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	<title>Irish Job News - News on Jobs for Ireland</title>
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	<description>Irish Jobs : EirJobs.com provides a news service about the jobs market in Ireland. We deliver bulletins about jobs, tax, and other Irish topics.</description>
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		<title>What did you want to be ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

After watching this old video on youtube, it got me thinking about how happy people are in their jobs, and are they really doing what they intended.

Are you doing the job you always expected you would do ? Are you better off or worse for doing it ? If you are not doing the job [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/what-did-you-want-to-be/</link>
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		<title>Chorus NTL add 50 new jobs in Limerick</title>
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With all the negative job news in the press recently, we thought we should start to highlight more and more positive news. And today we can do so! 
Today it has been reported that the existing 300 jobs at Chorus NTL at the Limerick Enterprise Development Park (LEDP) are to be expanded with a further [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/chorus-ntl-add-50-new-jobs-in-limerick/</link>
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		<title>Quick Headlines 06/09/2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quick round up of what is happening in the Irish business scene at the moment :

The American paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific (www.gp.com) have announced a global restructuring plan , and their plant in Finglas, Co. Dublin will be effected to a tune on 77 job losses. GP produce tissues, packaging and pulp and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/quick-headlines-06092009/</link>
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		<title>Ups and downs on the Cork Jobs Scene</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a mixed bunch today for jobs in Cork.
Corden PharmaChem to Close in Cork
97 employees from Corden PharmaChem (www.cordenpharmachem.com) heard about their sad fate last Friday. The jobs in the manufacturing end of Corden are due to be phased out by the autumn this year. Corden produces active pharmaceutical ingredients, which are used in generic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/cork-job-up-down/</link>
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		<title>Xilinx Ireland to cut jobs ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[News is coming today that an expected 100 jobs are to go at Xilinx&#8217;s (www.xilinx.com)plant in City West, Dublin. There is a planned staff meeting where the management are expected to outline the companies restructuring plans and expect job losses.
Current Xilinx employs over 400 workers at the European Headquarters in Dublin, which is the location [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/xilinx-dublin-job-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Big Fish Games add 100 jobs in Cork</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news today from Big Fish Games (www.bigfishgames.com) who have announced a new European Headquarters in Cork. The Seattle based online games company deliver free and premium games for mobile and computer users. They call their games &#8216;casual&#8217; games, where the typical user doesn&#8217;t need any particular skills and will play the game in short [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/big-fish-games-cork/</link>
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		<title>CV Mistakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working with recruiters, employers and applicants, we see many  CVs every week. It&#8217;s sad to say that a high percentage of these CVs tend to have the same problems. Remember that when you are sending a CV to apply for a job it needs to be the perfect CV for the person who will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/cv-mistakes/</link>
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		<title>USA unemployment goes over 8% and more on the live register in Ireland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States of America is an accurate barometer for the rest of the worlds economies, and especially Ireland where out economy depends greatly on large multinational US companies in Ireland (DELL, Pfizer, Intel, etc). Last months US unemployment figures have broken another psychological barrier, they have broken through the 8% rate, and now stands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/usa-unemployment-irish-live-register/</link>
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		<title>Irish Civil servants go on strike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Late last night it was announced that up to 13,000 Irish civil servants will be going on strike next week. They are doing so because of the Government&#8217;s newly enforced pension levy. So it&#8217;s planned that next Thursday (Thursday 26th Feb 2009) that the public sector administrative and clerical workers will go on strike. Most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/irish-civil-servants-go-on-strike/</link>
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		<title>Some good jobs news for once</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A news bulletin today mentions that there are 50 new jobs being created by the online business directory WhatsWhat (www.whatswhat.ie).  WhatsWhat are similar to the goldenpages (even looks a little like it), in that they list companies contact details, phone/address etc.  They are unique in the fact that they offer website design and SEO consultancy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/some-good-jobs-news-for-once/</link>
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		<title>Glanbia reduce workforce further</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another week, and another round of layoffs from Glanbia (www.glanbia.ie). Last week they announced 50 jobs were to go at their City West facility, and now today they announce a further 210 job cuts. The company who had €2.2 billion worth of revenue in 2007 now say they need to introduce this cost savings plan. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/glanbia-reduce-workforce-further/</link>
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		<title>Companies saving in the Recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[News came today that ESB (www.esb.ie) want to introduce a 2 year pay freeze for it&#8217;s 8,000 staff members.  They have approached the trade unions, and leading by example with  management wage cuts. CEO Padraig McManus is taking a 10% cut while other senior mangers are taking a 5% pay cut, and this is also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/companies-saving-in-the-recession/</link>
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		<title>Big spending recruitment agencies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday the 43rd Superbowl took place between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals. It is one of the most watched TV programs in the world (after the Olympics), with an estimated 1/3 of all Americans tuning in to see the big game. So with 98 million US adults watching, it&#8217;s a great way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/big-spending-recruitment-agencies/</link>
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		<title>The future of DELL in Ireland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In just under 30 minutes there will be meetings held at the DELL offices in Raheen, Limerick. Meetings are scheduled for 9am and 10am to announced the fate of the company in Limerick. DELL , in their latest restructoring plans, want to reduce costs by up to $3 billion. The rumours around Limerick say that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/the-future-of-dell-in-ireland/</link>
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		<title>Irish Redundancies Q4 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today there has been a report from KBC Bank (www.kbc.ie) stating that over half of all Irish companies have left some staff go since October 2008. In the survey they also found out that 10% of firms are still hiring, and two thirds are actively seeking to trade down. These figures while are surpising, do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/irish-redundancies-q4-2008/</link>
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		<title>100 New Mid-West Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news today for people in the Mid-West with three companies announcing new jobs in this area. ON Semiconductors (www.onsemi.com) Mentor Graphics Ireland (www.mentor.com) and PAFS Ireland all announced plans to add extra positions in the companies yesterday.
On Semiconductors, formally a part of Motorola, is a semiconductor company specialising in energy efficient silicon. They will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eirjobs.com/news/100-new-mid-west-jobs/</link>
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