Current Job Market (2011)

kkk2011

Hello Everyone,

I am foreign national & I'm just curious to know how is the current job market in Ireland.

Is the unemployment rate still high & is it difficult to find a job in Ireland/Dublin?

I also heard people are emigrating from Ireland to find new jobs, is this true?

Is there a improvement in job market expected soon? or is it too far !!

6679

1. Yes, but it depends on which area you are looking at. Areas such are IT are finding it hard to find people but this is only if you have experience. That said everyone from my course who looked for work now has a job. I graduated there a few months ago.

2. Yes, I know a lot of people who have emigrated, sure I am technically emigrating (got a job in Northern Ireland).

3. Its getting better but its hardly noticeable.

Denerick

Don't bother coming. You may find a very low paying job somewhere beneath the radar (IE, cash in hand below minimum wage) but your chances are minimal. Tens of thousands of college graduates are emigrating.

D-Generate

It depends what sector you are looking for a job in.

For me and my classmates who graduated in Elec Eng around 18 months ago the job market has treated us very well. I can't think of one classmate who hasn't a full-time job in engineering, financial services or a paid PhD. Most engineering degrees or IT can definitely land you in a job that you want.

I do think people are being overly-pessimistic about the job prospects out there and have given up hope in applying. I recently interviewed for a place in Dublin and they have interviewed more people from the UK for the position than from Ireland simply because they are only getting a handful of applications from Irish people.

Denerick

D-Generate wrote: »

It depends what sector you are looking for a job in.

For me and my classmates who graduated in Elec Eng around 18 months ago the job market has treated us very well. I can't think of one classmate who hasn't a full-time job in engineering, financial services or a paid PhD. Most engineering degrees or IT can definitely land you in a job that you want.

I do think people are being overly-pessimistic about the job prospects out there and have given up hope in applying. I recently interviewed for a place in Dublin and they have interviewed more people from the UK for the position than from Ireland simply because they are only getting a handful of applications from Irish people.

To be fair, you have a highly prized specialist degree. For the legions of us with arts and humanities degree's and/or rubbish generic business degree's from the plethora of ITs in this country, it is much more bleak, and judging from experience we have every right to be pessimistic.

kkk2011

Thank You..

I would also like to know.. would the following help me in any way??

I'm a foreign national (non-EU) with 5yrs of experience as Functional Tester [IT sector].

I'm planning to pursue MBA from UCD [Micheal Smurfit School]. Will the degree from UCD + my previous exp will help me in anyway to get a descent job in Ireland ??

starlit

The areas of Science and IT job market isn't too bad but may need further study to pursue such careers. Any other sector has gone down hill I'm afraid unless you expect minimum wage job thats is as good as it will get for you, you be lucky to get a paid or part time job at all never mind a full time contract/permenant job!? The only thing on offer to graduates is unpaid work internships and work-experience and I don't think that will be suited to you OP.

As for teaching, nursing, the guards and civil service as well as business/retail jobs its a luck of a draw really, its a lottery kind of thing as to whether you get a job in those areas.

If its teaching in IT then you might have a good chance of getting something like teaching a night class, there are often always new learners in IT like those who have never ever gone near a computer in their lives and those you need to update their basic computer skills for work.

Best of luck with job hunting. You might want to consider somewhere else in the EU other than Ireland, don't think you get very far regarding job prospects as many people have no work and often or not are emigrating or just gone back to education! Having an MBA will do great for your job prospects though.

mood

13.8% (about half a million) unemployed as far as I know.

A lot of people have emigrated so that will lower the unemployment rate. I will be emigrating as well I think.


http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=z9a8a3sje0h8ii_&met=unemployment_rate&idim=eu_country:IE&dl=en&hl=en&q=unemployment+rate+ireland

irishguy

kkk2011 wrote: »

Thank You..

I would also like to know.. would the following help me in any way??

I'm a foreign national (non-EU) with 5yrs of experience as Functional Tester [IT sector].

I'm planning to pursue MBA from UCD [Micheal Smurfit School]. Will the degree from UCD + my previous exp will help me in anyway to get a descent job in Ireland ??

If you have agile, automation or performance experience you will find it quite easy to get a job.

Stheno

kkk2011 wrote: »

Thank You..

I would also like to know.. would the following help me in any way??

I'm a foreign national (non-EU) with 5yrs of experience as Functional Tester [IT sector].

I'm planning to pursue MBA from UCD [Micheal Smurfit School]. Will the degree from UCD + my previous exp will help me in anyway to get a descent job in Ireland ??

Without the MBA you should still pick up a role, there is a shortage of testers/Functional analysts in certain areas at the moment.

What did you specialise in?

ArseBurger

kkk2011 wrote: »

Thank You..

I would also like to know.. would the following help me in any way??

I'm a foreign national (non-EU) with 5yrs of experience as Functional Tester [IT sector].

I'm planning to pursue MBA from UCD [Micheal Smurfit School]. Will the degree from UCD + my previous exp will help me in anyway to get a descent job in Ireland ??

You'll probably pick up a job without an issue with your experience and base degree. You'll be up against Irish Generation Y grads - so this shouldn't be a problem. Their talent pool isn't particularly brilliant.