Jobs, jobs and more jobs?

A surge in employment opportunities puts candidates in a strong position

People at the Career Zoo job fair in Dublin: the number of professional jobs has risen by 22 per cent Picture: Photocall

Just before Christmas, Richard Eardley had a conversation with a Canadian colleague that would have seemed unimaginable during the downturn. Eardley, who runs the recruitment company Hays Ireland, called Rowan O’Grady, his counterpart in Hays Canada, to ask for access to his database of Irish construction workers.

“I told him that I needed ...