The real deal on the Dublin job market

originaluhtee

Hello All,

First of all, apologies if I'm repeating a post; for some reason, I can't access the function that would allow me to search the forum. Anyway, I'm very close to taking the plunge and moving to Dublin to look for a job. I'm encouraged, when it comes to the job market, by all the "Celtic Tiger" talk. Basically, what I want to determine is how difficult it will *actually* be to land, at minimum, a 40-hour-a-week, minimum 10 EUR per hour job when I get there (i.e., working at a bookstore, a waitering job, a relatively steady temping job). I ask because I will only have enough money to stay there for a month. That is, I will have to earn enough in that first month to cover the next month's living expenses. I have a bachelor's degree in international development economics from a highly selective U.S. university and I am an EU citizen. Does anyone out there have enough of a feel for the current job market to help me out? Would be much appreciated. Later on!

FGR

...Dublin's crying out for people. From what I've found it's usually the southern cities that are more difficult to get employment in (Lower Cost-of-Life). I'd say you'd have a challenge finding a €10 p/h wage though unless you consider shift work in a factory..

Mind my asking why you wouldn't consider using your qualification for a job in the likes of Intel or Boston Scientific?

seamus

^^
What he said.

€10/hour is asking a little much for your bog standard service job. At a push, you'd get €9 but you'd want to be experienced. Since you have a degree, and don't need a work permit, it shouldn't be too difficult to get a real job. As said above, perhaps try for one of the big multinationals - they should be well used to vetting/interviewing international candidates, which means you can line up a job before you come over.

On the other hand, finding a bog standard job when you arrive gives you some time to job hunt while you're over here. You can live in Dublin on less than €10 per hour. And when I mean "live" I mean that strictly. Much less than 17k in Dublin, and you'll probably have just about enough to survive, once you're renting a small place.

FGR

Small place being a single room in a house share...not an apartment.

LegacyUser

Join a recruitment agency. I am only 19 and I had no qualifications and I had dropped out of University last year, and I got a job working in the Bank Of Ireland doing data administration for 12Euro per hour. It was a 38 hour job. I only kept in until last September when I went back to college to do something else.

WhiteWashMan

originaluhtee wrote:

Hello All,

First of all, apologies if I'm repeating a post; for some reason, I can't access the function that would allow me to search the forum. Anyway, I'm very close to taking the plunge and moving to Dublin to look for a job. I'm encouraged, when it comes to the job market, by all the "Celtic Tiger" talk. Basically, what I want to determine is how difficult it will *actually* be to land, at minimum, a 40-hour-a-week, minimum 10 EUR per hour job when I get there (i.e., working at a bookstore, a waitering job, a relatively steady temping job). I ask because I will only have enough money to stay there for a month. That is, I will have to earn enough in that first month to cover the next month's living expenses. I have a bachelor's degree in international development economics from a highly selective U.S. university and I am an EU citizen. Does anyone out there have enough of a feel for the current job market to help me out? Would be much appreciated. Later on!

well, it all depends on what you are looking for.

i dont think you would get a job as a stripper, but there you go.
if you want any useful information, you need to divulge some, after all, every city in the world has got plenty of work going, it just depends if its the work you want to do...

so, tell us

what you do, or want to do
your qualifications
your experience

all that sort of good stuff.
after all, if you are looking for a telemarketing phone job, thats not going to be a problem.
if youare looking at doing astro-physics research, you could be onto a looser...

idontknowmyname

Waiting or working in retail wont get u €10 per hour however I've heard that House of Fraser in the soon to be opened Dundrum Shopping Centre are giving over €10 per hour. Dont know how much temping pays.....its expensive to rent here too. Very expensive!!!!

Have you any retail experience?

saharzie

Be prepared to get the run-around from recruiters aswell. Non-return of phone calls, emails is par for the course, and if you are going to internet cafes to check non-existent mails, it can be expensive as well as frustrating.
Manpower are particularly inept. Jenny Maher at that agency is one to avoid.

WhiteWashMan

saharzie wrote:

Manpower are particularly inept. Jenny Maher at that agency is one to avoid.

and you are going to back up that with some examples arent you?

damnyanks

saharzie wrote:

Be prepared to get the run-around from recruiters aswell. Non-return of phone calls, emails is par for the course, and if you are going to internet cafes to check non-existent mails, it can be expensive as well as frustrating.
Manpower are particularly inept. Jenny Maher at that agency is one to avoid.

You could either check in the library for free or use email from a mobile phone operator. I know when I get an email to my vodafone account it tells me via text and also who it is from.

saharzie

I thought it would have been obvious.
Ok then...
Went for interview with Jenny Maher. She said there was a job starting in two days time and that she thought I would get it. She said she would let me know the next day. She didnt. I called her twice and got told to leave a message. I did. Twice.She never returned the call. I emailed twice and asked her to let me know one way or the other. She didnt. I am sure Jenny Maher is very busy. I am also sure it takes less than a minute to write and send an email.
I hope thats backed up enough for you.

WhiteWashMan

not really. sounds like most recruitment agents to me.

but lack of a return over two days doesnt really sound like prrof. after all, she may have been out for some reason.

unless you have some gross misjustice, dont post up names fo either companies or people, unless you can catagorically back it up with something substantial.
a few unretruned calls, does not constitute that.

saharzie

Just because 'most' recruitment agents treat people looking for work like crap doesn't mean it's ok. Maybe I am overestimating the amount of professionalism in Dublin having been out of the country for the last few years, but I just presumed when someone says they are going to do something, they will do it.

I didn't initially say there was a 'gross injustice', just that you would get the run around. I dont think its acceptable, maybe you do, but horses for courses etc..

Nothing I have said about Jenny Maher I cannot back up.