75 New Jobs Announced For Cork

This morning two companies announced plans to create 75 new jobs in Cork.

In Ballincollig, Co. Cork, Irish company Asystec, which also has offices in Limeric, Dublin and Belfast, will open a new office hiring 50 people in a variety of roles in analytics, data centre and IT security and governance.

Asystec provides data management services to clients in data protection, security and storage, cloud solutions, infrastructure optimisation and big data analytics.

Opening the office Minister for European Affairs and Data Protection, Dara Murphy said Asystec is a “fantastic example of an indigenous Irish company”.

Department of Social Protection

Meanwhile a futher 25 new jobs are set to be created through the development of a new online jobs site for the Department of SocialProtection. BDO Ireland in partnership with a hi-tech start-up, The Hire Lab, based in Carrigaline, won the €4.5m contract to operate the website, and the Hire Lab will increase its workforce to 50 to run the site.

Ken Murphy

(Director) BE (Hons), CPIM – Cork Office

Ken Murphy graduated from University College Cork in 1987 with an Electrical Engineering degree before moving to the US as a Network Design Engineer with BellSouth Corporation. His return to Ireland in 1989 heralded a career which concentrated on the multinational sector, and involved working with companies such as Apple Computer, Cabletron, FMC Automotive, Moog, General Semiconductor and Technicolor.

Ken is a specialist in quality management, purchasing, logistics and supply chain management. He has significant expertise and experience in managing the changing demands of the global media, electronics and automotive sectors at operational and project management levels.

Ken leads CareerWise Recruitment’s Cork operations. He has served on local and national committees of IPICS (The Supply Chain Management Institute), CIPD, the Cork Electronics Industry Association (CEIA), and has completed a three-year term as Chair of the UCC Alumni Board.

Ken has recently been elected as a Director of the Cork Chamber for a four year term to help promote business and drive policy objectives for the Cork Region

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