Unemployment in Northern Ireland - the big white Elephant in the room

[armaghniac]

I think things are on the up.

We were told to stop complaining that Government doesn't understand business when in reality business doesn't understand government either.

Unfortunately, government doesn't understand government either.

[LeoMc]

And yet when 600 temporary jobs are created in H&W they have to go to Briain and Europe to fill the posts.

where are these jobs.. no word of it on their website

It was on the BBC news last night, jobs were to renovate a Brazilian oil rig over the next couple of months. Apparanly it is bigger than the Goliath crane.

[under the bar]

Surely an oil rig would be that size at least?

[Milltown Row2]

Surely any oil rig would be that size at least?

Not when It's sitting in the dry dock. These jobs have to go across because when the yard effectively closed all those trades men changed skills/jobs they are settled and would have no intention of going back to employment that will be finished once the job is done.

Manufacturing is doing really well, we've over 200 engineering students but places like the Yard won't take them on, oil rig work is demanding in that it requires coded welders to a high spec because of the work, plenty of welders/platers in Portsmouth available I'd say

[Minder]

a man in the know told me this year the course that produces the highest number of graduates in Queens/NI - Psychology - says it all.

A psychology degree usually gets you a job in a call centre