Work in Ireland for Russians: features, options and recommendations

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Working in Ireland for Russians is a great opportunity to move to a developed European country with a market economy and a high standard of living. Despite the fact that unemployment there reached 7.2 percent on January 1, 2017, vacancies for foreigners in Ireland are always available, especially when it comes to highly qualified specialists. This article discusses the issues of finding a job in Ireland, current requirements for employees from abroad, as well as specific vacancies and salaries.

How to find a job in Ireland?

Today Ireland's workforce is approximately ten percent international. The key issue here is to find an employer who will agree to issue an employment contract with a citizen of another country (after all, this is not as easy to achieve as it seems onfirst glance). In addition, for successful employment, Russians need to obtain a work permit in Ireland.

It is important to note that the local government is somehow determined to attract personnel who are more in demand for the Irish economy. Thus, today there are nine types of permits for foreigners to work in the country. By the way, they have significant differences with employment systems in other countries, for example, in the UK. Permit work in Ireland aims to fill existing gaps in the local labor market.

Regular resolution

It is important to note that the rules governing categories such as work and study in Ireland have changed somewhat since October 2014. Thus, due to amendments to the legislation, the Green Card program was canceled, as well as the conditions for existing work permits were changed.

So one option today is regular resolution. Working in Ireland under this permit is appropriate when two basic conditions are met. First, it is necessary and mandatory to pass a test in the labor market. What is meant by this procedure? This event is tantamount to checking that citizens of the single economic space or local residents do not apply for a certain job. Thus, information about a vacancy is posted in the employment service for at least two weeks, as well as on sites related to employment, and inlocal newspapers for three days.

Secondly, work in Ireland can be relevant for a foreigner only when his annual salary is at least thirty thousand euros. It should be added that in some cases a slightly smaller amount is allowed.

Critical Skills

Working in Northern Ireland, which comes with special (critical) skills, does not require a labor market screening exercise. Moreover, such permission is available for absolutely all types of professions. The main condition here is a salary level of at least sixty thousand euros per year. It is important to add that for especially valuable specialists, this bar can drop to thirty thousand euros a year.

Permission for family members

Working in Ireland is possible by granting permission to the relevant state authorities of the country to carry out labor activities for family members. In this case, we are talking about spouses, partners and persons who are dependent on a foreigner officially employed in Ireland. It should be added that such a permit does not imply a mandatory labor market test, which is very pleasing to Russian citizens, because the procedure is greatly simplified through this.

Reactivation procedure

Permission to carry out professional activities in Ireland under the reactivation procedure allows foreigners who previously had permission to work in the country in question, but due to somecircumstances that lost it, to find a job again. As a rule, the loss of the right to employment is not the fault of the foreigner.

Additional permissions

In addition to those listed above, additional permissions are also relevant today. It is important to note that they are used much less often and include the following items:

• Internship for foreign students.
• Employment of employees in senior positions in the Irish branches of foreign companies.
• Employment in servicing sports and cultural events.
• Employment in accordance with exchange programs for researchers and scientists.
• Temporary work related to the provision of services by foreign companies in Ireland.

Working in Ireland: options

To successfully identify a vacancy in Ireland for a native of the Russian Federation, you need to carefully analyze the local labor market and carry out an exercise to soberly assess your own chances for employment. It is important to note that, first of all, this concerns English proficiency at a fairly high level, because without a language, work in Ireland is practically inaccessible for Russians.

Besides, the skills, experience and qualifications of a foreign specialist play an important role. It's no secret that in the process of employment you will have to compete with a huge number of European job seekers. While looking for a job inConsidering the country in question, great importance is usually attached to the reviews of relatives and acquaintances who have ever had employment experience in Ireland. In addition, personal communication with local residents is very appropriate in this case.

Who work?

To date, the minimum wage for skilled workers in Ireland is 8.65 euros per hour, and the average salary in Dublin is 33,000 euros per year. Compared with earnings in Russia, this situation is very favorable. Due to the fact that the European centers of almost all the leading IT companies are located in Ireland, computer specialists are more likely to find work in this country than representatives of other speci alties.

By the way, such a serious situation does not apply to medical workers at absolutely all levels. Why? The fact is that a doctor with work experience and a decent knowledge of English can easily and very quickly find a job in Ireland.

Useful information

It is important to note that most of the vacancies for work are in the big cities of Ireland, including Cork, Limerick, Galway, Drogheda, Waterford and, of course, the capital of the country - Dublin. It should be added that in all of the cities listed there is a local press, in which advertisements for vacancies are placed. That is why it will be useful for a native of the Russian Federation to look at localonline media and naturally send some responses according to the vacancies you like.

Another very interesting and at the same time effective option is to check ads directly on the official resources of those companies where there is a desire to find a job. Thus, it is necessary to implement the distribution of your own resume to such structures, as well as call back in order to find out whether the resume has reached a particular company and what are the chances of taking a certain vacancy at the moment.

In conclusion, it should be noted that looking for a job abroad is a rather lengthy and complicated process. Why? In order to employ a foreign citizen, an Irish employer must obtain permission from the Ministry of Labor or from this person (the features and varieties of these are discussed in previous chapters). This permit is issued in the personnel department of the host company-employer, which, by the way, is engaged in the payment of state fees. Thus, in order to take such a serious step and hire a foreign employee, the structure must be confident in the absolute competitiveness of the future employee, because both citizens of other countries of the European Union and citizens of Ireland directly can apply for a particular vacancy.

You need to know that in Ireland the trial period is six months. In addition, a foreign specialist receives the same salary as the Irish employees of a particular structure. Cashare transferred to a bank card, while bonuses vary from seven to ten percent of the annual salary.