Work in Eire?

LegacyUser

23yo Irish female currently living in the Uk.

Considering moving back to Eire due to work issues which have arisen.

My issue being: Is moving back now to look for a job crazy? Do you think with a lot of determination and searching I will find something?

Bearing in mind I've only myself to support, no loans or credit card debts and a supportive family.I've worked since I was 15 and know the value of hard work, I'm not proud and will do run of the mill jobs as long as it keeps me busy and puts a few quid in my pocket. I've got a degree in business also.

crotalus667

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23yo Irish female currently living in the Uk.

Considering moving back to Eire due to work issues which have arisen.

My issue being: Is moving back now to look for a job crazy? Do you think with a lot of determination and searching I will find something?

Bearing in mind I've only myself to support, no loans or credit card debts and a supportive family.I've worked since I was 15 and know the value of hard work, I'm not proud and will do run of the mill jobs as long as it keeps me busy and puts a few quid in my pocket. I've got a degree in business also.

With that attitude you will be fine , it is still relatively easy to find a minimum wage job as long as you can be flexible;)

eddie.fandango

I agree, you do have a great attitude? What kind of work do you intend to do, or are you happy do anything? If we find out what kind of skills you have, you never know who might know of a job opening...

Edit: Wow, I just realised how redundant my post was. Sorry guys, brain-fart.

Dudess

Oh I don't know... I've the very same attitude - my well-paying contract is about to finish up and I'll do anything too but I'm still bracing myself for a possibly long enough road, because many, many others have the same attitude. Employers may shortlist down to eight people suitable for the job, but they can still only pick one.

wylo

My issue being: Is moving back now to look for a job crazy? Do you think with a lot of determination and searching I will find something?

OP, sorry to say this but there are thousands losing their jobs right now every single week in Ireland. There are hundreds queuing up applying for jobs in the likes of McDonalds. It would be a massive massive risk to come back and expect a job. In fairness to you your not being picky and are willing to work anywhere but I still I just have to warn you. Our country is in a very bad recession and if you can hold out another year or 2 your better off.

AARRRGH

The jobs market is dead, unless you have in demand skills such as medicine and certain IT areas, such as automation.

Will you be able to move home to the folks place to keep expenses down while you look for a job?

lilirish

OP here,

mixed reviews there.

I know that its a tough market and I'll have my work cut out for me but I'm willing to put in the effort and I reckon I've got a lot to offer. Graduated last November, enthusiastic and eager to learn!

My mom would put me up no bother whilst looking without a second thought.

couerdelion

The job market is much worse over here than in the UK and I believe Ireland will be one of the last countries out of the recession as unlike the UK they have no real fiscal stimulus, quite the opposite in fact with increased taxation; but I'll save that for the politics forum

Stay where you are, concentrate on building up your CV with additional night school classes if possible then you'll be ready to hit the ground running when the economy starts recovering.

Good luck:pac:

wylo

OP, you seem to really want to come home, so maybe for that reason you should, no point in being depressed abroad, but if you can try google a few recent articles about unemployment in Ireland.
Sorry to sound off putting , its just were all currently surrounded by people qualified in all sorts of things, tradesmen, people with degrees, people in call centres, restaurant and bar workers, none of whom can find work.

But seeing as you can be put up by your Mother then I dont see why not. I just hope your not throwing away a good job over there, because I really dont see things picking up for a year or so here.

But as I said if you really are unhappy then come home.

Liam Byrne

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23yo Irish female currently living in the Uk.

Considering moving back to Eire due to work issues which have arisen.

Don't think I've ever seen an Irish person call it "Eire".

Best of luck with the job-hunting!

Eve_Dublin

Hi OP, I don't want to discourage you but as everyone else said, things are really bad here at the moment. I've been applying for everything and anything the past month since I got back from travelling and I haven't even got an interview yet. I'm not too proud to do anything but there's so much competition for so few jobs. I didn't believe the hype before I came home and thought people were blowing it out of proportion as we tend to do here sometimes but this is not the case.

It's got the point now where I'm making plan to emigrate before the end of the Summer to teach English in Spain.

I would really reconsider staying in the UK and working over there, particularly as you've just graduated and you need to start getting some experience under your belt to build up your CV. Just ride this bad boy out for a couple of years and then come home. The UK is not so far away that you can't come home whenever you like.

Saying all that, if you're not happy over there, then definitely come home and give it a go. I'm sure if you apply for absolutely everything you're bound to get something eventually.

lilirish

OP here, thanks for the replies.

Yes there is a big a part of me that just really wants to be at home.

So the general consenus is that all in all there is no certainty of a job in Eire and I would be taking a huge gamble? Recessions suck.

Thanks boardians!

BaZmO*

Don't know about Eire, but there's certainly not many jobs in Ireland at the moment.

Have a look at the jobs pages first to get a feel of what's available.

idontknowmyname

Hi OP,

I left my job in the north in Feb to move back to Dublin, like yourself have a business degree and was willing to work as anything. I was looking for 2 months (I know it's not a huge amount of time) and got nothing! I got an interview for a sales assistant so I was thrilled but as I have retail management experience they told me in the interview I was over-qualified for the role. I gave them a good answer to that in that I was willing to start at an entry role, still no good, they had their mind made up so wasted my time completely. After 2 months of daily applications and rejections, I decided to move to London which I did this week. The job market seems a lot better over here and not as dire as Ireland.