Doubling down on Ireland’s talent advantage

Skillnet Ireland will invest €77 million in supporting 20,000 companies and 80,000 workers during 2022 and chief executive Paul Healy is looking to build on that in the coming years.

Looking to the year ahead, he notes the resilience of the Irish economy despite the challenges presented by the pandemic. “We are seeing continued growth. Ibec has forecast a rate of 6 per cent while the ESRI puts it even higher. Unemployment has fallen rapidly and is moving towards pre-pandemic levels. We also saw the record tax take for 2021, up €11.2 billion on 2020.

Businesses need both high tech and high touch skills, he adds. They include the hard job-related skills as well as those uniquely human skills such communication, empathy, creativity and so on. “That applies across all sectors, particularly FDI.” Next is the sustainability agenda. “We are seeing an increased willingness to embrace sustainability. There is growing demand from businesses to understand how they can move to low carbon operations, products, supply chains, delivery models and so on.”

The year ahead will see the organisation place a strong focus on digital skills in areas such as AI, automation, blockchain, and data science. “We are continuing to work with industry to ensure businesses stay ahead of the curve on new technologies. We are assisting small businesses on their digital journey and looking at supporting 15,000 workers on digital skills programmes.”

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

Why are Irish graduates paid significantly better abroad for doing the same work? There's no appreciation for talent in Ireland. When employers stop treating graduates like crap and start paying them properly then they'll be able to call Ireland home.

It is talenta.

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