The US software business, Guidewire has announced its plans to create 150 hybrid roles in Ireland after they open their new EMEA headquarters in Blanchardstown. Ireland has already played a huge part in the company’s international growth over the past decade. They now have product development and cloud teams in Dublin.
The business is hiring for various roles including cloud operations, consulting managers, HR and recruitment, engineering, specialist cloud transition roles, technology consultants, business analysts, entry-level graduate positions, and more.
Guidewire already has a workforce of around 450 individuals around Ireland and plans to increase this number to 600 over the next two or three years. Although their office is situated in Blanchardstown, the positions will be entirely flexible and open to people all over Ireland.
The business offers cloud-based software to over 450 property and casualty insurers currently including Aviva UK, Alliance Insurance, MetLife, Zurich Insurance, and American National. Their Dublin base has experienced huge growth since they first opened 10 years ago and now is the biggest employee community in Europe and outside the US. Guidewire also has offices in Sydney, Madrid, London, California, Kraków, Exton, Mississauga, and Exton.
The brand new 85,000 square foot office building in Dublin has an executive briefing centre for partners and customers across the EMEA region. The company’s CEO, Mike Rosenbaum has said Ireland has been central to their international growth for the last 10 years and that they look forward to expanding further here. Those interested in roles at Guidewire should keep an eye on the company’s career page.
We're delighted to announce that iRadio's Michaela Hayes will present Jobs Expo TV, live from Jobs Expo Dubin at Croke Park on Saturday, 26th March (10am-4pm). Michaela will broadcast via Facebook Live, Youtube and Jobsexpo.ie from the event, speaking to employers, speakers and career coaches.
Join us on the day by registering for your free ticket by clicking here.
This Saturday Jobs Expo will feature two seminars areas in the Hogan Suite. The Employers' Seminars will be hosted by Robbie Kane. Catch some great talks by our exhibitors from 11am - 3pm. Don't forget to register for FREE ADMISSION right here.
Robbie has worked in media the last thirteen years having been a Presenter on Dublin's Q102, a Reporter on Classic Hits (formerly 4FM) predominantly for the Niall Boylan Show, and sporadically Presenting / Reporting also with Radio Nova and FM104!
At present he's working full time as a Roving Reporter with Dublin Live which entails him Interviewing people on their Facebook page daily.
Robbie will moderate the day of talks and webinars that’ll be delivered by our diverse list of guest speakers. The Employers' Seminars will feature an eclectic range of talks suitable for jobseekers and career professionals looking for new opportunities. The topics that will be discussed will be:
Jobs Expo Dublin returns to Croke Park this Saturday. In addition to the great selection of exhibitors on the day, there will be an excellent line-up of guest speakers on our Agenda Stage. Spin 1038's, Nathan O'Reilly, will be the Agenda Stage compère between 10:30am and 4pm. Don't forget to register for your FREE TICKET.
Nathan O’Reilly is an award winning radio host and TV personality. He has been co-presenting the breakfast show on Spin 1038 for the last 4 years. He recently received worldwide recognition for an interview with Matt Damon while he was in lockdown in Dalkey and appeared on several prominent TV shows including ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ and ‘The Late Show’ with Stephen Colbert on CBS.
Nathan will moderate the day of talks and webinars that’ll be delivered by our diverse list of guest speakers. The Agenda Stage will feature an eclectic range of talks suitable for jobseekers and career professionals. The topics that will be discussed will be:
Top 10 tips for an effective CV
Career Paths in the Tech Sector
High performance success without stress
Everything you wanted to know about career change but were too afraid to ask
Is a job just to pay the bills and a career something you’re interested in?
Returning to work or changing careers: The key skills and qualities employers are looking for
Positive psychology at work
21st Century Careers – Catching the Wave
Am I in the wrong job?
The Belfast-based gaming start-up, Rocket Flair Studios is set to create numerous new jobs. The business is best known for its immersive PC game, an ancient Egyptian city-building game named Dynasty of the Sands.
They will be creating a total of 14 new positions in areas such as lighting and animation, engineering, QA, full-stack and front-end development, and more. Invest NI has provided the business with £98,000 to support the creation of these positions, eight of which have already been filled.
The business announced its hiring plans after the closure of a multimillion-pound deal with a global games developer. In addition to expanding its team, the start-up will be investing £700,000 in its operation to fulfill its contract with the games developer.
The business was founded in 2017 and focuses on utilising immersive technologies like VR and AR to develop specialist city-builder games that can be played on the PC. It created Dynasty of the Sands which was a mythical ancient Egypt city-builder game.
Their managing director, James Bradley has said they are excited that their product offering had resulted in them securing a multimillion-pound contract with a significant international games developer. He also said this is a massive step forward for the company and that expanding the workforce will give it the specialist expertise and capacity it needs to deliver upon the terms of the contract.
A team member from Invest NI has said that Rocket Flair Studios has a brilliant understanding of the international gaming sector and has created a niche with its current game that achieved global recognition.
An Garda Siochana is hiring for full-time positions nationally. They hope to find people with a special set of skills and will be recruiting for data and crime analysts. Those who are best suited for the positions will be creative problem solvers that enjoy working with quantitative and qualitative data. In addition, those who have good written and oral communications skills are dedicated to achieving quality results against tight deadlines.
The data and crime analysts will be responsible for giving information to support operational and strategic policing, analysing and combining data from a range of sources, raising awareness of patterns and trends, and much more.
Those who are successful will complete a five-week training programme which is expected to be held in Templemore.
The job description says: “An Garda Siochana is in the process of building a data ecosystem (or a system of data value chains) that ensures the same data is used for both operational and analytical purposes, as envisaged in the Government strategy APSFF.”
"Reporting to a Senior Analyst, those appointed will work directly as part of police investigation and management information teams.”
"They will leverage data from multiple sources to support better outcomes for victims and inform organisational decisions through information-led policing. Given the rapid digitisation of society and crime, those appointed will regularly have opportunities to think of new and innovative ways of solving problems and crimes, and contribute to the development of new formal methodologies/approaches to data analysis."
People who are interested can visit this link for details on how to apply.