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Follow the money!

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Medical Devices Manufacturing R&D continues to seek high caliber candidates

Medical Devices Manufacturing R&D continues to seek high caliber candidates

Follow the money! A maxim often quoted in recruitment when looking for the areas of activity where recruitment is taking place. At present it certainly appears that the medical device manufacturing industry is ploughing ahead in new Research and Investment Projects across Ireland.

Where as the beleagured construction industry is rapidly faling into decline and infrastructure is imminently due for winddown, medical devices continues to expand and grow as a major contributor to the Irish economy.

In terms of world class R&D competition, Ireland is in the top ten leagues of countries with a major R&D presence usually a prime indicator of strategic importance of where  multinational medical device manufacturers see value and where they tend to carry out serial reinvestment at multiple sites and in new products.

Boston Scientific and Abbotts  are just two examples that spring to mind and some of the most significant investors in terms of R&D and employment in Ireland Inc.

Recruiting in this area requires an active involvement in the industry and an understanding of the requirements of client companies operating in this sector. The demand for high caliber candidates continues to support a range of medical device manufacturing clients and sees an increasing continuing future demand for high end skills and services for R&D Managers, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing and Quality professionals amongst others. Long may it continue.

Facebook is taking up more space

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Social Networks like Fcae Book and Twitter continue to grow

Social Networks sites like Face Book and Twitter continue to grow

Facebook is taking up more space at the docklands as news comes of a further 70 jobs being created in the social networking sites head quarters based in the heart of the Dublin Docklands.

These badley needed new jobs are being created in engineering, sales and  finance and are further testament to the growth in social network sites as previously discussed on this blog.

Facebook is based in California and has over 300 million members and over a million members here in Ireland. Those stats alone are seriously worth considering for Irish Medical Recruitment Agencies looking to tap into the current talent pool in Ireland and abroad.

Small wonder that  as previously discussed on this blog, social networks are clearly percieved to be the way forward in future recruitment. Indicative of this were the comments of facebook’s CEO, Sheryl Sandberg, who said at the company’s video presentation yesterday, that the company had not really considered anywhere else other than Ireland because of the number of qualified people here in Ireland.

Ireland has seen a considerable increase in numbers of highly qualified medical, science and R&D professionals looking for jobs in  the fields of Medicine, Science, Research and Development and the recruitment for these jobs is moving further away from traditional jobs boards to the universally available mediums of social networks such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Heres to a brighter more social future.

The Appliance Of Science

Monday, September 14th, 2009
Wafer Fab Technician at Work

Wafer Fab Technician at Work

The Appliance Of Science by Irish Engineers and Scientists is not to be underestimated and should be a beacon to those who have followed in their wake. More so today in a time where jobs have been outsourced to cheaper locations overseas for example from manufacturers such as Dell who have recently outsourced from Limerick to Lodz in Poland.

In the past year  alone, Ireland has  had the misfortune of seeing large numbers of  jobs outsourced to low cost economies in Eastern Europe and Asia. Undoubtedly we have not seen the end of these events and perhaps this is symptomatic of a maturing economy and a further reason to develop a more cohesive strategy of  moving toward a knowledge based economy that offers greater numbers of high end / value jobs.

To this end on a more positive note we have seen investment flowing into Ireland by a number of Multinationals who have decided to base their R&D centers here. Intel, Diageo, Pfizer, Boston Scientific and Hewlett Packhard to name a few have all announced plans to establish or expand existing research facilities which encouragingly are not focused in any one sector but are diversified into almost every high tech sector ranging from nano robotics, polymer sciences, medical devices, semiconductors, biopharma and advanced manufacturing systems.

Irish scientists have been at the fore front of scientific research following in the footsteps of Robert Boyle, the father of chemistry, George Boole, the father of computer science, Francis Beaufort, author of the Beaufort scale. There are no shortage of gifted, inteligent scientists in Ireland today and it is a compliment to our educational system that Ireland globally, is well represented across all fields of modern scientific research and development

Modern Irish Scientists and Engineers are developing and applying scientific principles to  all aspects of  Industry that will someday provide the nucleus  of high end manufacturing facilities that will anchor employment in Ireland and  provide jobs for our graduates  ensuring we do not experience the brain drain that hitherto has been experienced as a result of limited job opportunities for locally educated graduates and professionals.

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