Intel, Smart Telecom, Facebook & Telcorp – Weekly Jobs Update in Ireland
Friday, February 20th, 2009
Intel, Smart Telecom, Facebook & Telcorp – Weekly Jobs Update in Ireland
SMART TELECOM confirmed this week that they were considering job cuts. Word from the company indicated that there could be up to 30 or 40 positions at risk from the 90 strong workforce.
INTEL announced that it is seeking 300 job cuts at its plant in Leixlip, County Kildare. It seemed like Ireland had missed out on global restructuring with 6,000 jobs cut across plants globally. This news is worrying for workers at the plant even though the company has stressed that the plant has a strong role to play in future.
FACEBOOK will create 40 new jobs in Dublin. We brought you news of this earlier in the year. Although the new jobs numbers created is small it does sent a message that Ireland can still attract big name employers due to its strategic geographical position and skilled workforce.
Mobile services firm TELCORP announced it is going to create 20 new jobs in Dublin. Telcorp was founded in mid 2008. The company is hiring mobile sales and service staff for its office in Sandyford where it currently employs five staff and provides a range of services from mobile handsets to fixed line solutions to IT services.
