Careers and Jobs

Microprint announced the closure of its plant in Tallaght with the loss of 130 jobs. Jacobs announced job losses of 230 in Tallaght last month so this is a double blow to the region.

On the positive side Teva Pharmaceutical announced the creation of 165 jobs at its Waterford site. They currently employ 650 in Waterford.

It seems that most manufacturing is heading for the exit door except in the Pharmaceutical sector. Having said this it has not been all roses for the sector. In 2007 Pfizer announce job cutting but a bigger blow was the postponement of the Amgen investment indefinitely.

I would still say that the Pharmaceutical sector is still one of the safe bets for jobseekers in Ireland. However who knows they way things are changing in this country.

It seems people in Ireland have been affected by the numerous job loss announcements and consumer confidence has slipped back in February. Fear of job loss is making many Irish tighten the belts. The struggling US economy has put Irish workers with US multinationals on alert.

Job loss announcements in February have affected most sectors and include Arnotts, Allergan, Jacobs, Grove Turkeys and Sercom Solutions. There is also the shadow over SR Technics and the whole construction sector.