Graduates boosted by IT jobs news - graduate jobs

IT graduates looking for work will be pleased to hear that a new software business in Ireland plans to take on 80 people.

Republic of Ireland jobs minister Richard Bruton revealed that HCL Technologies is to open a base in Dublin for which it will employ workers over the next three years.

Mr Bruton announced the move by the global technology firm after returning from a trade mission to India, going on to underpin the importance of the IT industry to Ireland.

He said: "The real economic success story of Ireland in the mid/late 1990s was based in part on tapping into the global IT boom going on at that time.

"If we are to get out of the crisis we're in and create the jobs we so badly need, a key part of that will be to build on our established strengths and once again now take advantage of the rapid growth in the global IT industry - particularly coming from countries like India and China."

The firm's software delivery centre will work with clients across a wide range of sectors and industries including insurance and healthcare.