Recruitment firm to hire 40 graduates to cope with surge

RECRUITMENT firm Hays said it is hiring 40 graduates to manage an Irish jobs growth surge in the largest recruitment campaign they have undertaken here.

The graduates will work in offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway. Hays said it is aimed at meeting an “unprecedented increase” in demand for positions.

Hays expects a 40% increase in the number of positions it places in 2011 compared to 2010. It said this expected increase is mostly attributable to increased activity in the Irish market, particularly among multinational companies and export-led indigenous firms.