A MAJOR recruitment firm is to set up operations in Dublin creating 100 jobs over the next five years.
Spencer Stuart is locating a multimillion-euro global technology and knowledge centre in Ireland, and will be recruiting for positions in software development, information technology support services and data quality.
The company’s chief technology officer said the centre will be responsible for research, design, development, deployment and research and development for its system and business process improvement.
The investment is supported by the Government through IDA Ireland. Minister for Enterprise Batt O’Keeffe said the announcement was a welcome addition to Ireland’s internationally traded services sector. “Firms operating in the internationally traded services sector have located and expanded in Ireland because of our innovative workforce, low-risk environment, excellent infrastructure and favourable corporate tax rate,” he said.
“Spencer Stuart’s decision to hub here shows Ireland has established itself as a top location for innovation-led knowledge-based global investments.”
Spencer Stuart employs more than 1,200 people worldwide, and has 51 offices in 27 countries. It deals mainly with recruitment for senior-level executives, board director appointments and succession planning.
Separately, electronics retailer DSG International is to create up to 100 jobs in Ireland by the end of the year as its plans to restructure its stores and create “megastores” gather pace.
The jobs were flagged in January as part of a renewal and transformation programme that included the refurbishment of 100 stores in the UK and Ireland, and the opening of 25 new megastores, which typically have more than 35,000sq ft of selling space. The company said up to 50 people will be employed at its new outlets in Dublin airport. It recently opened an electronics store, Dixons Travel, in Terminal One, and plans a second store for Terminal Two.
A further 50 jobs will be created as the company combines some of its PC World and Curry’s outlets into a single store trading under a joint brand name. One of these is DSG’s Blanchardstown outlet, which will open late next month.
“If they’re as successful as we think they’ll be, the group will continue to focus on Ireland,” DSG Ireland’s managing director Declan Ronayne said. Should that happen, he said, there was the possibility that the company could create further jobs in Ireland.
