Recruitment firm forecasts 15% job rise in Limerick

PERSONNEL at one of Ireland’s top recruitment firms are forecasting a growth in job opportunities in Limerick this year.

FRS Recruitment executives believe Limerick will see a 15% uptick in opportunities for job creation through 2025.

This means the city and county would outperform its national forecast of a 10% growth. Locally, the sectors the firm’s staff believe will see the strongest growth will be in IT, commercial and healthcare.

Its general manager Lynne McCormack revealed FRS already has a significant number of local employers preparing to bring jobs to the market.

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Nationally, IT, healthcare, commercial, industrial, life sciences, agribusiness and construction are expected to see significant growth.

FRS says a wide range of positions are expected to be available in Limerick this year across various industries.

Some of the specific roles it’s expecting to see become available locally include openings for nurses, physiotherapists, laboratory technicians, administrators and general operatives.

According to FRS Recruitment, the expectation of increased job opportunities locally and nationally comes with several positive factors likely to influence recruitment across the economy in 2025.

These include the anticipated reduction in interest rates, the recovery of the IT sector, more employers seeking to grow their teams after consolidating in 2024, more flexibility in the market with candidates seeking out new opportunities and the removal of the public sector hiring freeze in healthcare.

Ms McCormack, said: “There is more optimism in the market from employers and candidates alike. We saw this start to come through at the end of 2024 and our full expectation is that will continue locally and nationally.”