R&d

lafors · 09-09-2007 5:47am #1

Anyone know who are the best recruitment company to go to about a job in R&D? Or where to find companies involved in it (not easy!)?

I am fed up of my present job, shift type work (days/nights), plenty of time off and plenty of money/perks, but I don't enjoy it anymore as its way too quiet...i.e. nothing to do.

I'd be looking for something suiting my skills (I've a BEng in Mechatronics and MSc in Mech&Manufacturing with about 5 years exp.)

Oh and Dublin/Leinster area.

Any help/ideas would be great

nads · 10-09-2007 6:49am

Ok, what is R&D?

Time Magazine · 10-09-2007 6:58am

Lulz, it's "Research and Development" - Ireland is crap at it but Bertie thinks it's de way to go.

OP, have you tried directly contacting any of the big firms e.g. Intel and Hewlett-Packard?

Agent Smith · 10-09-2007 7:08am

well, iirc HP have a hiring Freeze at present

AARRRGH · 10-09-2007 1:14pm

How are your programming skills?

feylya · 10-09-2007 1:20pm

HP are still hiring in their Galway facility.

lafors · 12-09-2007 3:24am

Ibid wrote:

Lulz, it's "Research and Development" - Ireland is crap at it but Bertie thinks it's de way to go.

OP, have you tried directly contacting any of the big firms e.g. Intel and Hewlett-Packard?

I work as a vendor in Intel so can't for min 6mths after I'd leave present employer, and anyway I would never work for the "borg".

@feyela, worked for HP again as a vendor, same thing really as Intel but a nicer place though, don't want to go as far as Galway (actually I've limited myself to Dublin/Meath/Kildare/Louth).

@dublindude, My programming skills would be limited to programming for engineering (eg PLC's, process related programming...)

@ibid, Bertie is right for once, R&D is the way to go if we want to have jobs for our highly skilled/trained workers. Especially as manufacturing is going down the drain big time.

Anyone else?

R&d

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