European collaboration:
Ireland’s software industry recruiting software professionals in Spain
A clear demonstration of the strength of the Irish software industry, ten Irish owned software companies travelled to Madrid this week to meet with Spanish software professionals, in an effort to fill some of the 1500 vacancies in this indigenous sector.
Targeting English speakers with at least 3 years experience in software and an interest in moving to live and work in Ireland, It’s Happening Here (the recently launched umbrella brand for the Irish owned software industry) hosted a careers fair in central Madrid on Thursday September 27th. The interest shown and the high level of qualification of the 300 software professionals who attended the fair is an indication of the high regard in which the Irish software industry is held inSpain.
Finding IT talent is currently the single biggest challenge for Irish software companies. Strongly focused on exports the industry is one ofIreland’s fastest growing indigenous sectors delivering double digit growth in exports year on year. It is crucial to attract talent to the industry to ensure continued growth at this level. With a pool of experienced and highly qualified software professionals,Spainoffers a real solution. Spanish software developers and engineers have a very good reputation inIrelandand are highly sought after.
Speaking from Madrid this last week Jarlath Dooley, chair of the industry working group behind IT’s Happening Here and HR Director in Version 1 said:
The quality of software professionals we met here yesterday was excellent and this initiative has created a new and badly needed channel for our recruitment. We expect to recruit at least 8 of those we met yesterday alone and will continue to focus on Spain as a source of top quality personnel.’
Raul Marigorta, Market Advisor inEnterpriseIreland’s office inMadrid added:
‘Many Spanish people are aware of the innovative and creative nature of Irish software companies and their commitment to excellence. This initiative offers Spanish software professionals the opportunity to build their careers in some of the most exciting software development companies in the world and offers Irish companies the opportunity to continue to grow their technical teams. It is an excellent example of win-win collaboration between two European member states.’
Companies who participated at the Employment Fair
About IT’s Happening Here
IT’s Happening Here promotes career opportunities in Irish owned software companies. Acting as an umbrella brand for the industry which comprises over 600 companies, it aims to attract software professionals from across the globe to work in this dynamic sector. The current campaign is focused on recruiting for 1500 open vacancies. The vacancies are from graduate to director level and offer a unique working experience in a highly innovative environment of world class knowledge, creativity, diversity, and responsibility.
An initiative of the Irish indigenous software sector, IT’s happening Here is supported byEnterpriseIreland.
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This is a guest post from Liz McCarthy, Business Development Manager at Annadale Technologies in Kerry. Aside from taking part in the ITsHappening here software jobs in Ireland promotion, Liz talks through some of the ways they kickstart non-IT students into jobs in the Software Industry. And if you’re interested in working at Annadale, find out more on their Jobs page.
In response to the limited availability of talented programmers graduating from Irish Universities (and the parallel trend of large multinationals handpicking the top students from relevant disciplines), we at Annadale Technologies decided to address the source of the problem – the tendency of high-achieving pupils opting for high-points courses such as Medicine and Law on their CAO, rather than technology courses such as Engineering and Computer Science.
We felt that this tendency is linked with the fact that most young Irish people are not exposed to the technology which powers the gadgets they use every day, as the standard of IT education in the Irish classroom leaves a lot to be desired. We felt that as part of our mission of growing our Kerry-based software company we should reach out to students and demonstrate to them first hand how exciting and fulfilling a career in software development can be.
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An eMarketing event focusing on how companies can utilise the Internet to more successfully trade their products and services in international markets is taking place in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, on Thursday October 20th. Hosted by Enterprise Ireland’s Internet Marketing Unit, attendees will learn about the online strategies and processes needed to identify, reach and retain new customers.
The event is primarily aimed at those who either work in international marketing and sales, or those responsible for their company’s online marketing strategy. Leading experts in their fields will cover a broad range of topics, including:
- Developing an Online Marketing Strategy;
- Online Localisation for International Markets;
- Search Engine Optimisation and Pay-Per-Click Marketing;
- Web Analytics and Online Advertising;
- Getting the Website Content Right.
Speakers attending the event include Aileen O’Toole, MD, AMAS, a consultancy specialising in online channels; Niall McKeown, MD, iON, a digital consultancy and online marketing business; John Coburn, MD, PraxisNow, a specialist SEO and search marketing service provider, Alan Coleman, CEO, OnlineAdvertising.ie, and Gareth Dunlop, a digital strategist and columnist, as well as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Northern Ireland Science Park.
The cost of this half-day event is €65 per person, and further details can be obtained from the event website. Please note that this event is strictly for existing clients of Enterprise Ireland.
In order to book and confirm your participation, register and make payment online here. Please note that registration for the event should be made on or before Friday October 15th.
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This is a guest post by Barry Stokes, from Engineers Ireland , who are actively looking to reach out to more software companies.
Engineers Ireland are looking for entries for the Engineering Project of the Year. The awards showcase and celebrate the invaluable contribution the engineering profession makes to society. The competition is open to software and engineering firms based in Ireland from all disciplines and is a valuable opportunity to showcase your expertise through our media partner The Sunday Business Post. The winners will be chosen by members of the public through online voting with the winning company announced on the night of the awards which take 4thNovember in The Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge . Last year over 6,000 Irish people voted for their favourite project which was won by Dublin City Council’s Samuel Beckett Bridge.
Deadline for entries is 12th August 2011. For more information please contact bstokes@engineersireland.ie
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This is a guest post from Jack Downey of Lero. Jack will be speaking at EI’s Software Architecture Recovery & Consistency event in EI Eastpoint Dublin at 9am on Friday 27th May. For more details and booking for this free event, email Mary.Heasley[at]Enterprise-Ireland[dot]com.
Software architecture is the structuring of software systems in a manner that achieves desirable qualities (modifiability, improved performance, security) for its owners. However, particularly in respect to legacy software systems, an explicit architecture may never have been put in place. Even if an explicit architecture was put in place during system design, often this architecture is violated during implementation or subsequent evolution. The overall result is that there are many software systems without an explicit architecture, or with an implementation that is inconsistent with its designed architecture. In either case the ‘desirable qualities’ that could have been achieved are lost.
This Lero seminar will present a number of strategies that can help redress these issues. Specifically, it will present a technique called Reflexion Modelling (and its associated prototype tool) which is aimed at recovering the architecture of software systems. Likewise it will present an approach (and prototype tool) that aims to heighten consistency between the implemented architecture and the designed architecture. It will illustrate the utility of these approaches by presenting case studies that we have performed at IBM Ireland and QAD Ireland.
Date: Friday, the 27th May 2011
Time: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Venue: Enterprise Ireland, Eastpoint
Admission is free but places are limited. If you are interested in attending this event please register by emailing mary.heasley@enterprise-ireland.com.
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