IDA chief advises students to look at FDI skills needs when picking courses
IDA chief advises students to look at FDI skills needs when picking courses
Pictured: Barry O’Leary
IDA Ireland CEO Barry O’Leary has advised students completing their CAO application forms over the next few days to look at the areas where the greatest job opportunities will lie in FDI companies in the future.
“There is a strong trend for FDI companies in Ireland winning new mandates which will require an increase in their employment levels in the future,” he said. “Students planning now for their future careers need to take this growth into account and consider in which sectors the greatest FDI job opportunities will be in the coming years.’’
According to the IDA, a large number of FDI companies seek graduates with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and maths. In addition many FDI jobs also require multi-lingual skills.
The agency said Ireland’s academic institutions provide a wide variety of courses that qualify graduates to meet industry’s skills needs. These include technology programmes in computer science, software engineering and computer applications and support. Specific courses of interest include computer science with a foreign language, accounting, finance and international business with languages, supply chain/logistics programmes, science qualifications and chemical, electronic and mechanical engineering degree courses.