vote yes for stability! vote yes for jobs! in australia!

how do you officially “emigrate” though? a purchase of a one way ticket?

The 444,900 figure might have been the live register, which includes part time workers on the dole

I just checked, it was says seasonally adjusted figures brings it up yo 444,900

my son lost his job as a warehouse supervisor when the bubble burst, he is a genius at car maintenance but when he approached Social welfare to see about training courses so that he could get certificates and maybe an apprenticeship, they gave him info on………child minding………flower arranging………….computer repair.
he told them that he could do a course in motor mechanics at a private facility but they told him that he would have to pay for it himself.
that a good way to get people off the dole isn’t it.

They still offer lots of construction courses, i think to train them up hoping they leave the country

I wonder if these figures include the people in back to work schemes like internships or TUS schemes!

Yeah, because prior to the vote, we had a mass of job announcements, and we were told everything was on track…
If increased unemployment is a gauge that the Government parties are using as part of their ‘on track strategy, we are all screwed. Just amazing how the hype/spin doctors were selling us the good news over the last 3 weeks, and then all we have heard this week is bad new after bad news. The Irish people have been conned again.
Stability my backside… The only thing stable are the governments pay/pension packages.
No point complaining now, the ‘stable’ door was left open by the voters last week, and that stable horse has definitely bolted.

Could be worse, could be 14.9%

Or instead of throwing money away on pointless universities in the south east we should just make the ones we have better.

spot on Michael, this % nationwide is skewed by the employment rates in the 3 cities, its 21% in the town where i live, that figure hasnt changed yet theres a few people leaving for oz every week, jobs continue to disappear

why would a university in the south east be pointless? dont people there deserve the same opportunities as everyone else?

Revolting we can’t have universities everywhere. I think Ireland is well served by third level colleges and unis at the moment. We would be better served in improving existing third level institutes to provide better courses in IT and other booming areas. One reason that people are leaving for foreign shores is that they aren’t trained for the jobs that available at the moment. By encouraging courses in booming areas we can hopefully reduce the amount of people leaving the country. I often see articles with IT companies stating that they can’t find anyone to hire, they have a lot of vacancies.

The south east is close to UL and UCC, and close to Dublin also. The last thing we want is the market to become saturated with universities.

It has been shown time and time again that a university in the south east would attach badly needed investment. And as for the crap about UL, and UCD are close to Waterford that doesn’t do anything for jobs here. In recent 3rd level study it was shown that 7 out of 10 graduates in Dublin stay on and work in Dublin. In WIT it is less than 4 out of 10 stay and work in Waterford. The previous government failed on this issue and this one continues the tradition.

I just recently graduated from WIT. Not one of us has stayed in Waterford after graduating, all but one has gone to England to work. No industry here to keep us in Ireland.

Michael do you really think it is any better in the UK, I live here its getting worse everyday 2.7 million people are unemployed the highest since the 80s. 6 million people claim some sort of benefit.

@Mark

It certainly is in my industry (engineering/semiconductors). Was offered two jobs last week in England after graduating. Prospects in Ireland are bleak at best, 14.8% unemployment and levels of employment dropping among professionals.

I know the old saying the grass is greener on the other side but given the current climate here this is one time when it is right.

Ok maybe in your field of work, but things are bad here as you know if you live in the UK, job freezes in many companies.

Kindly don’t tar us all with the same brush. Did they tell you that they wouldn’t work for less? How long out of work were they?
Why do you assume all of us have the skills that you require? Not all unemployed people know how to use sage (or have the licence to drive a commercial van or factory worker). If I applied for the job you were advertising I wouldn’t even get a reply let alone an interview.
I’ve been applying for jobs in my sector since I was made redundant and not so much as a whisper until the internships scheme came into force. Then I’d 5 interviews (which included learning sage) but the internships fell through.
I note at the end of the comment you admit you’ve only advertised on FB!! Why do you assume that all unemployed people would own a FB account? Your knowledge of the job market leaves a lot to be desired. You can advertise with FAS (bad and all as they are) for free.

I’ll gladly do that van driver factory job Niall! I haven’t got a clue as in how to contact you though!!

Rodrigo, Click on his username and message his facebook. Job as oxo. :)

Ok, fair enough – the social welfare system needs to be revised to bring it up to a ‘normal’ standard but we can’t deny the fact that just cutting peoples doles won’t solve very much at all.

The problem with this country still has alot less jobs to offer than it did before.
I can tell you, I wouldn’t work for 35k in Dublin city for my current profession.

Probably the same as the people you interviewed – it just wouldn’t be worth it too me. I’d probably only come out with €50 extra a week than the dole. Or possibly less!

Then again on the other side of the spectrum. There are people out there who just want to sponge.

But you wouldn’t get that much on the dole, unless you have a lot of kids. In which case, it is up to the DSP to find out who will or won’t work. But they don’t do that, they just target everyone, because it’s easier, not because it is necessarily true.
The unemployed figures are not a true reflection of total unemployed, e.g people on the myriad of courses are not on the live register, a couple one of whom is unemployed doesn’t get anything (or very much), I don’t think people on CE schemes or the work placement schemes are counted either. Then there is those in part-time and/or casual work. They don’t count those who have emigrated, because they have left the country.

Niall I’ll be your van driver..!!! just finished college last week need a job any job..!!! Full drivers licence willing to travel full english from dublin good with people and very fit. Thanks Dave.

Disgraceful !

avocados?! I ment above!! :D

No leave it as avocados, it’s funnier. Best of luck, you are perfectly right.