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THE NUMBER OF professional job vacancies in January 2015 was up by 24% compared to the same month last year – yet there was an 18% decrease in the number of professionals seeking the positions.
That’s according to the January 2015 Morgan McKinley Ireland Employment Monitor.
The statistics are derived using the firms own market share of new permanent job vacancies and new candidates registering with the firm for permanent employment.
The Monitor recorded a 31% increase in job availability (13,232) in January 2015 compared to (10,130) December 2014.
While more people are now seeking roles since December – that number is still down at 6,980 for last month compared to 8,430 for January 2014.
Only 5,395 people were seeking new roles in December 2014 when 10,130 roles were available.
Where are the jobs?
The recruitment firm said the increase in corporate activity in financial services is leading to a growing demand for specialists across M&A, corporate treasury and structured finance who are ACA, ACCA or CFA qualified.
Morgan McKinley said, “A potential skills gap is emerging due to lack of activity in this area over recent years where focus has been on risk, compliance and recovery.”
While in retail banking commercial lending, insurance, sales and operations are all growth areas.
The Monitor found that the ICT sector remains buoyant particularly in the area of business intelligence, data analysis and development and that there’s a high demand for client facing IT people
It also found an increased requirement for HR specialists in the areas of learning and development, employee engagement and performance management,
However, the recovery is cautious in the construction sector – particularly within commercial and industrial expansion and development projects.
Hiring is primarily in the commercial and industrial sector which are offering temporary and fixed-term contract positions.
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Ah sure why bother. You’re better off on the dole in this country. Benefits, rent allowance, pension. Working is for mugs!
You have clearly never experienced true long term unemployment.
How come so many people are entitled to collect UB /UA if there are so many unfilled positions ?????
Yes, they should scrap the need for qualifications and experience and just head straight down to the social welfare offices and bundle everyone they see in the queue into the back of a van and like you know drop them off at businesses that are recruiting and the unemployment crisis is solved.
You’re a bit out of touch. UB and UA were abolished yonks ago. Perhaps you mean JB and JA?
‘Fewer of us…’
I blame the Government, what are they thinking? More jobs, less unemployment, disgraceful!
Shit jobs on shit pay. Probably slave’s bridge
Fine na Fine Gael….. Oh no! A good news story! Don’t tell the red tops, the drum bashers or the trade unionists. Great news, we’re on the way back.
As far as I can see the only Jobs in the west of Ireland is Scambridge jobs and there are jobs that shouldn’t even be classed as Jobbridge..I seen one Jobbridge Internship a few months ago for a Bar Person in Sligo, that’s clearly denying someone a wage and taking advantage of free labour.
I saw one in Mayo over the summer for a tractor driver,it stated you needed a full licence to apply. wouldn’t a full licence mean you are fully trained to do that job….
Let’s not forget the Sandwich artist in Galway. Hevent set foot in a subway since.
Work…. Not for me pal… I’m on disability…
“Unlike traditional recruitment agencies, here at &%$£”*@ we guarantee this is a genuine vacancy”
A lot of those jobs mentioned are either painfully boring or ridiculously stressful. Hence why the people qualified to do them move abroad where they get paid more, taxed less and also get to have a life. Hence why there are so many job ads. Can be spun all you like.
I left the Isle Of Man in 2000 and moved here.
When I left there were over 1000 jobs available, but still 300 unemployed I kid you not
Just goes to show there are parasites everywhere.
(Oh shite numbers, where’s Frank
I’ll do it for you:
1000 and 300 is 1+0+0+0+3+0+0 = 13.
I assume it means completely nothing.
I don’t know Fozz, but I’m sure he’ll correct you if he finds out.
Then again you forgot 2000 – 2+0+0+0 = 2, and in 2 days it will be FRIDAY THE 13th.
*additional sinister comment*
*goes to jobsites*
*chockablock with JobScam ads*
hold on? if the statistics are ‘derived using the firms own market share and their registered candidates’ of this agency, does that mean that this is just an article on activity within this one specific recruitment agency?!? and not the actually statistics for jobs and employment levels in the Irish economy?!
What is the actual point of this article or the employment index then?
So where are all those job vacancies being advertised, where, I can’t hear you…
Jobs are not Momentum, JobBridge or C.E. Schemes although when you are on them then the CSO classes you as being employed???
Sure tripe
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