Posted by Scott on September 27, 2009, 11:22 am, in reply to "Re: Gutter-jobs"
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Construction jobs? You must be mad. There are tens of thousands of unemployed fellows looking for these jobs.
We went from building 93,000 residential units to 8,000 per year. This is improving again a wee bit, but still way, way, way down.
Construction jobs are like gold right now. You have a better chance of becoming Tanaiste - the second in command of the Irish state. She's in a lot of trouble and might well be forced to vacate her job soon. How are you at kissing babies and attending funerals?
Scott
--Previous Message--
: If even the gutter-jobs, hell if even
: construction jobs are tight then what is
: there? Is the Irish job market that
: satiated? Going to Ireland and not finding a
: job or trade would feel like adding to a
: problem. Still, gotta go somewhere,
: Ireland's as good as any other British isle
: but I can't help but feel like a two-bit
: bastard.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I know plenty of people who have been
: looking
: for bottom-feeding jobs and NOT finding
: them. There are some, and things are
: loosening up a wee, wee bit. But, no, you
: won't find many of these jobs available.
:
: For instance, there was the national news
: story of a few months ago when thousands
: applied for jobs at a new McDonald's. And
: the Eastern European immigrant community is
: travelling back home as many of the
: transient construction and lower end jobs
: dry up.
:
: For some idea, check out the government
: employment agency site which lists such jobs
: by locality.
:
: http://www.fas.ie
:
: Scott
:
: --Previous Message--
: ...ah, go on and try a 'gutter-job'. Amazing
: how working on a type of job you find
: beneath your dignity (or ability) will
: actually teach you a bit of humility.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Now I'm looking of moving to Ireland,
: because
: I'm from Sweden and leaving Sweden is what
: you do if you're Swedish. My brother is
: coming along and that cat easily landed a
: decent call-centre job in Dublin.
:
: I'm a proud drop-out of course and high-end
: jobs are not for me, wouldn't even want them
: if I could have them. I know the good parts
: of Ireland and I know the bad parts,
: especially the bad parts of Dublin. Jobs are
: scarce I hear, but the only figures I hear
: of are educated jobs such as engineering or
: health service. But what about the meagre
: jobs, the dishwashers and pub-scrubbers and
: down-trodden clerks, or even the jobs under
: the table. These figures are hard to find if
: ridiculous to even capture but it would be
: pleasant to at least have a scope, though
: general, of the concern my situation is in
: when it comes to the gutter-jobs.
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