Is Ireland heading for full employment?

John FitzGerald: Employers will have to work hard to hold on to staff

Fri, Sep 29, 2017, 06:00

John FitzGerald

Educated workforce: the number of graduates at work has increased by almost 7.5 per cent. Photograph: AFP/Getty

Educated workforce: the number of graduates at work has increased by almost 7.5 per cent. Photograph: AFP/Getty

The latest figures on employment and unemployment, published by the Central Statistics Office last week, provide a key window on the economy. Given the problems with our GNP growth figures, we rely a lot on these employment data to know what is going on in the real economy.

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