IDA Investment Highlights
- A total of 125 foreign direct investments won
- New companies investing in Ireland for the first time up 11% on 2008
- Investments in Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) in excess of €500m
- 49% of investments were RD&I
- 69% of investments from existing companies
- Over 4,500 new jobs were created in 2009
- Exports from IDA client companies increased to €110bn
Companies who have announced jobs include……..
Trend Micro
Gala Inc
Alps Electric
Gerson Lehrman Group
Computershare (CGS)
Intel Ireland Ltd.
Hewlett Packard Ireland Ltd.
PayPal Europe Services Limited Helsinn Holding S.A.,
Big Fish Games, Inc
CIRS
Cerner Corporation
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People looking for employment in a public sector workplace may be pleased to hear news regarding pay.
According to research conducted by the Economic and Social Research Institute, public workers in Ireland earned up 25 per cent more than those in the private sector in 2006.
This represents a rise of 11.3 per cent compared to the figures collated in 2003, when public employees earned 9.7 per cent more than those in private industry.
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- Accounting and Auditing
- IT Services / Computer Software / Hardware
- Innovation and Intellectual Property Related Enterprises
- Green Sector Jobs
- Business Services
- Medical/Health
Most of the job search engines, career sites and economists agree that the top growth industries include:
1. IT Services/Computer Software/Hardware
ICT is a key growth sector for Ireland and the availability of highly skilled IT professionals here has attracted many high profile companies that continue to reinvest. In addition, the IT outsourcing market could boom as employers increasingly look to third-party providers in order to cut costs.
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- O2 came top of the list of Irish Companies
- Depuy in the TOP 100 in Europe
- Microsoft Ireland – Best Place to Work 2008
- Best practices in creating a fun place to work – Google Ireland.
- Best Practices for Work-Life Balance – Intel Ireland.
- .Best Practices for Diversity Management – Abbott Laboratories Ireland
- Best Practices for employee involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility to GE Commercial Aviation Services.
If you are job searching…..these companies are a good place to start!!
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