Lifeguard Summer Work Ireland

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You could work as a beach lifeguard in County Mayo – Ireland for the summer .
If you have a beach lifeguard award from the Irish Water Safety Association or the Royal Lifesaving Society (Ireland) or an equivalent qualificationt hat would be good. You MUST hold at least Rescue 3 level of the IWSA or an equivalent award.The weather might not be as hot as some places – but you can enjoy the surfing and scenery.

Application forms  usually available from February or March  at www.mayococo.ie
Contact
Water Safety
Mayo County Council
Aras an Chontae
Castlebar
Co Mayo
Ireland

 

Pepper Jobs in Ireland

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Pepper is a mortgage lender, third-party loan servicer and asset manager, which has been operating in Australia since 2001. The company services a range of assets, including residential home loans, commercial loans, eand consumer finance.

Pepper is expanding in Ireland  and is now offering mortgages  through a new division called Pepper Homeloans.

They already employ over 300 staff in Dublin and Shannon, but are ” always looking for bright, talented individuals who have a passion and commitment for what they do.”

Some of the job opportunites at Pepper in Ireland in 2016

Analyst, Management Information Systems

Head of Legal , Paralegal   , Tax Analyst , Property Valuer , Marketing Manager , IT Manager , Operational Risk Analyst

For more information or to apply, email recruitment@peppergroup.ie

More details here

 

New Irish Job Opportunities for February

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These are some of the major job announcements in Ireland this month  . These announcements may not mean that the firms are recruiting straight away – but you should keep an eye out for upcoming vacancies

The  University of Limerick  announced the creation of 1,000 new jobs on thieir campus from 2016 to 2018.

Centra  – the nationwide  convenience store retailer plans to open 16 new shops in 2016 which will create  480 new jobs.

Abtran   : 130 jobs have been announced at Abtran in Cork  They will begin recruiting immediately for 130 new roles working at their Cork call centre on a new contract with  Sky.

CBE , based in County Mayo , produce software for point of sale and they are to   create 40 new jobs in an  expansion that will see the workforcegrow to 150 people by the end of 2017.

Intuity –  a tech company in Galway –  is to create 100 new jobs over the next 3 years with recruitment starting immediately.

Credit Suisse in Dublin  will open a new branch in 2016  creating 100 jobs.

Equifax   has also announced the creation of 100 new jobs in Dublin for 2016/2017

Ryanair will soon be trying  to fill hundreds of cabin crew positions, with a recruitment day scheduled in Dublin on Feb 12th  ( More Here ) .

 

Graduate Jobs at Irish Distillers

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Irish Distillers are best known for the Jameson’s Whiskey brand . They also make Powers , Paddy , Green Spot and Redbreast Irish whiskies as well as Cork Dry Gin –  plus lots of other top brands.
They employ over 600 people across their operations in Cork and Dublin.

Irish Distillers has been  part of Pernod Ricard since 1988 and is Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits and wines In Ireland they usually run two graduate training programs.

1) The Jameson Graduate Distiller Programme :
This is for  graduate placements within the production division.   It is a 2  year placement, working as a Jameson Graduate Distiller, at either the Distillery in Midleton, Co. Cork or at the bottling, supply and logistics site in Dublin. For this role they usually want graduates in subjectss  such as Process Engineering , Chemical Engineering, Food Science or Environmental Studies.

2) Jamesons International Brand Ambassador Programme :
You are guaranteed travel with this graduate programme.
Jamesons Brand Ambassadors work across a wide range of marketing activities such as brand activation, education and mentoring. You’ll  be expected to get on first name terms with bartenders, distributors, bloggers and event organisers in your local area.

The first 4 weeks involves  intensive training in the Dublin  head office after which you are sent to your foreign market. The main aim is to convert 25-35 year olds to the “Jameson way of life”  through trial, market research and media channels.
A degree in marketing or something similar would be useful as would  foreign language skills.
You get a 1-week comprehensive whiskey education at The Irish Whiskey Academy in Midleton Distillery, Co. Cork , a 4 week training course in Dublin followed by a 12-month international market placement .
Tips :  Before applying you need to do plenty of research  on Irish Distillers , Jameson, and  the Pernod Ricard group as a whole.  Try and get in touch with  a Jameson Brand Ambassador
One  part of the application process is making a 3 minute video  –  use it as an  opportunity to get your character across

More about Jamesons Graduate Programme here

Jobs at Pernod-Ricard here

 

 

 

 

Top 20 Most Popular Employers in Ireland for Graduates

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This is a list of the top 20 most popular companies where graduates would like to work in Ireland . (2015) 

  1.  Google
  2.  PwC
  3.  Department of Education (Teaching)
  4.  Accenture
  5.  Deloitte
  6.  Jameson – Irish Distillers 
  7.  Department of Foreign Affairs
  8.   RTÉ
  9.  Diageo
  10.  Lidl Ireland
  11.  Boston Scientific
  12.  Apple
  13.  Pfizer
  14.  KPMG
  15.  Microsoft
  16.  Health Service Executive (HSE)
  17.  Coca-Cola
  18.  Abbott Ireland
  19.  European Commission
  20.  Facebook

 

The list is from  part of a survey called the  European Student Barometer, conducted by Europe’s leading graduate research firm, Trendence.
Over 7000 students were asked which companies they find attractive, how they look for their first professional position and what factors are important for them in this position.

 

What are the IT Skill Shortages in Ireland ?

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There is still a lot of unemployment in Ireland  – but there are shortages of ICT skills in the following areas:

software development : programming languages, technologies and frameworks (e.g. Java, JavaScript, C#, C++, Summit, Objective C, J2EE, Spring, Struts, Hibernate ORM, jQuery, AJAX, JSP, PHP, HTML, CSS, Python, Ruby,.NET)

Cloud (e.g. SaaS, web service, API , REST, SOAP, backbone.js )

web/mobile content management – (e.g. Interactive visual, UX/UI Visual designer, Drupal, Joomla, AngularJsS , Sencha Touch, Magneto )

IT project management and business analysis testing and troubleshooting.

Databases/(e.g. NoSQL, SQL, MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, IBMS DB2, Hadoop)

Also there is a need for specific product knowledge (e.g. SAP Crystal Reports, Lotus Domino, KANA, InelliPrint Analytics etc.)

IT security is also an area where employers need skills – as well as  technical support , networking and infrastructure