rely on local development companies – which could be forced to close under new reforms, writes John Walsh.
# jobs - Monday 21 January, 2013
50 new jobs in nursing and social care
Nua Healthcare is creating the permanent positions in Dublin, Kildare, Laois and Offaly.
Diep At Home announces creation of 20 new jobs
The Asian food group is opening a new 1,200 sq ft unit in Templeogue Village.
# jobs - Sunday 20 January, 2013
Careers clinic: What are you actually doing to get a job?
Jobs may be scarce on the ground – but they still exist. Here’s how to do everything you possibly can to find the job you want.
# jobs - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Column: From idea to reality, the story of a young Irish start-up
Gary Fox took a business idea from college classroom to young company. Here he describes how he did it.






















































