r/irelandjobs

Hello, I've recently been looking for some weekend work as a teenager. The problem is I litterally cant find any work at all. Ive been around town in person with some printed off cvs, but nobody was hiring. I also set up an indeed account, but no jobs matching my workdays and skill levels show up. I even have the indeed emails set up, but nobody seems to want anyone with under one year of experience or other criteria. How can I find weekend work without knowing anyone in the industry? I have only about two months experience in food service

Hi everyone,

I recently moved to Dublin from Italy and I’m currently trying to find an entry-level role in administration, office support or something similar. I’ve only been here a short time, so I’m still trying to understand how the job market works and what the best approach is.

I have a Master’s degree in Government Studies and a Bachelor’s in Political Science (both graduated with highest honours). During my studies, I worked in a university office supporting international students, handling admin tasks, emails, and coordination in a multicultural environment. I also have experience in customer service (hospitality and front office roles).

I already have a PPS number and accommodation sorted, so I’m fully ready to work, so I wonder that I just need to find the right opportunity.

I’m applying to roles like Administrative Assistant, Office Admin, Receptionist, and Recruitment Support, but I haven’t had much positive response so far.

I’ve also considered doing a PhD, but the costs are quite high and, after many years of studying, I feel ready to start a proper full-time job and gain professional experience.

I’m wondering: • Is the main issue the lack of Irish work experience? • Should I focus more on customer service roles first and then move into admin? • Are there specific companies or sectors that are more open to someone in my situation? • Any tips on improving my CV for the Irish job market?

I’m based in Dublin and available to start immediately.

Any advice would be really appreciated — thanks a lot!

I’m constantly dreaming of it …. I don’t necessarily hate my job but I’m always asking is this it? Corporate slave till we die? 2 days off a week for a weekend we spend cleaning/cooking/washing clothes and trying to recover from the weeks burn out just to start it again.
I’m sorry I don’t want this to be a sad just curious if I’m on my own here or if anyone has made the leap to some other type of life

Recently I got rejected from my first interview and im currently 17 does anyone have any advice at all on getting a job in Dublin. I would do almost anything but it would have to be in the summer. Everyone I know also finds it almost impossible and indeed is the most useless tool ever and only shows manager jobs.

Hi!

I’ve been looking for a job in Dublin for almost 10 months and still nothing. At this point, I’ve probably already tried everything people usually suggest, but maybe someone knows a company that’s relatively easy to get into?

Some context: I worked in marketing in my home country for 1 year, and then I started two small businesses. I didn’t have employees besides a delivery driver, but during Christmas I handled around 200 orders in 3 weeks, which was a lot for the city I lived in. At the same time, I was also finishing university.

After graduating, I decided I wanted a change of country and honestly needed a break because I was completely burned out. I worked as a babysitter in different EU country for 1.5 years, and then I moved to Dublin because my husband already had a job here.

Since moving, I’ve been searching for a job for almost a year. Because of everything above, I now have an almost 3 year gap on my CV. I feel powerless at this point.

I’ve already tried networking on LinkedIn, improving my LinkedIn profile, applying through Indeed, Jobs.ie, IrishJobs, and other website, ATS scan websites, tailoring my CV with keywords, personalizing CVs and cover letters, applying directly on company websites, trying different industries, applying to both big and small companies, applying for different levels, from internships to team leader positions.

In the last 7 weeks alone, I’ve applied to around 90 jobs.

I’ve mainly been applying for roles in marketing, sales, and operations coordination. I know people usually say to focus on one field, but honestly, I have similar experience in all three and I am always open to something new. The biggest issue seems to be that my experience isn’t considered relevant here and the fact that I haven’t worked in a corporate environment makes recruiters reject me early.

Does anyone have any ideas I maybe haven’t tried yet? Or know any companies that hire pretty much anyone for entry-level roles? I’m open to customer service, sales, admin, basically anything at this point.

I’ve already applied multiple times to companies like Accenture, Teleperformance, PwC, CPL, Access Healthcare, Archer, and others.

I don’t have a car and I’m currently exchanging my driving licence for an Irish one, so no DL as well. I live in Rathmines, so I can commute easily to most places in Dublin.

Any advice would really help.

I am out of ideas. Thank you!

What are the best entry level jobs in Ireland that don’t require a college degree? How does one get hired?

Best in terms of pay, progression, job security, workload, etc

Hi, I'm asking for my mum who now works in Germany.

She has 10y experience in 24h elderly care through agencies. She lives in the person's home and does all of stuff (personal care, cooking, cleaning, companionship etc)

It's always through agency (her salary is around 2000 euros fixed per month, so I presume family pays more to agency). Sometimes family would bring into conversation that they pay agency almost 5000 euros (depends from case to case and illness), so my mum only gets 2000 euros and agency takes rest which is insane and I dont think its fair.

She knows German, but she would like to move here and try this job in Ireland (also to learn English). She is beginner level in English (lets say A2), she watches every day youtube tutorials to improve it. Also she want to be around family and speaking English daily to learn it.

Now, she doesn't have any formal eduction/ certificate/ school for such a job so not sure if this will be problem? What are the chances to get hired here? Which place / agency / website is best to look for such a job?

Since I live in Dublin, she can also stay with me, so we have kind a safety here if things go wrong / or there is some transit period.

I would expect they pick her up on airport (pay ticket) and transfer her to family.

Any recommendations would help. Thanks.

Hello! I'm in the selection process of Dublin Bus, just about to do the driving test and the interview.

I was wondering what the job is like. I've seen that the pay is 856€ a week. Which is not bad. But how is the job and the work life balance?

I've also seen that you can't take your holidays when you want to, they allocate them for you, is it like that? If so, I think that it is a basic thing that people can use their holidays whenever they want to, right?

Feel free to express yourselves,

Thank you so much!

I've been in the running for two great roles over the last few weeks after a very long and mentally draining job search. Job #1 is great overall, but the pay is quite low and I'd have to move cities. Job #2 is fantastic, great pay, and less than 30 minutes from me with a hybrid option.

a few days ago, I got an offer for job #1, and after letting the people from job #2 know about this, I was told that though I'm far-and-away their preferred candidate for the role, they wouldn't be able to make an offer until the end of next week.

The deadline to accept the offer for the first job is in just a few days, so I'm really not sure what to do other than to accept it, and then wait and see what happens with the second job.

I know people say that companies don't owe us anything, but the people at job #1 were very nice, and I'd honestly feel pretty bad about backing out of right after accepting... So I guess I'm just curious how bad form it would be to do so.

If it matters, my first day at job #1 wouldn't be for a few more weeks, so I doubt that I will have actually started working by the time I'd get an offer from job #2.

Does anyone have any advice regarding an easy career path? Currently, I am an operator in a bakery. I've been working here for about 5 years, since I arrived in Ireland. I’ve been offered a supervisor role a few times, but I turned it down because it involved too many overtime hours and the pay difference wasn't significant compared to my current job. Before this, I was a barber for 2 years. The problem is, I don't like the style here in Ireland, I tried to get back into the industry, but they asked me to perform a haircut in 20-25 minutes. In my opinion, you can't produce quality work in that time, and I don't want to do a poor job on people, so I refused and stayed at the factory. However, I've had enough of it

Hi everyone, I'm hoping to get some honest advice from people who know the Irish job market well.

I'm Vietnamese, in my 30s, and I'm moving to Ireland soon on a Stamp 4 visa as my husband is an Irish citizen. We'll be living Co. Meath.

A bit about my background:

• 8 years in B2B sales in Vietnam, working for well-known international companies in industrial tools and metal cutting tools

• Used Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and SAP daily in my roles

• English major from National Economics University in Vietnam, fluent English

• Basic Mandarin Chinese

• Strong communication skills, resilient — sales is genuinely what I enjoy

• Constantly hit the targets

My situation when I arrive:

• My husband works as a social care worker at a residential home and I'll likely start there as a support worker to get Irish work experience, driver licences and references

• I have about 10 months before I arrive, which I'm using to study — HubSpot, Power BI, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and Irish driving theory

My concern is this: I know the Irish job market has softened a bit recently, especially in tech. I'm worried that without Irish work experience, employers might overlook me even with 8 years of solid B2B sales experience at well-known international brands. Is the "no Irish experience" thing still a real barrier in 2026, especially in sales roles?

My longer term goal is to move into an Account Manager or Sales role in a multinational. I'm happy to start from the bottom and work my way up.

A few specific questions:

1. Is B2B sales experience from well-known global brands respected by Irish employers, even if gained outside Ireland?

2. Are Account Manager or Sales roles genuinely in demand right now or is it also getting competitive?

3. Would you recommend going back to study (postgrad in Business or Sales Management) or is experience more valued in sales careers in Ireland?

4. Any honest advice about what Vietnamese or Asian professionals specifically face in the Irish job market that I should be prepared for?

I'd really appreciate any honest feedback — positive or critical. I want to go in with realistic expectations, not just optimism. Thanks so much.

Hi All,

I applied for a Postal Operative position at the start of January, at that time I selected 2 areas from the list that were close to me that I would be happy to work from. I received an email shortly after that stating that recruitment had been paused for the Christmas / New Year period and it would resume again in late January and run for 6 months.

Since then the announcement came about 300 new Postal Operative roles becoming available nationwide, I have spoken to a couple of postmen from my selected centres who have said that the postmaster has reiterated to them on a number of occasions that if they know of anybody interested, to ensure the CV has been submitted through the careers portal.

Since I have applied my application status has remained at “under consideration”, I realise the 6 month recruitment timeline is still not up, however time is running out and I’m just wondering from any postal operative on here, how long had you to wait before being called? And is there a point where I give up hope and assume that the call isn’t going to come?

Thanks.

Been out of work for a couple months looking after family who’ve been unwell and applied to well over 100 jobs and not heard much back ! Is there an issue across Ireland at the moment with people trying to get hired or am I just unlucky ? Really didn’t think it would be this hard to even find a basic even part time or 40 hour week job ..

Are people finding salaries just borderline pathetic these days?

I have 10 years experience in marketing. I was hit with company wide layoffs during my pregnancy and now post baby, I'm ready to go back to work.

I've a Masters, 10 years experience and was previously on 90k. 105k including bonuses.

Now, I am applying but my God. Yesterday I was invited for an interview and when I asked for the salary, I was told 30k! For a marketing manager position.

The highest I've come across so far has been 55k.

At what stage do you suck it up and take a near 50 percent pay cut like. It's an absolute disgrace

Hey, I have been paying tax in this country for over 25 years non-stop. I have a degree from Dublin University in Marketing, but I am struggling to find a well-paid job that would bring me €4k–€5k cash in hand.

Earning slightly over €3k each month puts me in a very tight financial situation. I don’t want to blame others I see around me who may have less knowledge but better language and earn more, but it's fair enough, i dont care.

COVID and the government kind of betrayed expectations by saying we would be able to work from home, but eventually those promises were not kept, and I had to commute up to 3 hours each way. With the childcare to pay 1000€, i dont know yet how im still survive :) I also work on saturday and Sunday on other projects, that also not great for work life balance.

My question is: could I realistically be earning €4k–€5k in cash as a taxi driver and have much better work to life balance? I know its a bit of shame to come from the marketing role into taxi, but maybe other guys coudl share their experience?

Thank you anhyone for your honest comments

I’ve been thinking about something while recently using taxis in Ireland.

Why are so many young men choosing to work as taxi drivers, yet many of them seem to be complaining about costs and overall profitability instead of moving into other job sectors?

A number of drivers mention high running costs such as insurance, fuel, maintenance, and licensing fees. In some cases, it even feels like net earnings can be quite low, sometimes not far off entry-level roles in retail or fast food.

At the same time, over the last few years, Ireland has introduced policies that appear to favour taxi drivers more than consumers in certain areas. While the cost per ride has increased for passengers, many drivers have benefited from significant incentives to upgrade their vehicles, especially to electric models like Tesla or Toyota hybrids. In some cases, these upgrades were effectively available at close to half price through grants and schemes, and many drivers did take advantage of this.

One thing I also find interesting is pricing behaviour. If a ride is €100 on the meter, a driver could technically offer it for €80 and absorb the difference themselves but still leaving them with a reasonable margin on a 20–30 minute trip. Yet this kind of pricing flexibility doesn’t seem common.

If acquiring customers is such a challenge, why isn’t more focus placed on competitive pricing or short-term discounts to build repeat business?

For example trip from Newbridge to Airport

Would €80 for a 30-minute trip still not represent a solid return, especially when the alternative is an empty seat?

Curious to hear perspectives from others in the industry and beyond.

Hi everyone!

I moved to Cork about a year and a half ago to improve my English, and after getting my C1 level I decided I’d like to stay here for the long term. I’ve recently started applying for jobs related to my studies, but after more than 50 applications, some of them with references included, I’ve only received 2 callbacks.

I know the market is competitive, but I’d really appreciate any advice about CVs, recruiters, companies, networking, or job hunting in general. Thanks in advance!

Hi, so Im a hospital pharmacist currently aiming to move out from Pakistan and wanted to know if pharma graduate programs are open to foreign graduates with no industry experience. I know the market is tough but Im really tired working 6 12 hour shifts plus rotations on a very shi**y salary so you can say im very desperate rn. Im open to any sort of guidance.