Careers and Jobs

Netezza has announced that it will be creating 65 jobs over the next 5 years in Dundalk. If you are a technical graduate then there could be the jobs for you. Infact Netazza actually suggested that the reason they are creating the jobs in Dundalk is because of its close proximity to DKIT. Netezza provides data warehouse equipment which helps store, retrieve and analyse large amounts of data.

On another positive note FAS has been receiving praise in the states on its visionary programme “The Science Challenge Initiative”. This programme will see 42 grads travel to th US for internship programmes. So if you do not fancy Dundalk perhaps 6 months in the states.

Dell Ireland has announced that it will be cutting 250 jobs at its operations in Dublin and Limerick. The company employees were told the bad news on Tuesday. Dell announced it would be cutting 250 jobs from its 4500 workforce in Ireland.

Dell operations in Cherrywood in Dublin will be hardest hit as it seems that support functions such as administration, marketing and IT have been targeted. Dell seem to be clear in stressing that no manufacturing jobs will be affected. This seems to be against the general trend in the economy with regards to manufacturing job losses.

This latest news is a serious blow to South Dublin but the economy in general as Dell is a big name employer established in Ireland for some time. Perhaps the reports I read of a US recovery are way off the mark.

Dell is seeking huge cost cutting initiatives globally so this could be the start of shrinking operations in Ireland

These job losses are in th US but this news will be relevant for Irish readers as the US has a big impact on hte Irish economy BUT also Google is a huge employer in Ireland.

Google suffers some negative news!!

Google is slashing 330 jobs at DoubleClick in the US which is about a quarter of the workforce. This is following the acquisition of the company for $3.1bn. Google are being tight lipped about this development which I guess in understandable as no company wants to talk about this type of news.

This type of job cutting has never been associated with Google as it has been up and up for the company. Google’s message is that with any mergers there can be duplication and job loss.

Is this the end of the job cuts for Google and DoubleClick?

We will have to wait and see.

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US firm Eyewonder has announced the creation of 31 new jobs in Dublin. They are setting up European Offices in Ireland with Sales and Customer Support. Eyewonder is based in Atlanta and provide online video and rich media advertising products.

Eyewonder says it picked Ireland as its European base because (of the criac and the Guinness- Joke!!) of the highly skilled workforce. Ireland was picked ahead of some other European countries. Ireland are dropping down the European competitive league but still top when it to craic!!

There was some great news for the Pharmaceutical sector and the cork region today in Ireland. Cork as a region houses a very strong pharmaceutical sector with many employees BUT this will now increase.

Depuy Ireland announced that it will be setting up a new innovation centre in Cork. This center will create 20 new jobs. These jobs will be for individuals with bioengineering, materials and quality backgrounds.

Depuy Ireland currently employs about 600 staff in Cork and set up in Ireland in 1997. It currently has manufacturing and supply chain functions in the region.

These jobs are positive news for the government as they fit the “high value” jobs specification that they have been promising. The only thing is that they are not being created fast enough.

There was also great news for Dublin today where Chase Paymentech announced 100 new jobs over the next 3 years.