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Return to Ireland for work?

  • 17-06-2009 4:43am
    #1
    nitrogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭


    After 6 years living outside of Ireland, I am considering returning. I work in the software and web development industry and would be planning on moving to Dublin.

    Is it realistic to think I'd secure employment quickly? My other opinion is London, where I have worked in the past, and know I would be back in a job within days.

    Any advice would be appreciated.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    nitrogen wrote: »
    After 6 years living outside of Ireland, I am considering returning. I work in the software and web development industry and would be planning on moving to Dublin.

    Is it realistic to think I'd secure employment quickly? My other opinion is London, where I have worked in the past, and know I would be back in a job within days.

    Any advice would be appreciated.

    Thanks


    your joking... right?


    theres over 400,000 people on the live register (as of June 5th)


  • #3
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    sorry mate but Ireland aint looking good at the moment to be honest.


  • #4
    nitrogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭nitrogen


    It's an idea at this stage for maybe 4-6 months down the road, I'd frankly prefer to return to home soil than go back to the UK.

    I'm aware of unemployment figures, but there's also a recession in Britain and plenty of jobs for skilled individuals with experience in the capital.

    I suppose the amount of people who might suspect this post to be a troll will make up my decision.


  • #5
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    nitrogen wrote: »
    It's an idea at this stage for maybe 4-6 months down the road, I'd frankly prefer to return to home soil than go back to the UK.

    I'm aware of unemployment figures, but there's also a recession in Britain and plenty of jobs for skilled individuals with experience in the capital.

    I suppose the amount of people who might suspect this post to be a troll will make up my decision.



    you would need a considerable sized hole in your head to want to return to Ireland for work tbh


  • #6
    JMcCR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭JMcCR


    Hi there,
    I am currently finalising the details for a move home. There are jobs in Ireland if you are skilled in certain areas.


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  • #7
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    I don't think that returning to Ireland makes that much sense in the short term. I don't think there's much of a jobs market for software/web people at the moment and even if you found a job the salary being offered probably wouldn't be all that appealing.

    If I were in your position I'd take up the London option in the short term with a view of making a fairly easy move back to Ireland once the jobs market begins to pick up. I'd suspect that you're looking at more of an 18-24 month timeframe for that not 4-6 months.


  • #8
    artful_codger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,449 ✭✭✭artful_codger


    Agent Smith wrote: »
    your joking... right?


    theres over 400,000 people on the live register (as of June 5th)

    yeah 400,000 builders, car salesmen and shop workers. there are still jobs in software development if you have good experience. it's not as bad as the dot com bust of 2001/2002.


  • #9
    nitrogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭nitrogen


    My feelings are generally the same as the theme of this thread. I just thought I'd get more opinions. Thanks anyway.

    I'd hate to make the same mistake this guy made.


  • #10
    SheroN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭SheroN


    I seem to be getting calls again in the past few weeks about IT contracts. It's not all doom and gloom. I know of 3 or 4 people who've either moved jobs or found work in the past few weeks.


  • #11
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    That's interesting and good to hear. Perhaps some companies have figured out their strategy for riding out the economic meltdown and have freed up some of their budgetary restrictions.


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  • #12
    arctictree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭arctictree


    artful_codger wrote: »
    yeah 400,000 builders, car salesmen and shop workers. there are still jobs in software development if you have good experience. it's not as bad as the dot com bust of 2001/2002.

    Very true. I'm a software engineer and went through the bust of 01/02. It was hard to keep your job and very hard to find a new one. My friends in other industries did not really understand that there was a recession in IT.

    The current recession does not seem to be as bad for IT people, ie if you are skilled then you are in demand.


  • #13
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    arctictree wrote: »
    The current recession does not seem to be as bad for IT people, ie if you are skilled then you are in demand.

    I work in an IT consultancy.

    While I am permanent, we always have a requirement for various types of developers/DBAs/PMs in the IT field on short term (3-6 month) contracts. The person who looks after recruiting such people is run off her feet over the past couple of months.

    So there are jobs out there, though maybe not as many full time/permanent.


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