2000 plus Jobs announced in Ireland this week.
Amazing numbers of new jobs announced this week across Ireland .With major concerns around a no Brexit deal the Irish job market is showing no signs of slowing down .
The big concern for Government and Employers is how to fill these roles as the country has reached full employment and is running out of skilled workers for this massive demand.
Some of the major Jobs announcement this week include,
Eir – Eir the Irish Telecoms operator announced 750 jobs at regional hubs in Sligo,Cork and Limerick .These roles will be in customer services and sales.
Voxpro – The outsourcing company has announced 400 new jobs for Cork along with opening a new office in the city at City Gate Mahon .This will bring the headcount for Voxpro to over 5000 employees globally.
MSD – Pharma company MSD will build a new plant in Carlow which is set to create 170 new jobs and they are on the look out for new hires from today .
Camlin – In the North Camlin the major rail and electricity engineering firm announced 300 new jobs at its Lisburn plant.
Overstock – Sligo based US e-commerce firm Overstock is increasing it employee number count by 100 new roles mainly in R&D .Operating in Sligo since 2013 with 45 people its head count now will be around 200.
Spar – Announced an investment of E25 million to open 45 new stores across Ireland by 2020 .Ten of the stores will be greenfield sites and the move will create 1000 full and part-time roles.
This summary of announcements which results in over 2000 new jobs is exceptional news and the fact that a lot of the positions are spread across the country will work well with the Back 4 Good county by county strategy whereby we bring people back home to their own county, city or village.