Well not the Dublin Airport! They really do need to fill the new Terminal 2 with staff shortly, and they need hundreds of people to run that think 24/7.

Irish Jobs Market site has hosted a recruitment site for Dublin Airport Jobs. An announcement on TV covered by all the media brought 10.000 people and more each day after the announcement. Within a week the jobs had to be taken down – such was the amount of applications.

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• During September 09, the volume of new professional job opportunities within Ireland increased 31% compared with August 09 to 4,764. This was the highest number recorded in any one month so far this year.
• However, this was still 58% fewer new roles than a year ago (September 08)
• The number of professionals who began their search for a new role during September 09 rose 55% versus the previous month (August 09).
• This was a drop of 28% compared to the same month the previous year (September 08).

September 09 records highest number of new professional job vacancies in Ireland this year

The Premier Group Irish Employment Monitor, which measures the pulse of the Irish professional jobs market, registered a 31% increase in the number of new professional roles coming onto the market during September 09 versus the previous month (August 09). This was the highest number of new professional job vacancies recorded in any one month so far this year. Anecdotal evidence suggests employer confidence grew over the period, albeit at low levels. However, the year-on-year comparison highlighted just how contracted the jobs market has become over the past 12 months as the number of new roles in September 09 recorded a drop of 58% versus September 08.

During September 09, candidate flow showed a typical pattern for this time of the year, with the number of new professionals entering the jobs market increasing from the previous month. There were 11,105 professionals who began their search for a new role in September 09; 55% more than in August 09. While seasonal factors and a slight improvement in market confidence contributed to the month-on-month rise, the extent of the increase is a reflection of the particularly suppressed volume of candidates that came onto the market in August 09 – the lowest recorded in any one month so far this year. The annual comparison still registered 28% fewer new jobseekers than in September 08.

Brian Murphy, Managing Director of Premier Group in Ireland comments: “The Premier Group Irish Employment Monitor registered a welcome uplift in new job volumes within Ireland’s professional jobs market during September 09; the highest volume of new jobs recorded in any one month this year. This rise is predominantly down to an improvement in employer sentiment, although confidence levels remain weak. The increase in demand for professionals in September arose particularly in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and ICT sectors. Within financial services, the general insurance and pensions sectors were also busier.

“With the peak summer holiday season ending at the beginning of September, a seasonal rise in the number of professionals who started looking for a new role was anticipated. However, the actual increase was exaggerated by the previous month (August 09) which recorded the lowest number of new professional jobseekers in any one month this year. The number of candidates still far outweighs the number of roles coming onto the market each month and so competition between professionals for available jobs remains high. While there are early signs that confidence is returning to the hiring market, it is still too early to tell whether this improvement will be sustained over the coming months, particularly with the Christmas holiday season on the horizon.”

Chart: New jobs v. new candidates

About the Premier Group Irish Employment Monitor

The Premier Group Irish Employment Monitor measures the pulse of the Irish professional jobs market by tracking the number of new job vacancies and new candidates within the Republic of Ireland each month. The first Premier Group Irish Employment Monitor was launched in May 2009 with data from April 2008 onwards.

Statistical methodology

Monthly new jobs and new candidates

Monthly new jobs and new candidate figures are based on Premier Group’s own monthly records of new permanent job vacancies and new candidates registering with the firm for permanent employment. Statistics for the full market are derived using Premier Group’s own market share.

Job classification

Job vacancies are professional level roles within the following sectors and functions; Banking & Financial Services, Commerce & Industry finance, Insurance, Public Practice & Tax, Legal, HR, IT, Life Sciences, Engineering, Process & Manufacturing, Professional Services, Sales & Marketing, Customer Service, Secretarial & Office Support.

Geography

The data is based on new job vacancies and new candidates registered with Premier Group’s network of Irish offices in Cork, Dublin, Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford.

October 7th 2009 The IrishJobs.ie index, for jobs advertised online, for September reveals a 7% decrease on the previous month.

However September figures are positive overall and are 3% up on the Index which was benchmarked in April.

Seasonal factors explain the monthly drop experienced in September; two of the top 3 sectors which experienced the biggest decreases were Tourism, Travel and Hotel & Catering and this attributed to the overall monthly drop on August.

Since IrishJobs.ie began the monthly Jobs Index in April there has been a 3% increase in jobs advertised online overall. While this growth is modest, it remains positive, indicating a more stable market than that experienced this time last year.

The counties which experienced the largest job increases since April 09 are Dublin, Cork and Galway. However, at the other end of the scale Longford remains bottom of the list, followed by Laois and Kilkenny.

Overall the sectors with the most number of jobs advertised online are Sales, IT, Hotel & Catering, and Retailing, Wholesaling & Purchasing. While the top counties for jobs are Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway.

Regarding month on month comparisons the top 3 sectors that flourished are Education, Childcare & Training 24%, Sales 16% and Retailing, Wholesaling & Purchasing 14%.

While the sectors that saw the biggest month on month decreases were Tourism, Travel & Airlines (-11%), Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (-10%) and Hotel and Catering (-4%).

The IrishJobs.ie index measures jobs advertised by companies across the main recruitment sites in Ireland. It provides a month by month analysis of the Irish Job market broken down by sector and county for both employers and job seekers.

Jane Lorigan, Managing Director of saongroup.com Ireland, which owns IrishJobs.ie comments “It is disappointing to see monthly figures down by 7% when compared to August. However looking at the bigger picture the September jobs index is up 3% against April?s benchmark. This indicates modest growth over a 6 month period but significant growth when compared to the same period last year when jobs online continued to drop sharply on a monthly basis.”

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About IrishJobs.ie

IrishJobs.ie is an award winning website with ISO and W-Mark web certification. IrishJobs.ie currently advertises over 20,000 job vacancies sourced from nearly 1,000 active clients. According to the latest ABCe audit figures (January 2008), IrishJobs.ie has 10,753,187 page impressions, from 963,397 visits to the site by over 526,000 different jobseekers per month.

About the IrishJobs.ie Online Jobs Index

The jobs index monitors live and current jobs advertised by companies across the five leading recruitments websites in Ireland on a weekly basis, thereby providing a broad and comprehensive overview of the Irish market. Data is gathered from IrishJobs.ie, Jobs.ie, Monster.ie, RecruitIreland.com and Loadzajobs.ie. Data from April 2009 provides the benchmark for the Index. Data for August is compared both to the Index and also to the previous month The Irishjobs.ie Jobs Index measures not only the number of jobs available but also how individual sectors and counties are performing. In effect, it can give a monthly snapshot of the economy.

About saongroup.com

saongroup.com is one of the fastest growing online recruitment companies in the world with operations in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the USA, China, India, Dubai, South Africa, Central America and the Caribbean. The group also includes Candidate Manager, a leading global provider of recruitment management software and Maybefriends.com a leading online dating website

. 70% of survey respondents agreed that bargaining for services is now easier
. Over half said there is less pressure to “Keep up with the Joneses”
. Half of those surveyed are optimistic about the future and the majority of respondents feel that recovery will take place in early 2011

Commenting on the results Emma Henry, Marketing Manager RecruitIreland.com said;

“This survey shows how resilient we are as a nation. It is refreshing to see that people can see some positives”

However, it seems that very few can escape the impact of the recession, 81% of the jobseekers surveyed have seen their jobs impacted in some way and 33% of those surveyed have actually been made redundant.

Other key findings are as follows;

. 35% have had a reduction in salary and over half of those have also seen reduced working hours
. 31% feel that their careers are on hold for the moment, some even feel that their careers have taken a step back. According to one respondent;

“Yes, I was made redundant in my career. I had worked hard to get to where I was and now I have to take a step back about 5 years just so I can get a job!”

. 16% are taking the opportunity to invest in further training
. 14% have actually benefited from the recession through promotion as the result of a job freeze or are benefiting from increased experience through job sharing
. 8% are taking the opportunity to start their own business

“It is particularly heartening to see that our entrepreneurial spirit is still flourishing with over 8% of respondents setting up their own businesses” Commented Emma Henry

“Pressure to keep up with the Joneses, however, has been replaced with the pressure to get or keep a job and there is no downplaying the stress this can cause.

In an effort to help ease this stress a little RecruitIreland.com has been running a campaign offering free jobs advertising to all Irish employers until September. The objective is to provide a one stop shop online for jobseekers.

To date the campaign has been a great success and we now have over 450 employers supporting the campaign and advertising their job vacancies on the site.”

Jane and Patrick having a chat during a break of a Irish Recruiters Conference: “The Future of Recruitment – Part 1: The Road Ahead”

Jane Lorigan, CEO of IrishJobs.ie
Jane has been CEO of IrishJobs.ie for over 4 years and is also a board director of Saongroup which is an Irish company that is one of the fastest growing online recruitment companies in the world. The group has expanded quickly in the last 2 years and now has operations in the UK, USA, Canada, China, India, The Gulf, Caribbean, Central America and South Africa.

Patrick Traynor of LinkedIn
Patrick is sales manager for corporate solutions for LinkedIn. He has 15+ years experience in sales positions in a variety of online industries and is currently helping LinkedIn expanded its market share into Europe.

Ireland Inc has not ground to a halt. Despite the current economic uncertainties of businesses across Ireland, new businesses are starting up, some are expanding and vacated positions do need to be filled. But doom and gloom prevails and confidence is low. RecruitIreland.com is combating this by taking immediate action and launching a campaign offering Free Advertising to Ireland’s employers in a bid to get Ireland’s talented workforce back into employment.

“By enabling Ireland’s employers to advertise jobs on our website free of charge we believe we will be providing a valuable service to businesses at a time when they need all the support they can get,” commented Emma Henry, Marketing Manager RecruitIreland.com.

RecruitIreland.com has a large talent pool of loyal, highly qualified and skilled professionals visiting the site on a regular basis. Employers who place their jobs on RecruitIreland.com will benefit not only because the service is now free of charge, but because it will also draw in highly skilled candidates who may not otherwise have seen those positions advertised.

“We also hope that this will bolster the confidence of those who find themselves unemployed, that they will see that there are jobs out there and that as a Nation we have not ground to a halt.”

By offering free advertising to every employer across Ireland RecruitIreland.com aims to create one central bank of all the available jobs in the country, thereby taking some of the strain out of the job hunt for job seekers.

RecruitIreland.com is Taking Action to Get Ireland Working Now!

Of course, having surmounted that huge hurdle, the last thing you want to do is blow it. To that end, here are 10 job-interview gaffes to avoid.

1. Complaining about the parking or directions.
Don't think it doesn't happen! As cordial and happy-go-lucky as your interviewers may seem, they don't want to hear a job-seeker complain that the place was hard to find or that the parking is inconvenient. The best (that is, the worst) example of this I ever experienced as an HR person came from the candidate who said, "Seven handicapped parking spaces next to the front door? What, are you having a wheelchair convention or something?" That was a short interview.

2. Bad-mouthing your previous job, manager, or company.
If you've been laid off or suffered some other unpleasant experience at your last job, it's easy to launch into a litany of everything the old employer did wrong. Don't do it! The interviewer is bound to wonder "Will this person be bashing me behind my back on some future interview, too?" Zip it.

3. Digging into details off the bat.
The typical selection process allows plenty of time for you to learn everything you need to know about the company's dental plan, its tuition-reimbursement policy, and the size of your cubicle. Don't ask about any of these items on a first interview, when you should be focusing the conversation on the role and the organization.

4. Groveling.
Employers want to hire people who can do the jobs and who are enthusiastic about the work. What's not so appealing is the candidate whose every word and gesture conveys the message, "Hire me, I beg you!" Joblessness is no fun, but you don't help your chances of getting the nod by presenting yourself as a candidate whose most notable attribute is desperation.

5. Answering a question before you understand it.
The absolute worst answer to any interview question is the response that shows you weren't really listening. When an interviewer asks a question that requires thought, like, "Tell me about a time when you had to convince a team of people to change gears," you don't want to blurt out, "Oh, I've done that a million times!" Any "tell me about a time when" question is a question that the interviewer has chosen to elicit a specific problem/solution story from you. Take the time to think through the question and compose a thoughtful answer. A few minutes of silence in the room won't kill anybody.

6. Spacing out.
Any interviewer worth her salt will be able tell when you've zoned out. If you're wondering whether the 5:40 train will get you home in time to watch the playoff game, the interviewer will spot it in your eyes. If you're really out of it, he may throw you a curve ball like, "So, who would you say was the most effective member of Teddy Roosevelt's cabinet, and why?" Stay in the room, with your eyes either meeting the interviewer's or looking thoughtfully at the ceiling. Or your shoes.

7. Slouching.
We'll throw in tipping the chair back off its front legs, resting your head on your hand, and lacing your fingers together behind your head.

8. Cursing.
Interviewers love to put job candidates at ease. When you reach the state of ease that lets an "f-bomb" escape your lips, you've gone too far.

9. "Opening the kimono."
It's tempting to share with a sympathetic interviewer the news that this job search has been really hard, that you're not getting callbacks, and that you've already sent out 150
resumes. Don't do it. Smart job candidates put out a vibe that says, "I'm glad to be here with you and this job might be fun, but I'm a capable person who's aware of his value on the job market."

10. Doing anything disgusting.
The long list of personal gross factors includes picking one's teeth or nose, spitting, and other unmentionables that are best left to the imagination. Any of these is a sure-fire interview-killer (and can we really blame the employer for that?). One candidate asked me for a cup of water, took a sip, swished it around in his mouth, and spat into a potted plant. Niiiiiice!

Liz Ryan is a 25-year HR veteran, former Fortune 500 VP and an internationally recognized expert on careers and the new millennium workplace.
Contact Liz at liz@asklizryan.com or join the Ask Liz Ryan online community at www.asklizryan/group.
The opinions expressed in this column are solely the author's.

The time has finally come! You’ve been called for an interview. Now what? Don’t sweat it! Prepare yourself to win. You know you’re ready for the job…now you have to convince the employer as well!
Getting ready is a probably the most important part of your interview. You will likely (and you should!), spend more time preparing yourself than you will in the interview. Preparing includes getting to know more about the company and the job, and being able to explain how and why you’re the best person to hire. To help you study, be sure you have a full job description. If you do not have one from when you first applied for the job, be sure to ask the person who is arranging your interview for a copy. Even if you do have it, make sure it is the most recent and the most complete job description.

What then? Try to find the examples in your past or work experience where you have made achievements that are relevant for the job. Simply list all the requirements from the job description, and prepare a short answer that showcases what have you done in the past that shows you will do it good in the future job as well.

He honest in the interview. And even more important: Be yourself!

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Monster.ie – Windows Server 2003
You-name-it.ie – Windows Server 2003 (most likely as well!)

And then you get us at www.Jobs-Ireland.ie:

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Markes you wonder, doesn’t it? Why are we the only one???