Back 4 Good – Your future in Cork is rolling out our unique campaign reaching out to overseas professionals with an invitation to come to Cork to live and work .
With over 50% of businesses in Cork saying that they are facing skills shortages and in particular there are huge gas in Engineering and Quality along with Mechinical Engineers and Pharma and Bio-Tech professionals .
A bigger issue for Cork based employers is staff retention and this has resulted in significant wage rises for skilled professionals .

Back 4 Good – Your future in Cork have advised employers in Cork to look at other incentives to retain and recruit Talent including ,
Relocation Allowances
Flexi-time
Health Insurance
2 return flights per year
Bonus Scheme
Users on our platform are more focus on lifestyle and quality of life when deciding on their next move and employers should consider new innovative solutions such as PTO plans -Personal time options that allow employees to take time off for whatever reason, be it a sick child, a vacation day, or a ” mental health ” day .
The lifestyle perks that are users suggest include,Subsidised daycare and parking ,discounts at local shops and travel vouchers, on site wellness centers all of which demonstrate a company’s caring philosophy.
In the construction sector the lack of skilled talent is impacting on the cost of housing with the industry requiring over 112.000 nw employees nationally bt the end of 2020 .
Recent reports by the Irish CSO have advised that Cork is the fastest growing region in Ireland and is working as a perfect counterweight to Dublin with the total number of people working in Cork now standing at 230,373 persons.
The largest sector of employment in Cork is Manufacturing followed by Wholesale and Retail,Human Health and Social Work and Education.

Now is the time to come and live and work in Cork and Back 4 Good – Your future in Cork are on standby to provide you with independent advice on all aspects of living and working in the City and County .
Register your details on this platform or send your cv to chloe@project.blueberry.ie today and we will take it from there for you.
For employers, we have a solid database of skilled professionals who wish to live and work in Cork contact greg@project.blueberry.ie today for all your HR and Talent services .