Most firms to hire over the next 12 months

Nearly 90% of firms have committed to hiring new staff over the next 12 months, as two thirds of business leaders see their companies growing faster than the Irish economy next year.

A survey undertaken to coincide with this week’s Enterprise Ireland/Deloitte CEO Forum, at Dublin Castle, shows firms to be optimistic about their outlooks, but the availability of skills in the workforce has overtaken access to working capital as the chief challenge facing them.

Respondent firms now see communications skills as being more important than academic skills when selecting graduates.