A quick search of the RTE website unearthed the following stories that were published over the past month (23rd May to 24 June). There were 17 stories posted to the website announcing new jobs.
- Tesco to create 522 jobs in €120m investment
- Dublin fund administration firm to expand
- New jobs promised as Pfizer plant is sold
- 70 jobs from MSD Cork investment
- Symantec to create 60 Dublin jobs
- 35 new jobs for Gweedore plant
- Four firms to create 200 new jobs
- Aruba Networks to create 40 Cork jobs
- Cork outsourcing firm to create 150 jobs
- CityPOST announces 180 new jobs
- Creation of 160 new jobs announced
- 120 jobs for Waterford and Belfast
- 160 new jobs in seafood processing sector
- IT firm Marketo to create 125 new jobs
- Brown Bag Films recruiting for over 30 jobs
- 50 jobs announced in Kildare and Cork
- 50 new jobs announced by broadband firm
In total these announcement are around 2,000 jobs. This may not amount to much in the face an unemployment crisis that has 352,000 classifying themselves as unemployed but at least it shows some signs of life in the labour market. My search also revealed a number of stories reporting job losses but they numbered only about a third as many.
It is also important to note that these are ‘job announcements’ rather than ‘job advertisements’. It could be a year a more before many of these come on stream but it is still better to have announcements like this rather than not.
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