Dude! Where's my job?

At People Matters we often meet people who say there are ‘no jobs’. While the number on the Live Register continues to rise there have been some significant jobs announcements during the past 50 days:

· AA Ireland is recruiting up to 40 employees for its financial services offices in Dublin.

· Citi, which has been operating in Ireland for 45 years and already employs more than 2,200 workers in Dublin and Waterford hired 300 workers in the past 12 months (some on fixed term contracts) and plans to recruit 250 more.

· Irish-owned ClearStream Technologies in Enniscorthy will create 70 new jobs over the next three years in product engineering, research and development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing.

· Food nutrition company Danone announced an investment that will create more than 40 new jobs in food science, engineering and supply chain management in Cork. A major expansion of its processing facility in Macroom will also see up to 200 people employed during the construction phase of the expansion which is set to begin this month.

· Goodman Medical Ireland will create 115 new positions in manufacturing, sales and marketing, and research and development over the next five years in the Mervue Business Park plant in Galway.

· Murex, a French financial software firm, will create 30 new jobs in software development, business development and consulting in South Dublin.

· Quest Software is to set up an international shared services centre in Cork city and 150 new jobs will come on stream over the next three years.

IDA Ireland aims to create 9,800 direct and 6,800 indirect jobs next year through foreign direct investments. Enterprise Ireland’s target is for 6,300 direct jobs and 4,400 spin-off jobs through export-led Irish firms during 2011.