Amazon Ireland – Job Vacancies

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Some companies in Ireland are still finding it hard to fill job vacancies – even though there are plenty of unemployed people. IT jobs are remaining unfilled at many top companies. For example – Amazon had 126  open job vacancies in Jan 2016 .

In 2015 – Amazon came 29th in the top 100 most popular employers for Irish graduates. (Google was top)
Amazon has two separate companies based  in Ireland –

a) Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited, which provides technological support for Amazon’s websites, b)  Amazon CS Ireland Ltd (ACSIL) , based in Cork which provides customer service support.

Together, they employed 1,700people  at the end of 2014.
Amazon has hundreds of thousands of hosts, hundreds of millions of lines of code, billions of online transactions, and one of the most visited sites on the Internet.

Here is a sample of the kind of jobs available at Amazon in Dublin and Cork.

Team Lead – Italian speaking, Customer Service

Italian Speaking Customer Improvement Manager

Finance Analyst

Technical Operations Support Engineer

Datacenter Manager

Senior Software Development Engineer

Senior Software Development Engineer, Network Automation

Operations/ Data Centre Engineer

Technical Support Engineer – Amazon Web Services

Senior Software Development Engineer,

Software Development Engineer

Security Operations Engineer

See all current   amazon jobs here

 

Graduate Scheme – Bord Gais Energy

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Bord Gais Energy is now part of Centrica. They are a major supplier of gas to residential customers in Ireland.

They often run a graduate entry scheme  for  graduates with a minimum 2.1 honours degree and great people skills who are prepared to test their potential and work outside of their core specialisms.   They say they are open to candidates from a range of disciplines including Business, Engineering, IT, HR, and Marketing.

Successful candidates will go on to the Bord Gais Energy  24 month graduate programme and will benefit from early access to senior management, regular feedback and individual manager support.

Other Benefits include

• Competitive salary with performance incentives

• Rotations through diverse business areas

• Individual personal development plans

• Dedicated mentor

• Generous leave entitlement including birthday leave

• Opportunity to ‘give back’ to a chosen charity

Check out all the current  Bord Gais Energy Jobs

 

Job Hunting Tips

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Job Hunting –  Some Tips

Effort :  Your chances of finding a job will be increased  if you put more effort into job hunting. If you are unemployed – treat job hunting as your new full time job from 9 to 5   Monday to Friday . It will get you used to being in a working “frame of mind” and stop you falling into bad habits of sleeping all day and playing video games.

Time : You should try to spend at least 35 hours a week searching for a job. Start your day at 9 a.m. and end your day at 5 p.m.This will give you a proper routine to follow. Persistence is the name of the game.

Expectations : If you previously had a job – don’t expect to  find the exact same  job you had before. Don’t exclude any type of work –  full-time, part-time, contract jobs or temporary jobs , self employment.

Forget what is “available” and go for the job you really want.   When  you are clear on what you want, you need to tell everyone you know to keep a lookout for that type of job vacancy

Take Chances : Go to any potential employer that interests you regardless of whether there are advertised vacancies or not.  Find  places where you would like to work and knock on their doors.

Go and  see four  potential employers a day. If you are using the telephone, call up 40 a day. Dress well and look after your appearance. Treat everyone you meet with courtesy, even if they don’t have a job for you –  they might know someone who will.

Concentrate on smaller places  that employ 20 people or less. They are more likely to hire you than larger organizations with HR departments that are there to screen you out.

Use the phone  to ring  places that interest  you and ask if they are hiring. Write an outline  script so you get across all your  key points. Try and call before 9 a.m., before lunch or after 5 p.m. when the boss  is most likely to be around, not their  secretary.

 

Jobpath Scheme in Galway

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Commissioned by the Department of Social Protection, JobPath is designed to offer additional support for the long term unemployed and those who are deemed likely to become long term unemployed to move into sustainable employment.

Work on the Jobpath scheme will be mainly handled by private companies.

The main company will be Seetec Employment and Skills Ireland.
This is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seetec Business Technology Company Ltd. Seetec has been selected as the preferred tenderer for JobPath in the Dublin, Border, and West regions and parts of the Mid-East and Midlands regions.

Seetec has grown organically in the UK from a public-private partnership with six employees in 1984, to a leading provider of public service programmes. This includes employment support programmes for the long-term unemployed, training and education services including Apprenticeships and Traineeships and supervision of low and medium risk offenders.

Seetec will employ Employment Advisers who will be responsible for working with a caseload of clients, managing the customer journey back into employment and supporting individuals to secure and retain sustainable work.

The advisers will assess individual client needs and work with them to create a personal progression plan incorporating relevant actions and interventions.

They will meet with clients regularly to review their progress, plan additional actions, sign-post them to 3rd party provision and work with them on a range of areas including job applications and interview techniques.

The aim of Jobpath advisers is to  work with clients throughout their time on JobPath both in the centre, in local communities on an outreach basis, by phone or online and whilst they are in employment, continually motivating and supporting them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clerical Post Office Jobs Dublin

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An Post usually form a panel from which vacancies for Clerical positions in Dublin will be filled.
Staff employed in this position deliver a broad and expanding range of financial and other services to An Post customers, using modern service aids and state of the art information technology.

Staff appointed to the positions will have a 37½ hour a week, Monday to Saturday attendance, spread over a 5-day week, to attend as required at Post Offices within the Dublin Area.
Starting pay is €402.81 week and Retail Clerks receive 21 days paid holidays a year.
Full training will be given.

The ideal candidate will have: the ability to interact effectively with customers ;

the ability to maintain a high standard of accuracy, security and care in handling cash and value stock and in the preparation and presentation of documentation, balancing accounts etc.

strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a demanding team environment
an enthusiastic flexible attitude and approach to work.

For all current An Post vacancies  see here