Careers and Jobs

OPTION WIRELESS
Option Wireless has announced that it will be cutting 55 staff. The cork based IT company manufacturers a range of devices including USB modems. This follows news we announced about 6 months ago that the company was to create 145 jobs.

DHL
DHL is looking at 320 redundancies as a result of depot closures across Ireland. Closures will include in Galway, Sligo, Athlone, Cavan, Waterford, Enniscorthy and Tralee. DHL operates four divisions in Ireland and employs 1,600 people.

As many as 250 new jobs will be created in Athlone following news that US Medical Technology company ABIOMED will set up operations in the town. ABIOMED is a high-tech manufacturer of cardiac technology and they specialise in “fixing broken hearts”.

This Irish facility will manufacture a new range of cardiac products for the US market. The jobs created will be high skilled jobs which is great news for the region.

Athlone and Westmeath has had mixed job news in recent times. There have been some new job creations but as much job loss. ABIOMED will actually locate its premises in a plant that was used by Conor Medsystems which closed at a cost of 170 jobs last year.

This is great news for Ireland during what can be described as quite depressing times as far as jobs and the economy are concerned. Ireland has secured a high class company amid stiff competition from other countries.

Elan posted a greater loss than expected today BUT is positive that revenue will increase by up to 30% in 2008. Elan is a neuroscience-based biotechnology company and employs 2000 staff globally. Its HQ is in Dublin and it also has operations in Athlone, Bermuda, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, United Kingdom and Japan.

The Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical sector is buoyant in Ireland at present with excellent careers and jobs. The sector employs about 17,000 directly and key employers include Schering-Plough, Wyeth, Merck, Pfizer, Yamanouchi, Genzyme, Allergan, Takeda, Pfizer, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol- Myers Squibb

I did note that Elan are currently hiring so check out their site