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As many as 2/3 of organisations surveyed recently admitted that they will not survive next year unless there is a drastic change in the current economic conditions.

A recent survey by ISME indicated that many were pessimistic and that they did not see evidence of an upturn in the economy. Instead they faced into reduced orders and difficult accessing credit.

There were 600 companies surveyed and it is no surprise that the construction sector was the most pessimistic. Retail, distribution, manufacturing and services were not far behind though.

This news has a major impact on jobs in the sector with over 40% of those surveyed expecting to let staff go.

Certainly there was no evidence of “green shoots” from this ISME survey.

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Newspapers today have reported some positive jobs news for Dublin and Meath. A total of 38 new jobs will be created in Dublin and Meath as a result of two new announcements.

Printing tool company Wetzel Holding a printing tool company is to create 25 jobs over the next five years in Co Meath at its base in Clonee. The EUR5 million technology production operation as part of the growth of a research and development initiative.

In Dublin Sophis Group, a financial software developer, will create 13 new jobs as part of a EUR1.7 million investment in its research and development facility.

Been travelling with work for the last 4 weeks so no real time to post – there has been alot more water under the Jobs & Careers bridge since then. BUT lets kick off with some positive jobs news stories.

Softedge Systems creates 15 new jobs in Newry

Software company SOTFEDGE will establish a new centre of excellence in Newry, Co. Down. This Stg700k will create 15 new jobs over the next 3 years and is backed by Invest Northern Ireland. The centre will focus initially on developing software using Silverlight, which enables streaming of high quality video, animation and interactive features online.

Cerner Corporation to create 40 new jobs in Dublin

It was recently announced that Cerner Corporation will expand its operations in the Dublin headquarters. The healthcare technology firm will create up to 40 new jobs as the firm adds a software technical support service. Cerner provides technology to health systems, pharmaceutical industry and doctors

VoiceSage to create 25 new jobs in Dublin

VoiceSage will create 25 jobs at newly opened offices in Dun Laoghaire. This development is part of a EUR7 million investment by the messaging technology firm. The jobs will be in software engineering, research and development and customer support.

IKEA JOBS in Ireland – Careers in IKEA

There have been over 4,500 applicants for 50 supervisor jobs in the first Ikea superstore to open in the Republic in July. Great company to work for OR only company with jobs?

IKEA will hold the final stages of its recruitment drive this weekend at the Ballymun Civic Center between 10am and 5pm. The company has 280 additional jobs to full and hope to meet suitable part-time and full-time staff this weekend. The 280 jobs will be on top of 120 management and general roles already filled.

A total of 500 direct staff will be employed at the store which is significant in these times. The breakdown is 10 senior management, 55 managers and 50 supervisors although nearly all workers will be titled co-workers within company culture and their “humble” management structure.

Almost all the new hires will be from Ireland as the company here and has emphasised hiring locally through its initiatives with the Ballymun Partnership.

There will be certainly big interest in the recruitment drive BUT also the opening in July. The Dublin outlet will be 31,500 sq ft representing one of Ikea’s flagship stores and it will include a restaurant and a creche.

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Over 160 employees will lose jobs after 5 firms confirmed layoffs yesterday. The West of Ireland suffered the most with the news including Shannon, Limerick and Kerry.

CLARE – Agilisys Contact Services

Agilisys Contact Services announced it is to close its centre in Shannon transferring operations to the UK. The company has been based in Shannon for four years and had 71 employees.The company hopes that some of the affected employees will relocate to the UK.

LIMERICK – Irish Dresden

Dromcollogher (Co. Limerick) firm Irish Dresden has stopped manufacturing with the loss of 15 jobs. The company manufactured delicate porcelain mementos with pieces in the White House. Decline in global sales was cited as the reason for the closure.

KERRY – BeoCare & Beru Electronics

In Kerry – healthcare company BeoCare is expected to close and Beru Electronics is seeking redundancies. This is expected to result in 40 jobs lost.

DUBLIN – New Oceans Limited

Print and design company New Oceans Ltd has closed with the loss of 36 jobs. The collapse of the business and closure is linked to a significant fall in trade in recent months.

CV Service launched in Ireland

A brand new CV Writing website has been launched this week by a familiar face in the Careers, Outplacement & HR scene. Paul Mullan of Measurability has launched CVSOLUTIONS.IE to deliver high quality CV’s to job seekers across Ireland.

CVsolutions offers high quality CV’s tailored for the individual. They will not churn out on a production line like many other CV services.

CVsolutions is headed by Paul Mullan a leading CV expert in Ireland. Paul is CV expert with RecruitIreland and many other online jobsites. He is a career doctor with Irish Independent and regularly comments across radio and newspapers on career subjects.

CVsolutions will offer a nationwide service across Ireland – from Dublin – Waterford – Limerick – Cork – Galway & Sligo.

For more details visit CV Writing Service.

CVsolutions caters for three key levels – Graduates & Junior roles, Professionals and Executives. They work with jobseekers across all business functions and industry sectors.

CVsolutions will also include some free advice for jobseekers who want to go it alone and develop their own CV. You will find excellent CV Tips & Advice and Cover Letter Tips. There is expert opinion on CV Layout and CV Format. You will also find CV Examples, CV Samples and CV Templates.

There has been negative jobs news for two counties in Ireland – Donegal & Dublin due to announcement by two major employers IBM & Boston Scientific.

IBM is seeking 120 voluntary redundancies at its plant in Mulhuddart as it moves the manufacturing of high-end computer servers to a base in Singapore. Those workers taking redundancy option are expected to leave by the end of April. This news continues the trend of manufacturing moving from Ireland to cheaper cost base countries.

Boston Scientific has dealt a blow to Donegal. The company plans to move the manufacturing facility from Letterkenny to Galway. The plant employs 120 staff in Donegal and according to the company some of these workers can move to Galway plant.

The papers yesterday announced negative jobs news for north and south. Glanbia announced that it will be cutting 50 jobs at HQ in West Dublin. Meanwhile in Belfast 40 Jobs will be cut by financial company ClearCo. These lastest announcements come at the end of a grey week for jobs news. Although the previous post announce 190 new jobs for Newry & Belfast with First Derivatives & ICS Computing many jobs were lost. Here is a quick summary below.

GE Healthcare announced 50 job cuts in Cork.

Powerscreen announced 90 job cuts in Tyrone

County Council announced 48 redundancies in Kildare.

Microsoft announced 17 job cuts in Dublin

Finally the biggest news of the week was that Ulster Bank announce 750 job cuts across Ireland. There will be 200 cut in Northern Ireland and 550 across the south.

Vodafone Ireland announced last week that it was to cut 10 percent of its workforce. The mobile telecoms operator is looking to cut 150 jobs through redundancy from its 1,500 employees. This company hopes to achieve the redundancy figures through a voluntary redundancy programme. Vodafone are now entering a month long consultation period so there are very few details about which functions will suffer from the redundancies. The mobile company has 2.23 million subscribers to the network in Ireland.

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GE money will stop offering mortgages and reduce its car loans which will result in 80 jobs being lost with the company. GE Money is one of Ireland’s main sub-prime lenders. The company currently employs 400 staff in Ireland. The latest announcement follow after 85 jobs were lost in August.

GE tailored for individuals who could not secure mortgages through high street lenders. These individuals normally had a poor credit history or high associated risks.

This news follow news that 25% of Mortgage Brokers fear for their jobs as the housing market in Ireland grinds to a halt.

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