According to the recent GradIreland/AHECS
Jobs update there is an increase of the number of job vacancies advertised on the gradireland website.
Total average number of jobs per day on the site for April 2011 was 178. This is an increase on the March average (168), and a year-on-year increase of 20% (April 2010 average was 148 live jobs).
Top 10 sectors for jobs on gradireland (in order)
- IT and telecoms
- Engineering
- Accountancy and financial management
- Marketing, advertising and PR
- Management, business, administration
- Banking, insurance and financial services
- Retail, sales and customer services
- Management consulting
- Science, research and development
- Manufacturing and processing
Trend analysis: The IT & Telecoms sector continues to show strong and sustained demand. 40% of the jobs were in the top 3 sectors. 15.7% of the jobs on the site are classed as graduate work placements or internships, which is has been pretty constant all year.
Most of these jobs are located in Ireland (north and south), although 20% are either UK-based or further afield, an increase of 7% since the turn of the year. The financial services and accounting sectors are the areas with the highest number of international opportunities.
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