Jobseekers apply for work - in 2014
Wednesday November 11 2009
DESPERATE jobseekers sent their CVs to Marks & Spencer yesterday -- for work that will not be available until 2014.
Phones were hopping after the retailer said 450 workers would be recruited when it opened its biggest store in the country in five years.
The demand for work has not declined since thousands of applicants queued for temporary Christmas jobs at the British chain last month.
But there were clear signs that the tide is beginning to turn on the employment front as the retailer announced it would become an anchor tenant at the Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords, Co Dublin.
Meanwhile, over 1,000 jobs -- 250 of them abroad -- will also be on offer at a major recruitment fair this week and another 33 positions will be created over three years at an insurance firm in Dingle, Co Kerry, in the Udaras na Gaeltachta business park.
Udaras chief executive Padraig O hAoilain said the venture was a good example of its development strategy, which targeted the services sector for employment generation investment in the Gaeltacht.
Technology
Jobseekers can apply for a range of jobs at the jobs fair, including 100 positions at discount supermarket Aldi, 50 at technology giant Siemens, 50 at car hire firm Hertz, 40 at IT firm PayPal and 30 at auction site eBay.
At the top end, Oracle is looking for a regional controller with up to 10 years' commercial experience, while Citi is looking for managers with similar experience.
A total of 37 employers are exhibiting at the fair at the RDS tomorrow, including Bank of America, IBM and Yahoo.
Despite the good news on the jobs front, however, the axe is hanging over 120 jobs at Halifax bank's mortgage operations in Belfast, as part of a fresh wave of cuts announced by the Lloyds Banking Group.
- Anne-Marie Walsh and Anne Lucey
Irish Independent
