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2000 Jobs – Installation of Water Meters in Ireland

Water meters are gong to be fitted in maost homes in  Ireland over the next 3 years. That is expected to create about 2000 jobs for water meter installers.
Several companies are offering training courses in water meter installation – but it should be an easy job for any plumber or heating engineer who is looking for work.
No specific vacancies yet- but keep calling back and we will let you know when the job vacancies are advertised.

Christmas Jobs 2011 at Argos Ireland

Christmas work at Argos in Ireland  for 2011

Argos Ireland are  recruiting  around 800 part time staff  for the  busy Christmas period.
Flexible hours are available. You may enjoy it so much that you choose to apply for a permanent career with them  –  Argos  say they have a number of managers in the business who started  as Christmas temps!

If you came here looking for  Argos online shopping – well they don’t do online shopping in Ireland …..but you can find loads of great online shops that deliver to Ireland here

Here is the Argos Christmas 2011 job application form – you can print it off and hand it in to your local Argos store.
The local stores should also have application forms.  Jobs are open to anyone aged 16 or over.

There are 41 Argos stores in Ireland  – all of them will have jobs available – these are some of the  locations…

Arklow Bridgewater Shopping Centre
Athlone Golden Island Shopping Centre
Ashbourne Retail Park
Carlow Fairgreen Retail Park
Castlebar Hopkins Road
Cork Blackpool Retail Park
Drogheda Retail Park, Donore Road
Dublin Jervis Street – Dublin
Dublin Liffey Valley Retail Park, Liffey Valley
Dublin Santry  Omni Park
Dublin Blanchardstown Retail Park
Dublin St. Stephens Green Shop. Centre,
Dublin – The Square Tallaght
Ilac Centre – Dublin
Nutgrove Centre Rathfarnham
Dublin Swords The Pavilions Shopping Centre
Dun Laoghaire Bloomfield Shopping Centre
Dundalk
Dundrum Town Centre
Galway Headford Road
Kilkenny 36 High Street
Killarney Deerpark Road
Limerick The Crescent
Limerick Cruises Street
Letterkenny Retail Park
Longford Red Cow Roundabout
Monaghan
Navan Shopping Centre
Portlaoise
Sligo Cleveragh Retail Park
Swords
Tralee The Horan Centre
Tullamore Retail Park
Waterford Great Georges Street
Wexford

argos.ie

Transfering Jobseekers Benefit Abroad

With the current employment problems for many people in Ireland – some of you may be thinking of moving to the UK or elsewhere in the EU to look for work.
The good news is that anyone claiming Jobseekers Benefit can continue to get payments from Ireland for up to 13 weeks when you go to another EU country to look for a job.

You must be getting Jobseeker’s Benefit for 4 weeks before you can transfer it to another EEA member state. If you apply to transfer your Jobseeker’s Benefit, it will be paid directly to you – (bank account) . You will still be required to register with the employment services of the country where you have gone to look for work within a week of arriving .
You need to get a “Form U2“   from your Social Welfare office and bring it  to the employment  services of the country you are travelling to.
You can get a completed Form U2 from your local social welfare office.

The 13-week period of payment may be extended to 6 months in
exceptional circumstances. Also you may now transfer your JB payment more than once while you are unemployed provided you do not exceed the maximum period of 13 weeks

If you went to the UK without a U2 form – you will probably experience delays in getting UK  Jobseekers Benefits – and when you get it the rates are much lower in the UK.
For example – over 25 Single – UK rate is  £65.45  (about €78 Euro)  The   Irish Rate is €188 Euro – more than double!

Note:  Jobseekers Allowance is not payable outside Ireland – ! You can go on holiday for a maximum of 2 weeks and your Jobseekers Allowance will be paid when you return. You must notify your social welfare local office in advance of taking your 2 weeks holiday. It can also be paid on your return from representing Ireland in an amateur capacity an international sporting event.

Internship Scheme Ireland

A new National Internship Scheme is being launched in July 2011.  The new Job Bridge website will show all the available internships -  eventually .
An internship can be a good way for people  to gain  experience in a working environment and to gain some relevant knowledge and skills required for  a particular career .

The internships will be  for a 6 month or 9 month period and  Interns will receive an allowance of €50 per week on top of their social welfare entitlement.

To be eligible for a place as an intern you must be unemployed and in receipt of Jobseekers Benefit, Jobseekers Allowance or signing for Social Insurance Contribution Credits for 3 months or more .

To try and prevent employers treating it as a free labour scheme – there are some rules in place.

The host organisation currently may not have vacancies in the area of activity in which the internship is offered.

Also the internship will not be provided to displace an employee. The scheme administrator reserves the right to review cases where it is reported that this is the case.

Jobbridge.ie  is the Internship website.
They could have chosen a better name – there is already a JobsBridge website that belongs to a US jobs site. Many people are looking for jobsbridge.ie and finding nothing.

Inishbofin Summer Job with Accommodation

Hotel Room Cleaner/Kitchen Porter

Description:

Must have experience in both fields and good communication skills. The hotel is on an island so you have to live on the island for the summer period. Accommodation will be organised with the hotel.

No. of Jobs: 1

Contract type: Temporary / Full Time

Days per week: 5.5  -  Hours per week: 39

Daily Hours: 7  – Start date: Immediate

Experience Required: Fully Experienced.  Minimum: 2 Years.

Salary: 350 pw Euro

Location : Galway County

Closing Date  10/06/2011

Apply with CV to Pat Coyne info@dolphinhotel.ie

FAS Can Make Unemployment Worse

In Ireland a report into  how State agencies encourage and assist the unemployed  to return to work has found that they can have the opposite effect .

The report,by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) says that those who are assisted by the State while on the dole were less likely to return to work than the average welfare recipient.

They found that participation in programmes run by FAS  increased the probability of subsequent employment by between 10 and 14 per cent.

However, Fás “activation interviews” with jobseekers resulted in the  chances of entering employment being about 17 per cent lower for those who went through the interview process.
Overall – the effect of FAS  was either zero, or at best weakly positive.

One strange rule in FAS  – is that someone  losing a job who had claimed unemployment benefit in the past is excluded from getting  assistance in job searches and training.

Another failing identified was that one in four of those unemployed people eligible for assistance by the State  were not  identified . Poor communications between the Department of Social Protection and FAS are  the primary reason for this.

Recruit Ireland – Irish Jobs Site Hacked

A major Irish jobs site has had to go offline temporarily because of a data breach.  RecruitIreland.com  say they ” have taken the website offline as a result of a data breach; we are doing everything necessary to have the website back up and running as soon as possible, please bear with us.

As per our security guidelines and structures, we have a process in place for eventualities such as this; when we were notified we shut down the server and the database to prevent any access.

The present indicators are that our database was breached to get email addresses and names for spamming. We shut down access to the site and database at 2pm on Feb 8th and immediately informed the Data Protection Commissioner and the Gardai.

Amazon Ireland – 40 Job Vacancies

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 40 open job vacancies at 12th Jan 2011 – some of them from as far back as March 2010 . Here is a sample of the kind of jobs available at Amazon in Dublin and Cork.

Team Lead – Italian speaking, Customer Service IE-Cork

Italian Speaking Customer Improvement Manager IE-Cork

Team Manager – Italian Speaking, Customer Service

UK Kindle Operations Manager

Finance Analyst IE-Cork

Technical Operations Support Engineer Dublin IE-Dublin

Datacenter Manager IE-Dublin

Senior Software Development Engineer IE-Dublin

Project Specialist (editorial) – Spanish Speaking IE-Cork

Technical Account Manager – Enterprise Clients

Seller Support Team Managers IE-Cork

Senior Software Development Engineer, Network Automation IE-Dublin

FCR Data Analyst IE-Cork

Senior Systems Engineer / Systems Programmer IE-Dublin

Italian Site Trainer – TAM IE-Cork

TAM Team Manager (FR) IE-Cork

Technical Program Manager IE-Cork

Operations/ Data Centre Engineer IE-Dublin

Technical Support Engineer – Amazon Web Services IE-Dublin

127010 Project Specialist (Editor) – English Speaking IE-Cork

124117 Senior Software Development Engineer, IE-Dublin

VIP Account Team Manager IE-Cork

Software Development Engineer IE-Dublin

Security Operations Engineer IE-Dublin

UK Customer Service Trainer IE-Cork

Senior Security Engineer IE-Dublin

Software Development Engineer IE-Dublin

UK Digital Training Specialist- CORK IE-Cork

Process Improvement Specialist,

See amazon jobs here

Penneys Galway Christmas Jobs

Retail Operative – Penneys 36 Eyre Square Galway

Closing date: 22nd October 2010

Temporary Contract Christmas period. Required to work late nights and weekends

The role of the Retail Operative in our stores is to assist in the overall running of a department with in the store and to provide and efficient sales service to customers in line with company policy.

The role has a number of Key Responsibilities and they are:

Sales and Commercial Focu

- Perform all register functions in line with company policy

- Maintain stock levels in order to maximise sales

- Promote specific lines under the guidance of management

- Use available information to assist in laying out the department in relation to sales

- Ensure understanding of Primark`s Corporate Social Responsibility policy

To be considered for the role you will need to have relevant experience. You will require:

- Strong communication skills and use of English language

- 2 years work experience ideally within retail environment

- Previous experience of working in busy environment as part of a team

- Qualified to GCSE level (or equivalent)

Apply Here

Getting a Job – Top 5 Tips

1. Get back in touch with your old college to see if they have an  job placement scheme. If you’re serious about finding work you should leave no stone unturned.

2. Take some classes. Today’s emphasis on lifelong learning means you need to show you are someone who wants to learn new things.  Anything is better than doing nothing – Sport or exercise can get you fit; practical skills will gain you confidence, languages can widen your world and academic subjects will boost your CV. It can give you a whole new outlook on life and work

3 Think about the future. Some industries, like energy and healthcare, are likely to have huge demands for jobs in future.  Do your research to find out where these gaps will be and if it is an industry that you would be interested in.

4 Create your own job. Consider starting your own business, either consulting for your current field, or doing something entirely new.

5.  Don’t give up. It may take a while, but the perfect job for you is out there. Remember you are not alone, – Many people have been where you are now, and, if you talked to them, they would urge to not to stop. Be clear on what you want, believe in yourself and keep going.