The number of work permits issued to overseas professionals has surged by over 35% \u00a0this year .<\/p>\n
Figures released by the Department of Jibs revealedthe over 80% of visas issued were for new entrants with the remaining successful applications going to renewal candidates .<\/p>\n
So far this year Irish work permits applications granted has exceeded 8,000.<\/p>\n
Rejected applications have almost doubled o far this year up to 1,223 .<\/p>\n
Professionals from India received 30% of all approved applications and renewals followed by Pakistan and the US which gained 14% and 9% respectively.<\/p>\n
The top 10 companies hiring employees from abroad are<\/p>\n
HSE.<\/p>\n
Google<\/p>\n
Accenture<\/p>\n
Intel<\/p>\n
Infosys<\/p>\n
Amazon<\/p>\n
HCL<\/p>\n
Ernst & Young<\/p>\n
HCL Technologies<\/p>\n
Beaumont Hospital .<\/p>\n
This trend will continue to rise in 2017 as Ireland is suffering an acute skills shortage in all sectors\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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