◦September records a 7% month on month decrease but a 3% increase overall since the Index began in April
◦Dublin sees the biggest increase in new jobs
◦While Longford, Laois and Kilkenny were the poorest performers during the month of September
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
