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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Q. Will I definitely get a response to my CV when I send it into a Recruitment Agency? 
A. It is good business practice for an agency to respond to all CV’s they receive. However, given the vast volume of CV’s received by some agencies and shortage of time, we recommend that job-seekers should follow up themselves if they have not received an acknowledgement.
Q. Will I be interviewed by the agency?
A. If the agency feels that your skills/experience are suited to particular positions available then you should be called for interview.
Q. How should I treat the interview with the agency?
A. Job-seekers should treat the interview with the agency as their first interview as the agency will shortlist candidates to be put forward to employers for interview based on their CV and interview with the agency.
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How to get the most out of Recruitment Agencies 
- Find out who the best agencies are specifically for your discipline in Dublin.
- Registrar and meet with at least 3-4 maximum. There is little point meeting with 15 recruiters as many have the same jobs
- If possible, try and find out the specific names of recruiters that friends or colleagues have encountered EG you could go onto boards.ie and pose the question on a forum
- The main thing is getting a Recruitment Consultant with at least 2 years experience, and understanding of your discipline, who has forged good relationships with clients in your field. Recruitment is a high turnover industry, so this can be difficult, but it is doable if you do the right research
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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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Nowadays jobseekers are applying to multiple jobs through many different mediums. As a result, they can lose track of what roles they have
applied to and where recruitment agencies are sending their CVs.
Why manage your job applications?
- It will cause problems with the agencies if companies already have your CV on file and it is also submitted through an agency. It will damage your relationship with your consultant and reflect poorly on your with the organisation
- It helps you track the progress of your job searching process. What medium is creating the most responses to your CV? Do you need to re-channel your efforts in another direction?–
- You need to be prepared for interviews that may arise. The job spec may have been removed from the web by the time interviews progress.
I came across this site that will help you track your job applications http://www.becomed.com
Early 2009 Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development survey
•Over half (53%) of those surveyed received a pay increase in 2008 and, of those working for an employer that pays bonuses, 83% received one last year.
• Overall, the majority were satisfied with the size of their pay increase (70%) and
or their bonus but of those who were not satisfied, many felt the amount of their
rise did not keep pace with inflation / the cost of living.
• Although a high percentage of employees received a pay increase and/ or bonus,
the majority believe such will not be the case next year with 43% predicting no
pay rise and 21% a rise lower than 2008, only 19% think their pay rise will be
greater than this year.
• A significant proportion (68%) do not know what they need to do to achieve a pay
rise in 2009, suggesting both uncertainty and that communication around pay
could be improved – nearly half wanted more information about their pay.
• There is support for basing pay around individual performance, experience and
linked to inflation / cost of living.
• Transparency of pay is also something employees favour – over two-thirds would
like to know how their pay increase compared with others and most are also
happy to disclose how much they earn, if it meant that they could find out how
much others earn.
Whatever you do for a living, all industries go through cycles of growth and shrinkage. There are flat periods and booms. There are recessions, too, and their usual result is a drastic
reduction in job vacancies. That leaves most job seekers with a pretty lame set of options: apply for the two jobs in the sector, or do something else, however vaguely defined.
It depends how you read the job market. Looking for jobs that aren’t there isn’t too productive. The usual problem is breaking the mold, getting out of the single stream of employment. The mistake here is to assume you’re stuck in the same industry. Most people’s skills transfer across to other areas in other industries, some quite unrelated.
The fact is that most people don’t know how to read the job market. They see a demand for accountants, but don’t notice it’s all in finance, not basic accountancy. The accounting analogy holds good for reading the job market. How many different kinds of accountant are there? Hundreds. Does the word “accountant” mean very much if it’s not qualified? It’s almost meaningless, because of the very different skill sets.
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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!!
1. Allow time to grieve the loss
It is helpful to acknowledge how you feel, notice the feelings it brings up and
to accept yourself for the feelings you do have.
2. Dont take it personally
It was you ROLE that was made redundant
3. Dont buy into negative thoughts
When you notice you are having negative thoughts, do your best to let them go rather than allow yourself to get carried away with them.
4. Keep active
keeping your body moving keeps your energy high, your blood circulating and blocks you from falling into apathy
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