Fewer available for jobs as wages rise

Jobseekers are now calling the shots in the Irish labour market, as the number of available suitable candidates is not matching the record level of quality job vacancies, according to one of the country’s leading recruiters.

According to Morgan McKinley’s latest monthly employment monitor, September saw a 29% year-on-year rise in professional job vacancies; an historic increase and further evidence of the growing strength of the Irish jobs market.

Karen O’Flaherty, chief operations officer at Morgan McKinley Ireland, said the latest results not only show the vitality of the labour market, here, but also the favourable position many candidates are now in.