Posted by Scott on December 27, 2008, 5:18 pm, in reply to "hoping for a change"
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Your daughter will enter high school in Ireland at the very demanding senior leaving certificate level. She'll be working hard for two years to prepare for taking the national leaving certificate exam. She won't have to take Irish, but the pressure will be on.
The key still is to get the work permit. In the current economic climate, this will be very, very difficult. Your chances are almost impossible if you're not in Ireland. What you might try doing is planning a vacation to Ireland and contact some recruiters before hand to let them know you're coming. Buy a mobile phone as soon as you arrive, visit the recruiters in person and then be available for job interviews - in between sight seeing.
Applying from abroad, particularly now, is almost guaranteed to get your application tossed in the can. Recruiters get thousands of lookie-loos from abroad and they don't invest any time in them. If you're not serious enough to be present, then they ignore them.
Even if you do come, just remember how the economic outlook is looking. Come for a vacation. If you find work, marvelous. If not - well, you and your daughter will have had a great time.
There's my two cents.
Scott
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: I am hoping to figure this all out and move
: myself and my 15 year old daughter to
: Ireland. I have a bachelor's degree but not
: in any of the high demand categories; it's
: in criminal justice/sociology. My daughter
: is very excited about the idea of moving and
: starting over. Any advice?? Is it too much
: to move a teenager and is it the wrong time.
: I have submitted many CV's to
: recruiters...Hays being one of them. Thanks
: for any input.
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