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Government concern at Central Bank Skills Shortages

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Finance Minister Michael Noonan has admitted that the Central Bank of Ireland who want to recruit an extra 170 staff in 2017 are already struggling to compete with the private sector for the talent it needs .

Insurance companies in the private sector are also struggling to find talent in key areas and this situation will only get worst as UK and Global Insurers are considering moving their Headquarters from London to Dublin .

There is a shortage of general insurance actuaries today and this shortage will become critical post Brexit.

With salaries rising,the annual survey of actuarial pay for 2015 showed the first year of consistent pay inflation .

Minister Noonan told the Irish Parliament that the Irish Central Bank want to increase staff numbers by by nearly 10% next year with at least 28 of those new hires working directly on Brexit with additional staff drafted in for Brexit work as required .

However the Minister admitted that the Central Bank had experienced difficulties in hiring and retaining staff due to the acute skills shortage in the Financial and Legal sectors .

The Minister failed to confirm if the Government would lift the pay caps introduced during the financial crisis which are now an impediment to recruitment .Central Bank staff can expect to earn between 10 and 30 per cent less than they would in the private sector .

These staff shortages are resulting in a slow down in processing licence applications .It can now take up to 2 years for the le ensign process and a back log will develop should the anticipated increase in licence applications take place as a result of Brexit .

If you are interested in working in the Central Bank of Ireland or have an interest in working in the Insurance industry register with Bavk 4 Good today we have many partners in this sector looking to talk to you .

 

Users flock to Talent Platform -Back 4 Good -Your future in Ireland

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Back 4 Good the new online platform targeting skilled professionals from overseas has just exceeded 30,000 users in the first month since the site was rolled out live .

The platform has a number of key differences that set it apart from standard   job boards and recruitment agencies websites .

Users are spread across the Globe with interesting interactions from New Zealand Australia and Asia .Each sector is covered on the site and the site is driven by providing content that is of interest to passive professionals .

Back 4 Good has figured out what users want with this new platform and the county by county Talent strategy is attracting significant interest among the Irish abroad who wish to return home to their own town village or city .

According to its creator Gregory Craig the site and campaign have exceeded his original targets ” we built the brand at street level through clever social media and went live last month, our targets in month one have exceeded my expectations , our focus on a county by county strategy is a winner ,it makes no sense to attempt to try and encourage people to live and work in Ireland by a focus on Dublin all the time, opportunities are now available in many towns and cities throughout Ireland and we intend to develop our online county talent  registers to meet the demand from employers both private and state ” These registers will be a valuable resource for agencies such as the IDA and Enterprise Ireland and are rural redevelopment inaction

The platform is looking for state involvement as the user numbers expand ” there is a lot of spare capacity in the Department of Social Protection now that unemployment is at 7% ,the Department still has the same placement staff that were there when unemployment was at 17%, we are looking for these expert skilled staff to work on our county strategy and become active in matching and placing the users on our platform into positions with employers  in each town and village in Ireland ” said Craig .

Ireland needs a consolidated program to bring together all overseas Talent programs into one platform This approach is cost effective and measured and will deliver results by expanding Ireland’s Talent Pool  and fill many unfilled roles in all sectors .

If you want to become  involved in promoting  opportunities in your county or if you want to fill that difficult to fill  role  in your firm contact Back 4 Good today .

 

 

Trump ” This is really a bigger job than I thought ” On boarding process in place

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USA President elect Donal Trump spoke last night about the scale and size of job he is to take up in January 2017 .

The sucessful candidate told friends that his new role  ” is really a bigger job than the one I thought I was applying for ”

Having come through a very rigorous interview process President Elect Trump expressed  surprise at the ” scope ” of the role and the vast responsibilities that would soon to be placed on his shoulders .

Concern was expressed that the Job description and specification supplied to candidates did not adequately detail the role and responsibilities attached to the job  and some professional recruiters have expressed  surprise that the candidate tracking system did not filter out unprepared or unsuitable candidates.

President Elect Trump made the shortlist with some ease and as the recruitment process reached the final 2 candidates President Elect Trump unique presentation skills won over the interview panel ( the people of the USA ) and he  was selected to take up the position.

Described by one panel member as a ” man who has a very short attention span and requires instant gratification more or less constantly ,loves campaigning because he has a very short attention span ”  we at Back 4 Good have decided to  implement our  on -boarding process to ensure that this new hire hits the ground running .

Inparticular our phase one on boarding process is required for this new employee ,

1. We need to create an agenda for the new employees first week.

2 Create a comfortable work station for our new staff member .

3  Provide this new employee with a welcome gift .

4 Block off time for orientation .

5. Cover important work processes

6.Invest in Training and allow job shadowing (  note to self .Obama )

7.Conduct first staff review  and Performance appraisal  April 2017

8 Build opportunities for feed back

As it is crucial for  new employees to feel both prepared and excited for their first day at work we intend keeping close contact with this new employee either by Twitter or a quick email from HR until his January start date .

Dundrum Foodhall opens with 60 new jobs

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Aramark has invested over €1m in a new food hall at Dundrum shopping Centre bringing in brands such as Costa,Chopped,Fired Pizza Gastro and Subway .

The Hall has opened just in time for the Christmas shopping season at the centre which is Ireland’s largest retail outlet attracting more than 365,000 customers every week .

Aramark has said it will continue to expand its food offerings from Irish-owned food companies .It has agreed partnerships with rotisserie meats,sandwiches and salads specialist Poulet Bonne Femme and with Asian takeaway Kanoodle.

Both Poulet Bonne Femme and Kanoodle have signed 5 year deals with Aramark that will see them open 5 new outlets each by 2022 creating over 150 jobs in the process .

Aramark recently signed similar agreements-with Dublin -based food retailer Chopped and health food restaurant chain Freshii .

Surge in Approved Work Permits

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The number of work permits issued to overseas professionals has surged by over 35%  this year .

Figures released by the Department of Jibs revealedthe over 80% of visas issued were for new entrants with the remaining successful applications going to renewal candidates .

So far this year Irish work permits applications granted has exceeded 8,000.

Rejected applications have almost doubled o far this year up to 1,223 .

Professionals from India received 30% of all approved applications and renewals followed by Pakistan and the US which gained 14% and 9% respectively.

The top 10 companies hiring employees from abroad are

HSE.

Google

Accenture

Intel

Infosys

Amazon

HCL

Ernst & Young

HCL Technologies

Beaumont Hospital .

This trend will continue to rise in 2017 as Ireland is suffering an acute skills shortage in all sectors  Continue reading →

Revenue Announce First -time buyers rebate scheme starts on 3rd Jan 2017

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For returnees planning to return in 2017 and purchase their first home the Revenue Commissioners have announced that you will be able to apply for your 5% tax rebate from the 3rd Jan 2017 .

This is excellent news for returnees in this category.Following the Central Bank decision last week to remove the loan -to-value cap of €222,000 and allow first -time buyers to purchase a property with a deposit of 10% the attractiveness of the scheme is clear .

Indeed it now means that a  returnee first-time buyer looking to purchase a new  property valued at € 300,000 will need a deposit of just € 15,000 .

This is because the Governments help-to-buy scheme will provide a rebate of up to 5%  of the purchase price ( up to €20,000) upfront thereby reducing what the returnee first-time buyer must save themselves .

The scheme will launch on the 3rd Jan and run until Dec 2019 and an online application facility for the scheme will be available on the Revenue website www.revenue.ie from Jan 3rd .

Once  you have agreed to buy your property you will need to make a claim through the website .This will involve uploading information such as a copy of the signed contract,deposit paid,completion date and details of the developer etc.

Like all applications through the State system you should allow for the process to take some time so allow for this when planning your purchase and of course your return home .

if you require further information contact info@back4good.ie or www.revenue.ie directly .

 

 

 

 

Voxpro announces 400 new Jobs for Dublin

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Business process outsourcing firm Voxpro is creating 400 new jobs as it officially opens its new Dublin office .

The company ,which offers customer experience,technical support,and sales operations solutions to international customers will employ more than 2000 people in Ireland once the roles are filled and plans to grow to more than 3,000 globally over the next 12 to 18 months .

The roles  are wide ranging int and include Technical Support,customer experience, training, and management positions .

The business was founded in Cork more than 20 years ago by Chef Executive Dan Kieky and his wife Linda .

If you are interested in one of these roles register today with www.back4good.ie and we will take it from there for you .

LinkedIn to Hire 200 new employees

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LinkedIn is to create 200 new jobs at its Irish office taking the number of people employed here in Ireland to 1200.

The company is already actively recruiting for the first 100 roles with the remaining 109 jobs to be filled in the awry months of 2017 .

Dublilin is the European HQ of LinkedIn with sales and marketing operations for Europe,the Middle East and Africa based in Ireland and more then 50 other markets supported from the Dublin office .

The new jobs will reflect that,and will also include posts for customer support and engineering .

Among the engineering skills supported in Dublin are natural language processing .

The jibs are aimed at above graduate level .

These new roles present an attractive option for returnees and register with www.back4 good.ie today if you wish to be considered .

Ireland’s leading Publicans call for Government to support drive to bring emigrants home

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One of the country’s leading Publicans has called for Government support for initiatives to bring home Irish workers  home for good.

Louis Fitzgerald whose group runs 20 pubs and 2 hotels employing 950 people mostly in the Dublin area including heritage pubs Kehoes and The Stag’s  Head ( recently voted pub of the year ) has said ” I would like to see a signal going out to entice them home ….a lot of really good staff have emigrated – we were expecting them back but they are not coming back ”

Mr Fitzgerald call follows similar calls in a number of key sectors including Construction, Phara,Healthcare and Hospitality .

Back 4 Good have submitted detailed proposals to Government on how to attract home these workers including a comprehensive action plan incorporating staff within Government Departments engaging in placement of Back 4 Good registrants on a county by county basis .

Back 4 Good the key initiative in his space has seen a surge in registrations online in the 4 weeks that the initiative has gone live with over 25,000 people expressing an interest in returning home .

The Back 4 Good county strategy which aims to bring people home  to their own town, village or city is  a winner with huge interest from returnees .

Ireland needs to move fast skills shortages are acute and some businesses in the Hospitality sector can’t open additional restaurants or extra accommodation due to a shortage of skilled workers .