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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70 - Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 November 2010
Employment effect (start)
3 January 2011
Foreseen end date
30 April 2012
Description
Consultancy company Ernst and Young has announced 300 new jobs at its offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Belfast. It is reported that the company is seeing new opportunities as businesses sought advice on making savings and recovering from the financial crisis. Half of the new employees will be graduates with degrees in engineering, IT, legal, business, accounting and finance. There will also be vacancies for accountants and executives in tax, fraud investigation and dispute services. The recruitment drive will increase Ernst & Young's 1,100-strong workforce by one third.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Ernst & Young, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 71140, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71140.
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