Careers and Jobs

Quinn Insurance announced that it will create 500 new jobs at a new EUR25m facility in Little Island. The jobs will be created over the next 4 years. Good news is that 100 of these jobs will be created immediately with the rest between now an 2012. The jobs will be created across a wide range of disciplines including underwriting, claims and customer service. Quinn Insurance currently employs 3,000 people in Ireland and created 300 of these jobs in the last 12 months.

Also in Cork Option Wireless will create 145 new jobs. The company designs and manufactures internet wireless access devices.

It looks like there is more bad news for the Insurance Sector with the announcement that Axa will shed 120 jobs at its Dublin offices. This news follows a previous announcement by Hibernian that they will shed 580 jobs moving them to Bangalore in India. We brought you rumours of this Hibernian announcement a few months back.

Axa plans to shed the 120 jobs through voluntary redundancy and there may be plenty of takers as they also plan to restructure pay scales. Basically those left in the company may have to take a pay reduction. This scenario is not uncommon in this climate as a leading Estate Agent in Ireland reported the same move recently to fight of the possibility of redundancies.

Axa has seen its turnover drop drastically over the last number of years so this latest news does not surprise many commentators. Having said this for those affected the news is always hard to take.

It also looks like Northern Ireland is not safe from the current economic conditions. Toughglass in Co Down has announced 60 compulsory redundancies.

If you have been affected by redundancy – a career coach, interview coach or CV service could help you navigate these difficult times.