Recruitment continues to grow at record levels

RECRUITMENT continued to grow at record levels during May, according to the latest survey of job advertisements by Bank of Ireland Business Banking.

The bank’s monthly job index showed almost 19,000 job ads were placed in the national press last month, bringing the total for the year so far to 92,000. Recruitment levels in May were 4% ahead of the same month last year.

Strong gains were recorded in the financial services sector, which registered over 2,000 job ads, and IT and technology, where recruitment levels doubled. Retail jobs were 7% higher and were ahead for the tenth month in a row. Education and professional jobs also showed an increase.