Professional job opportunities up in Jan
08/02/2012 at 11:27
There was an increase of 39pc in the number of new professional job opportunities from December 11 6,720 to January 12 9,312, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor today.
This was also notably higher 28pc than the number of professional roles available in January of 2011 7,250.
There was also a big rise in new professional job seekers in the Irish market, up from 5,620 in December 2011 to 11,225 in January.
This was also a substantial increase 70pc when compared to the same month last year, when 6,595 people were seeking new professional career opportunities
"The 39pc increase in the number of newly registered jobs and the rise in professionals entering the jobs market in January 12 are indicative of seasonal recruitment trends. Job seekers are more likely to be active and curious about potential opportunities at the start of the year. Also many employers now have New Year budgets confirmed or committed projects to complete, enabling them to release new job roles to the hiring market. Typically, at the beginning of the year, the speed of hiring increases and jobseekers tend to be more buoyed by potential career moves or internal restructuring opportunities," said Karen O'Flaherty, Chief Operations Officer, Morgan McKinley
"Overall, at this early stage in the year, it is difficult to make predictions. Hiring activity for January 12 is mainly impacted by the 'New Year' effect and it is likely to be the end of February 12 before we will have a clearer sense of companies' hiring budgets and plans for the remainder of H1."