Some interesting numbers doing the rounds on the Irish employment market with the National Skills Bulletin 2017 showing that over one million workers transitioned within the Irish labour market in 2016 .

1.1 million people moved from employment to unemployment, from employment to retirement or inactivity,frm inactivity to employment or unemployment to employment and so on.

Key area of skills shortages in Ireland in 2016 include,

Chemists

Analytical Scientists

Process and Design Engineers

Software Developers

Accounting and Data Analytics

Quantity Surveyors

Construction Project Managers

Medical Practitioners

Radiographers

Nurses

With significant shortages in these occupations employers are concerned that this will impact on the growth levels of the Irish economy and impact of service that are currently provide by the State in Healthcare in particular during 2018.

These shortages have resulted in employers sourcing skills from outside the EEA, approximately 7,700 new employment permits were issued in 2016 a 27% increase on the previous year.

As many countries across the globe are suffering from a acute skills shortages, innovative solutions such as Back 4 Good are being used at Government and Employer level to attract Talent to various sectors and the recent launch of the Back 4 good Academy is driven by a desire in each country to deliver fast impact upskilling programmes.( www.back4goodacademy.com)

The Back 4 Good concept was devised and created in Ireland and now is located in over 130 countries worldwide .It was recently rolled out in Israel in Tel Aviva and Jerusalem with both cities in a Talent battle with Ireland for skilled professionals .