Are people finding work out there?

SIBERIA

Simple question

ANXIOUS

Yes, offered two jobs in three weeks. While still in other job.

ABajaninCork

I got a short-term contract which has just finished after 2.5 years of searching...

I had the 'pleasure' of dealing with our friends in Welfare this morning *sigh*. Just hope it won't be too long before I can get something else....

si_guru

ABajaninCork wrote: »

I got a short-term contract which has just finished after 2.5 years of searching...

I had the 'pleasure' of dealing with our friends in Welfare this morning *sigh*. Just hope it won't be too long before I can get something else....

Good luck with that mate - really.

COYW

Yep, offered a job this week and have 2 other first round interviews available over the next 5 days. In a full time permanent position at the moment. I'm extremely luck that my sector is flying at the moment and there is a shortage of personnel out there.

Crazy Horse 6

No there are no jobs. I'm in a soul destroying low paid position at the moment and have been searching for a proper job that can support my family the last six months with no luck. Two interviews from 300+ C.V's sent out and no joy. Have given in and we are moving to Toronto in the next few weeks after finding work through a friend.:)

Crazy Horse 6

COYW wrote: »

Yep, offered a job this week and have 2 other first round interviews available over the next 5 days. In a full time permanent position at the moment. I'm extremely luck that my sector is flying at the moment and there is a shortage of personnel out there.

Home repo?

RedXIV

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

No there are no jobs. I'm in a soul destroying low paid position at the moment and have been searching for a proper job that can support my family the last six months with no luck. Two interviews from 300+ C.V's sent out and no joy. Have given in and we are moving to Toronto in the next few weeks after finding work through a friend.:)

Best of luck with this!

IT sector doesn't seem to be too bad, my mate's company went under and 3 days later he had another job. And I'm getting offered alot of jobs the last while too.

ABajaninCork

si_guru wrote: »

Good luck with that mate - really.

Thanks very much for the good wishes!

damo34

Ive being out of work for waay too long. My goal is to have something.. anything.. by xmas. Its not looking good

GaryMunster

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

No there are no jobs. I'm in a soul destroying low paid position at the moment and have been searching for a proper job that can support my family the last six months with no luck. Two interviews from 300+ C.V's sent out and no joy. Have given in and we are moving to Toronto in the next few weeks after finding work through a friend.:)

Maybe its time to update the CV?

Tieko

Getting interviews, just waiting to land one. I was traveling the last year so not sure HR people love that when they look at my cv. It is my mission to land a job in the next 4 weeks

Mrs OBumble

Yes, things in Galway have got a lot better over the last 6 months.

Still far from what it was, but better.

Eoin

IT is certainly quite strong at the moment.

Pembily

Yes there is, I was offered a job recently in my field, I have been looking for over 10 months, but have been in a job during this time. Perseverance is the key and you have to network not just apply for jobs, you need to be different from the other person and by people knowing you it gives you an edge.

Crazy Horse 6

GaryMunster wrote: »

Maybe its time to update the CV?

Yeah because i have'nt tryed that.
I don't care anymore i'm gone in a while. The country is fcked.

GaryMunster

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

Yeah because i have'nt tryed that

No need for the cheek, Not just updating whats on it but it structure etc, Have you got it professionally looked at? If you have then well your just v unlucky so

sarkozy

I'm in the charity sector. There are some jobs. I'm not getting any. There are lots of unpaid internships. Before someone says, I'm already volunteering somewhere. It's really getting me worried. Am doing an 'Employment Preparation Course' to fix what I'm doing wrong. But the problem isn't so much me as The World.

ANXIOUS

Just had to turn down a job, oddly enough i felt bad. Now i am starting to wonder did i make the right decision.

What don't people who are getting offers/jobs say what field they are in and what role it is?

RATM

Eoin wrote: »

IT is certainly quite strong at the moment.

So strong that the last four people I've placed in jobs were not Irish- I had to persuade them to come up here from Poland, Italy & Spain. For some positions there is a complete lack of Irish talent in comparison to the opportunities available.

Oranage2

@ Salonfire

Got a job after a week of coming out of college - not what I studied though (customer service contracted by the government)

- Got a promotion in my current job


- Had 4 interviews in the field I did study - IT related


I think things are improving that if you have any experience then you have a good chance.

starlit

Oranage2 wrote: »

@ Salonfire

Got a job after a week of coming out of college - not what I studied though (customer service contracted by the government)

- Got a promotion in my current job


- Had 4 interviews in the field I did study - IT related


I think things are improving that if you have any experience then you have a good chance.

I hope so, good to know that some of us are having some success in finding work at such an economic downfall. Gives some hope for the rest of us! Fingers crossed eh....!

fat__tony

Apart from IT, every other industry is dead in the water.

tatabubbly

Trying my hardest, getting to a few scattered interviews, I'm in the field of science and as a recent graduate, I'm finding it hard to get into contact with people in that area though.

So any tips would be awesome!

mickman

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

Yeah because i have'nt tryed that.
I don't care anymore i'm gone in a while. The country is fcked.

there is plenty of work in skilled non construction roles

ABajaninCork

mickman wrote: »

there is plenty of work in skilled non construction roles

Where?? Because in Cork there sure ain't!!

My husband's been looking solidly for work the past two and a half years, and there's ZILCH out there. He's re-trained, got his certs up to date, rings round the agencies, and applies for every job that remotely fits his skill set. He hasn't even been graced with a PFO, never mind an interview!!

MidlandsM

mickman wrote: »

there is plenty of work in skilled non construction roles

what a generalisation?!?!?!

CiaranC

MidlandsM wrote: »

what a generalisation?!?!?!

True though

InReality

According to friends of mine , the waiting time in IT , for experienced software dev , for a new job is about 2 weeks now.

Mrs OBumble

CiaranC wrote: »

True though

Care to give some examples, please? Am finding the claim a bit hard to believe ..

CiaranC

JustMary wrote: »

Care to give some examples, please? Am finding the claim a bit hard to believe ..

Know a chef, two lads (pretty high up) in finance and an experienced business manager who got sorted recently, all pretty quick and in what they say are decent roles.

msg11

RATM wrote: »

So strong that the last four people I've placed in jobs were not Irish- I had to persuade them to come up here from Poland, Italy & Spain. For some positions there is a complete lack of Irish talent in comparison to the opportunities available.

Do you mind me asking what talent your looking for new, old ? Cause I have just finished college I done the CCNA course (various other modules in the course too) and I can't find nothing as the experience required is 3,4 and 5 years most of the time.

I have also e-mailed data centre operators and various IT firms asking if they needed, basically a guy in IT on minimum wage just so I could get the experience, I would put cat5e into computers all day long if that's how you build up experience.

After one year of getting no where, I am going into a completely different area, Retail Management. I have given up on IT and I swear it breaks my heart as I love computers, the data network, the various protocols interacting with each other to get a job done and at the end of it is some guy mainly downloading a load of crap or using facebook or hotmail!

TestTransmission

msg11 wrote: »

Do you mind me asking what talent your looking for new, old ? Cause I have just finished college I done the CCNA course (various other modules in the course too) and I can't find nothing as the experience required is 3,4 and 5 years most of the time.

I have also e-mailed data centre operators and various IT firms asking if they needed, basically a guy in IT on minimum wage just so I could get the experience, I would put cat5e into computers all day long if that's how you build up experience.

The data centre I work in has hired 3 entry level positions in the last few weeks, far from minimum wage aswell

omen80

msg11 wrote: »

After one year of getting no where, I am going into a completely different area, Retail Management. I have given up on IT and I swear it breaks my heart as I love computers, the data network, the various protocols interacting with each other to get a job done and at the end of it is some guy mainly downloading a load of crap or using facebook or hotmail!

I know how you feel. But maybe you might be interested in programming? There are plenty of jobs out there in this area. They can't fill the positions apparently!

Eoin

omen80 wrote: »

I know how you feel. But maybe you might be interested in programming? There are plenty of jobs out there in this area. They can't fill the positions apparently!

Can't fill positions for experienced people; the more junior developer positions aren't too hard to fill at the moment.

PennyLane88

Medical device sector is certainly booming atm, i was only meant to stay on for a summer last year, but they have kept me on ever since. Good pay too, and i got a job promotion in the company recently. Company have hired a couple of hundred in the last few weeks, and still continuing....

donkey balls

There is work out there in the transport sector if you want to work for peanuts and take a sh*tload of responsibilty,I myself have turned down about four jobs due to the crap wage being offered but have managed to get into a niche market that's within the industry covering holidays&sickness but the company name and in house training that I got will stand to me if and when a full time position comes up either with them or a competitor.:D

Dinkie

+1 for medical devices / technology companies.

Regularly get contacted via linked in for jobs in the medical devices sector and OH has just got an engineering job in the technology sector

axiom

got let go the start of the summer, had an interview in May'ish a week or two after with an electronics workshop, few days later, got the usual, "sorry you didn't get the job, competition was fierce, keeping cv on file" etc... type e-mail ...

summer on the dole, then 2 weeks back company ring me up and offer me a job, been there since, nice !

Sleepy

Getting approached on a fortnightly basis by recruiters at the moment for IT pre-sales roles. Doing that at the moment and would honestly prefer to go stick with the SQL development side of my job but it appears the world values the ability to sell a service higher than it values the ability to actually perform the work! :rolleyes:

atmmusa

RATM wrote: »

So strong that the last four people I've placed in jobs were not Irish- I had to persuade them to come up here from Poland, Italy & Spain. For some positions there is a complete lack of Irish talent in comparison to the opportunities available.

what sort of IT jobs were these? i know people who have real trouble getting back working in IT although thats what they were doing pre recession

Bandana boy

I was at a talk by Paul Rellis (MD of Microsoft Ireland) on Thursday
He stated that suppliers and partners of MS in Ireland currently employ 11,000 people and have 800 job opening they cannot fill right now.
He also mentioned one of these partners just relocated to the continent 600 jobs because they could not fill them here in Ireland.

These would all be in IT sector most high end -related mainly to Cloud Computing

starlit

Bandana boy wrote: »

I was at a talk by Paul Rellis (MD of Microsoft Ireland) on Thursday
He stated that suppliers and partners of MS in Ireland currently employ 11,000 people and have 800 job opening they cannot fill right now.
He also mentioned one of these partners just relocated to the continent 600 jobs because they could not fill them here in Ireland.

These would all be in IT sector most high end -related mainly to Cloud Computing

It amazes me really they will employ so many people somewhere else but not in Ireland just cause of the wages?!

There isn't much to Cloud Computing to be honest its just a buzz area in IT at the moment but still wouldn't class as strictly IT its more of a business area really.

Eoin

It sounds more like they tried to fill the roles but couldn't, rather than choosing to fill them elsewhere. There's most definitely a demand for experienced IT staff at the moment.

krissovo

Bandana boy wrote: »

I was at a talk by Paul Rellis (MD of Microsoft Ireland) on Thursday
He stated that suppliers and partners of MS in Ireland currently employ 11,000 people and have 800 job opening they cannot fill right now.
He also mentioned one of these partners just relocated to the continent 600 jobs because they could not fill them here in Ireland.

These would all be in IT sector most high end -related mainly to Cloud Computing

I would take statement this with a pinch of salt, I work for one of the suppliers and MS are driving suppliers hard with their pricing. So much so we are FORCED to locate these roles outside the country or we not competitive.

MysticalRain

I could be missing something. But I haven't even seen one Microsoft jobs advertised recently. Nevermind 800 of them.

Bandana boy

The 800 jobs are with Suppliers and partners of MS not in MS

That said I have seen a couple of MS roles being hired in the last month.

Re the jobs moved to Europe you would need to be closer to it than I am to state one way or another the decision to locate to Europe ,but Paul definitely insinuated that it was they could not fill the positions in Ireland

mickman

Bandana boy wrote: »

The 800 jobs are with Suppliers and partners of MS not in MS

That said I have seen a couple of MS roles being hired in the last month.

Re the jobs moved to Europe you would need to be closer to it than I am to state one way or another the decision to locate to Europe ,but Paul definitely insinuated that it was they could not fill the positions in Ireland

datapac have taken to advertising on the radio for ms and vmware qualified people

ergo etc cant get staff either

not good people anyway