Software Placements features an excellent track record in recruiting and placing highly qualified candidates across diverse industries. This week we begin a regular series of interviews with some of those candidates, so they can tell us about their professional background, give us an outlook on how the current role has helped them advance their careers, and also provide insights on their personal experience with Software Placements. We recently spoke with Alain Moghabghab, Software Development Manager currently on assignment at Workday....
Categories: IT Recruitment, IT Success Stories, Recruitment, Relocation, Software Engineer, Software Placements View ArticleWe’re approaching our second decade in business, and we’re looking to grow and continue to expand. We were established almost 10 years ago, and Software Placements is a boutique indigenous Irish IT and Semiconductor recruitment company. We based right in the Georgian heart of Dublin in Merrion Square, Dublin 2. We are a company who prides itself on its quality of service, experience and market knowledge of our consultants, our entrepreneurial culture and empowering Start-Ups through sponsoring Dublin Beta and Startup Grind...
Categories: automation testers, DevOps, dublinbeta, General, IT Recruitment, IT Success Stories, Recruitment, Relocation, Software Engineer, Software Placements, Startup Grind View ArticleWe had a quick chat with our Michéal O’Maoldomhnaigh our Managing Director to find out more about him, and what to look out for in terms of employment trends in the future. What is your background briefly? I have BA Hons Degree in History & Politics and MA Peace and Conflict Studies. After finishing University, I worked for a short period in Software and Mobile Sales. Does it seem like a logical background to what you do now? Yes, as I...
Categories: automation testers, Coding, DevOps, dublinbeta, General, IT Recruitment, Relocation, Software Placements, Startup Grind, Tips View ArticleFollowing on from Michael Diver’s great article “How do I become a DevOps Engineer”, we wanted to let you know that we are currently hiring for a range of such positions in Ireland. DevOps may seem like the new buzzword in the IT sector, but it is important to recognise that the interoperability of different operating systems will only become more and more important as we move to a more interconnected world. The Internet of Things (IoT) and then subsequentially...
Categories: Coding, DevOps, General, IT Recruitment, JavaScript, Python, Relocation, Software Engineer, Software Placements View ArticleWhy it might be a good time to relocate your tech career to Ireland Like many other people, we were a little surprised and even disappointed to see the UK vote to leave the European Union. We know that nothing is settled yet, but there have already been significant changes. The value of Stirling has plummeted, with a knock on effects to the confidence to the wider business community. The rapid succession of actual and possible leaders of the UK...
Categories: General, IT Recruitment, Relocation, Software Placements View ArticleWhere did you move from to come and live in Ireland? In April 2015, I moved here from southern Russia. What were you doing before and what position did you come here to take up? I was a software developer based in southern Russia, mostly working on contracts remotely. I had worked for foreign companies, with about 10 years experience. Why did you decide to move to Ireland? I found a job, I liked the culture. There were many things for me. As...
Categories: IT Recruitment, IT Success Stories, Relocation, Software Placements View ArticleWhere did you move from to come to Ireland? Brazil, Minas Gerais. My husband got a job here, and we decided to come here. I was a software tester in Brazil. I came here as an English student. Then my husband got citizenship and a job offer from Ericsson. We now work in Cork city and live in Kinsale. The food is very good and we commute to work. Why did you decide to move to Ireland? To take up the job, and to...
Categories: IT Recruitment, IT Success Stories, Relocation, Software Placements View ArticleSoftware placement Irish success stories – Marko Satek Where did you move from to come to Ireland? Zagreb, I grew up there. What were you doing before and what position did you come here to take up? I was a ruby on rails developer, in the same type of position for about 4 years back in Croatia before I came here. Why did you decide to move to Ireland? My job was changing, and the company was changing but not...
Categories: IT Recruitment, IT Success Stories, Relocation, Software Placements View ArticleHow to successfully settle in Ireland 1. Have a sense of humour – don’t take it all too seriously. Remember Ireland has been through tough times too. We know what it’s like to be disadvantaged, things are much better now, but everyone can remember a time when it wasn’t. There will be minor inconveniences and cultural differences as you settle here. We know it’s not perfect here too, but overall it is still a great place to be working (see here...
Categories: IT Recruitment, Relocation, Software Placements, Tips View ArticleWhy Ireland is a great place to come to work in the IT / software development sector You’ve seen the job of your dreams. Interesting challenges, dynamic, upcoming company to work for. Good money, somewhere new you haven’t been to before, in … Ireland!? So what would it be like to come and live in Ireland? Written by someone who moved here 20 years ago and is still here, helped by the ideas and experiences of a large number of...
Categories: General, IT Recruitment, Relocation, Software Placements View ArticleA little over two years ago I made what I thought was the bold decision to change my specialised area of expertise and moved into the recruitment of software developers. This has proved to be a fulfilling, albeit challenging change and I have had to learn an immense amount in a short period of time. I feel that the changes that I have been exposed to over the past two years mirror the journey that many companies based in Ireland...
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