Careers and Jobs

So we still are attractive to Inward Foreign Investment!!

Social networking website Facebook announced that it will to create 70 new jobs with its decision to establish its international headquarters in the city of Dublin. I guess the guys from Ebay and Google have told them about the Guinness and the nightlife.

The headquarters will have a wide range of roles – online technical, operations and sales to support users in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Facebook if you have not heard of it is quite a big hit at the minute and has its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. There will be a big demand for these roles so get ahead of the game.

There are fears of job loss at shannon-based firm Unbrako Europe SPS International following its sale to a US firm. Workers were informed of this news on Monday when they met the new owners. SPS has been based in Shannon since 1960 so is an established employer in the region. The company operates in the manufacturing sector making socket screws and fasteners for machinery and equipment.

Other news this week that will send shivers through munster is that Dell has closed a plant in Austin with the loss of 900 jobs. Dell is a huge employer in Limerick and Dublin. Dell is currently exercising global cost cutting and plans to reduce headcount by 10%. Hopefully Limerick and Dublin miss out on the job cuts.

We will keep you posted on other job news stories and relevant career, cv and interview advice for job hunting in Ireland.

There are a number of possible strategies that jobseekers can use to locate potential jobs. I will discuss these in detail in later posts BUT let us look a Job Boards now.

Job boards are big business and there are many focusing on Irish employers and jobseekers. These online Job Boards are straight forward to use. The question I often get is which Job Boards to use. To help you I have outlined some of the bigger online Job boards and some of the niche Job Boards.

General
EmployIreland
RecruitIreland
Monster
LoadzaJobs
Irishjobs
Jobs

Niche
AdminJobs
SalesJobs
ComputerJobs
Hoteljobs

If you need any additional help here just drop a comment.