Want to Move, would like some info

kheanmurphy

I am from Canada and am looking to move to Ireland and just wanted to know what the job situation was like, what are the hot job trends, which industries are expected to need workers?

Thanks

RicardoSmith

Theres a lot of immigrants from eastern europe, asia and africa moving to Ireland at the moment, which makes it a bit harder to find work at the moment IMO. Traditionally the IT market was strong but I don't think it is. If you have another language aswell as english you'd find it easier.

LegacyUser

qualifications are the key!!!

pebble

kheanmurphy wrote:

I am from Canada and am looking to move to Ireland and just wanted to know what the job situation was like, what are the hot job trends, which industries are expected to need workers?

Thanks

Thats kinda like saying 'I want to go on holiday to Canada, tell me what the weather is like'

How about helping people to help you. Information like what sort of area you are looking at, what places, locations, industries, markets.

Otherwise, the only advice I can give you is that Burger King need some burger flippers.

Try and read the charters first.

kheanmurphy

pebble wrote:

Thats kinda like saying 'I want to go on holiday to Canada, tell me what the weather is like'

It depends on where you go. It is a rather larger county.
In the west coast in BC it is pacific temperate with a lot of rain and mild temperatures year round. In the interior of BC there is desert, which is quite warm and dry, there are also mountain ranges which can be harsh and unforgiving in the Winter dumping many feet of snow overnight. And in the summer it can produce very warm, pleasent days.

On the praries there is an extreme range of temperatures from summer to winter. In the summer time it can reach 40 Celsius plus and produce brilliant thunderstorms and tornados. In the winter there can be -40 celsius temperatures and devistating blizzards. But, the majority of the time there is just a lot of snow.

In the North (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut) there is close to full day darkness during the winter and full day light in the summer. Temperatures are similar to the praries in the summer (only an absolute insane swarm of a million mosquitos) but in the winter can reach well below -50. That can freeze lakes 6 feet down!!

Now central Canada I am not too familiar with but Eastern (Atlantic) Canada produces weather very similar to Ireland in the summer time. In the winter it can be quite cold . It can snow but also there are Ice Stroms to worry about, where freezing rain can incase buildings, cars, trees and power lines in thick, thick ice!!

Weather here is generaly unpredictable (Especially on the Plains of Alberta where I live. Literally it can change from rain to snow to sun to more snow, and that is in July!!) It has snowed once in every month here at some time or another!!!

Although most of these are extremes, for the most part the weather is pleasent to hot in the summer time and cold to absolutly freezing in the winter.

I would suggest planning your trip in the fall as there will be milder temperatures, vibrant colour produced from the leafy trees leaves turning from green to red, orange and yellow, as opposed to the spring where everything is muddy and slushy from the melting snow. Also there would be less tourists in the fall as well.

Hope that helps!

Ebonyks

:rolleyes:

If your gonna be a smartass about it, then good luck getting any kind of help man.

...On the other hand if your response was serious...you sure do go out of your way to make a point of something that was not even needed to be made.

Bah

kheanmurphy wrote:

It depends on where you go. It is a rather larger county...Hope that helps!

Ok, I think you missed the point of pebble's post *ever so slightly*... You might want to take another look at the end of his post:

How about helping people to help you. Information like what sort of area you are looking at, what places, locations, industries, markets.

Otherwise, the only advice I can give you is that Burger King need some burger flippers.

Try and read the charters first.

You need to supply some info about yourself before people can actually try to help you...

tribble

kheanmurphy wrote:

It depends on where you go. It is a rather larger county.
In the west coast in BC it is pacific temperate with a lot of rain and mild temperatures year round. In the interior of BC there is desert, which is quite warm and dry, there are also mountain ranges which can be harsh and unforgiving in the Winter dumping many feet of snow overnight. And in the summer it can produce very warm, pleasent days.

On the praries there is an extreme range of temperatures from summer to winter. In the summer time it can reach 40 Celsius plus and produce brilliant thunderstorms and tornados. In the winter there can be -40 celsius temperatures and devistating blizzards. But, the majority of the time there is just a lot of snow.

In the North (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut) there is close to full day darkness during the winter and full day light in the summer. Temperatures are similar to the praries in the summer (only an absolute insane swarm of a million mosquitos) but in the winter can reach well below -50. That can freeze lakes 6 feet down!!

Now central Canada I am not too familiar with but Eastern (Atlantic) Canada produces weather very similar to Ireland in the summer time. In the winter it can be quite cold . It can snow but also there are Ice Stroms to worry about, where freezing rain can incase buildings, cars, trees and power lines in thick, thick ice!!

Weather here is generaly unpredictable (Especially on the Plains of Alberta where I live. Literally it can change from rain to snow to sun to more snow, and that is in July!!) It has snowed once in every month here at some time or another!!!

Although most of these are extremes, for the most part the weather is pleasent to hot in the summer time and cold to absolutly freezing in the winter.

I would suggest planning your trip in the fall as there will be milder temperatures, vibrant colour produced from the leafy trees leaves turning from green to red, orange and yellow, as opposed to the spring where everything is muddy and slushy from the melting snow. Also there would be less tourists in the fall as well.

Hope that helps!

I can't decide if this guy is being uber sarcastic in a Family guy 'just a little TOO long' kinda way or if he just thinks the original poster was actually inquiring as to the prevailing weather conditions of our north american cousins...
Of course, having travelled in close company with a number of Canadians I can conclusivly say that they are indeed very, very strange - in the best possible way

tribble

pebble

kheanmurphy wrote:

It depends on where you go. It is a rather larger county.
In the west coast in BC it is pacific temperate with a lot of rain and mild temperatures year round. In the interior of BC there is desert, which is quite warm and dry, there are also mountain ranges which can be harsh and unforgiving in the Winter dumping many feet of snow overnight. And in the summer it can produce very warm, pleasent days.

On the praries there is an extreme range of temperatures from summer to winter. In the summer time it can reach 40 Celsius plus and produce brilliant thunderstorms and tornados. In the winter there can be -40 celsius temperatures and devistating blizzards. But, the majority of the time there is just a lot of snow.

In the North (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut) there is close to full day darkness during the winter and full day light in the summer. Temperatures are similar to the praries in the summer (only an absolute insane swarm of a million mosquitos) but in the winter can reach well below -50. That can freeze lakes 6 feet down!!

Now central Canada I am not too familiar with but Eastern (Atlantic) Canada produces weather very similar to Ireland in the summer time. In the winter it can be quite cold . It can snow but also there are Ice Stroms to worry about, where freezing rain can incase buildings, cars, trees and power lines in thick, thick ice!!

Weather here is generaly unpredictable (Especially on the Plains of Alberta where I live. Literally it can change from rain to snow to sun to more snow, and that is in July!!) It has snowed once in every month here at some time or another!!!

Although most of these are extremes, for the most part the weather is pleasent to hot in the summer time and cold to absolutly freezing in the winter.

I would suggest planning your trip in the fall as there will be milder temperatures, vibrant colour produced from the leafy trees leaves turning from green to red, orange and yellow, as opposed to the spring where everything is muddy and slushy from the melting snow. Also there would be less tourists in the fall as well.

Hope that helps!

I hope you copied and pasted, otherwise you have wasted your time.

Now my turn.



There are a lot of jobs in Ireland.

hope that helps!

kheanmurphy

No, I didn't copy and paste. I whipped that up in a bout 5 mins. from what I could remember.

I missed no point.

I was only asking for what the hot new job trends and expected work force trends were to be in the next few years.

ie) In Alberta right now, Nanotechnology is expected to skyrocket after the Centre for Nanotechnologies is completed at the U of A in the next two years. Petrochemical Engineering is a good solid job seeing as the Tar-Sands in Northern Alberta are beinging to be mined and processed.
In Edmonton, the Police Department is looking at hiring 100+ new officer cadets over the next couple years.
Don't be a teacher, there is a surplus of them right now. And the Alberta beef industry is still taking hits from our BSE crisis, so you might not want to look for work there.

Oh wait, that took me 3 mins. off the top of my head.

I understand all that points being made and, for the most part, they all have their place.

I didn't ask for anything to be done for me, just a breif synposis of what the general job market and work force is expected to look like in the near future.

Thanks

pebble

kheanmurphy wrote:

No, I didn't copy and paste. I whipped that up in a bout 5 mins. from what I could remember.

I missed no point.

I was only asking for what the hot new job trends and expected work force trends were to be in the next few years.

ie) In Alberta right now, Nanotechnology is expected to skyrocket after the Centre for Nanotechnologies is completed at the U of A in the next two years. Petrochemical Engineering is a good solid job seeing as the Tar-Sands in Northern Alberta are beinging to be mined and processed.
In Edmonton, the Police Department is looking at hiring 100+ new officer cadets over the next couple years.
Don't be a teacher, there is a surplus of them right now. And the Alberta beef industry is still taking hits from our BSE crisis, so you might not want to look for work there.

Oh wait, that took me 3 mins. off the top of my head.

I understand all that points being made and, for the most part, they all have their place.

I didn't ask for anything to be done for me, just a breif synposis of what the general job market and work force is expected to look like in the near future.

Thanks

Burger King are hiring.

McDonalds are hiring.

That took 2 seconds. You want to know what is happening in a country, try reading the news. This isnt some international business symposium we have here. We dont look at the economy of the country. I suggest you try the economics or business forums. They should be able to give you what you need.
Christ, is it really that hard to say 'I'm thinking of moving to Dublin and I'm wondering what the IT industry is like'?

Oh, and Sleipnir, you're banned for adding absoltely nothing to this thread. If i wanted a weather forcast in a part of canada, I'd do a local search. Twat.

seamus

In short if you're looking for a job in Ireland, come with a purpose.

For any kind of job short of shelf-stacking or burger flipping, if you don't have a qualification in that area, you won't get a job in that area. I.e. you won't get a job in IT with an English Degree.

Construction is big at the moment. You can get a job anywhere as a labourer. It's well paid, but not exactly fulfilling. It won't last much longer either.

What you're asking is a bit like, "I'm going to come to Ireland and play a professional sport, what do you recommend?". Unless we know what you can do, we can't help you.

Moonbeam

A degree is good to have here no matter what it is in it will help you get a job even if it is totaly unrelated.

There are loads and loads of call centre jobs.

Check out the jobs sites you should be able to get a good diea from there.

or our newspapers www.unison.ie is one of them

kheanmurphy

Seamus, Moonbeam,

Thanks for being helpful and providing constructive criticism.

A few posts were a little brash and condescending, no need to mention names....

pebble

kheanmurphy wrote:

Seamus, Moonbeam,

Thanks for being helpful and providing constructive criticism.

A few posts were a little brash and condescending, no need to mention names....

Well, you could start by reading the charter to this forum.
Then, you could try and help us to help you instead of trying to be smart-arsed.

I get people like you here constantly who ask broad questions like 'what is the job situation like in Ireland?' or 'how much pay should I get when I leave collage?'.

All I ever ask is that people give us some information that we can narrow down what you are talking about, otherwise, we tend to get people coming in here and getting long winded questions and its a waste of everyones time.
There are a lot of people who post here regularly, who give up their time to answer questions on work, jobs, employment law and give personal insight and experience to folk who want to know. All we ask in return is a little bit of respect, and when we ask for more details, we get them.

On the other hand, you want to be a príck about it, then you go right ahead, because I have no qualms with people who waste mine and other posters time being booted out of here and their questions left unanswered.

Just because you ask a question, does not mean you will get the answer you want. And when you dont like the ansdwer you get, or you are asked for more information, try not to abuse us on your way out.
I think youve got enough information to start your search into work in Ireland. Good luck, I wish you well, but if you post here again, please ensure that if you are asking questions, give up a bit of info and let us help you.

Have a nice day. :rolleyes: