Jobs outside of Dublin

MargeS

I'll be looking for the work in the near future, hopefully I can get something west of the Shannon.
But I just see this morning that FB announced another 1000 jobs in Dublin. So that's 2500 jobs between FB and Salesforce in Dublin. It's so frustrating.

Admittedly I haven't started looking for work yet so I don't know what's out there, but 2500 'possibilities' would be a great start if they were over this side.

flazio

https://www.jobsexpo.ie/event/jobs-expo-galway/
Worth a look.

biko

The OP is much wider than Galway city forum, moved to a national forum.

OMM 0000

MargeS which industry/skillset is your experience?

biko

If your scope is "west of the Shannon" is places like Limerick and Athlone ok?
Not too far by motorway.
Are you based in Galway city itself?
What kind of jobs are you looking for? Any particular field?

MargeS

Sorry, I missed all these replies.
I'm not in a position right now to look for work, but when I do it will be in the IT sector.
I guess my post was prompted by annoyance at the lack of interest large companies have in setting up or expanding into other parts of the country outside of Dublin.

In my previous job, I spent so much time on the road, travelling to Dublin, working for clients that I just don't want to go back to that.

marvin80

MargeS wrote: »

I guess my post was prompted by annoyance at the lack of interest large companies have in setting up or expanding into other parts of the country outside of Dublin.

Not sure why say Faceboook for example can't have 2,000 working in Dublin and another few thousand working in Cork or Limerick - they have Universities and colleges so plenty of qualified people for the jobs.
Excellent transport links between the airports, train and motorways.

The government need some sort of plan because the housing crisis, particularly in Dublin is not going to improve when they keep announcing thousands of jobs there.

AlmightyCushion

marvin80 wrote: »

Not sure why say Faceboook for example can't have 2,000 working in Dublin and another few thousand working in Cork or Limerick - they have Universities and colleges so plenty of qualified people for the jobs.
Excellent transport links between the airports, train and motorways.

The government need some sort of plan because the housing crisis, particularly in Dublin is not going to improve when they keep announcing thousands of jobs there.

Why would Facebook want to? It's probably easier to manage teams when they're all in roughly the same location. Especially if people work with different teams a lot or move between teams. Having all the members of those teams in different cities will make that more difficult.

Put yourself in Facebook's shoes here. You're adding another few thousand to your workforce in Ireland. Why would you put them in Cork instead of just keeping them all in Dublin? What's the advantage to you?

Pelvis

The government should incentivise the hiring of remote (but within Ireland) staff, especially for the IT sector. A lot of these jobs can be done from home. This would give better oportunities for those like the OP, while also improving the strain on the property market!

OMM 0000

MargeS wrote: »

Sorry, I missed all these replies.
I'm not in a position right now to look for work, but when I do it will be in the IT sector.
I guess my post was prompted by annoyance at the lack of interest large companies have in setting up or expanding into other parts of the country outside of Dublin.

In my previous job, I spent so much time on the road, travelling to Dublin, working for clients that I just don't want to go back to that.

Can you define what you mean by IT sector?

For example, the specific jobs would you be applying for.

Obviously programming will work out much better for you than SAP consultant or whatever. (Broad vs specialised/not in demand everywhere).

PhoenixParker

Facebook and Salesforce by and large aren't IT jobs. The big multi-nationals tend to be more sales and account management then IT. The programming and heavy IT stuff is done elsewhere.

The sales and account management stuff is to liase with teams across Europe. Much of it requires you to be a native speaker of a European language so a large proportion of people hired are not Irish.

Proximity to other multinationals with the same workforce requirements is important to attract staff, hence the Dublin concentration. They also need to be near a big airport with a wide range of international flights as their staff want to be able to get home easily and to visit customers and head office easily.

Xterminator

thats ireland for you. Facebook announce 1000 new jobs and someone finds the bad news in it.

As all taxpayers contribute to the kitty you might find that the 2500 total new taxpaying jobs announced today contribute to capital infrastructure project, like the M20 from limerick to cork.

Imagine that. the common good!

marvin80

Xterminator wrote: »

thats ireland for you. Facebook announce 1000 new jobs and someone finds the bad news in it.

As all taxpayers contribute to the kitty you might find that the 2500 total new taxpaying jobs announced today contribute to capital infrastructure project, like the M20 from limerick to cork.

Imagine that. the common good!

Just looking at the bigger picture - massive housing crisis in Dublin for workers and a massive gap between Dublin and the rest of the country regarding jobs.

There must be another way to solve the issue whether it be getting more jobs to other cities or improving transport to Dublin.

What good is a motorway from Limerick to Cork if you've to live in Dublin because most of the jobs you're qualified to do are in Dublin.

purpleisafruit

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Why would Facebook want to? It's probably easier to manage teams when they're all in roughly the same location. Especially if people work with different teams a lot or move between teams. Having all the members of those teams in different cities will make that more difficult.

Put yourself in Facebook's shoes here. You're adding another few thousand to your workforce in Ireland. Why would you put them in Cork instead of just keeping them all in Dublin? What's the advantage to you?

Facebook do have an office in Cork for Oculus Research team. They purchased a spin out from the Tyndall Institute and have approximately 50 people here. I work in the same building for a different company.

irishgrover

There are a bucket load of iT jobs west of the Shannon.... plenty in Galway, Shannon, Limerick etc
Not sure what you do, or your skill set is but I work in IT and there is very very little unemployment for skilled IT people.
best of luck with your job search..

Gael23

Is the Jobs Expo in locations other than Galway?

irishgrover

irishgrover wrote: »

There are a bucket load of iT jobs west of the Shannon.... plenty in Galway, Shannon, Limerick etc
Not sure what you do, or your skill set is but I work in IT and there is very very little unemployment for skilled IT people.
best of luck with your job search..

Really? That's not what I am seeing.

Who are the big IT employers in Limerick or Galway (for test, design or programming)

flipflophead22

Bucket loads:D dont think so!