Ireland needs a ‘jobs tsar’

minister Batt O'Keefe and Sigmar's Robert Mac Giolla Phadraig

Last Sunday’s Sunday Business Post recruitment section had a story I wrote around a job creation event last week organised by Robert MacGiolla Phadraig, director of Sigmar. The most intriguing initiative coming from the event was a call for the creation of a ‘job creation tsar’ with a brief to coordinate job creation initiatives at all levels:

‘‘We are calling for a state appointed ambassador or chieftain to become one clear, recognisable face for job creation,” said MacGiolla Phádraig. ‘‘It would be a non-executive or evangelist type position filled by someone who understands all the moving parts involved in job creation, and who can link together all current job creation initiatives across different government departments, agencies and other stakeholders. I would see the individual coming from the private sector, with a background in dealing with government agencies and departments.”

The ‘jobs tsar’ idea was just one of ten suggestions presented to Enterprise Minister Batt O’Keeffe last Thursday, at a ‘Sigmar Job Creation Initiative’ event in the Hibernian Club on St Stephen’s Green. Elan, Microsoft, Cadbury and Hertz were among the companies that contributed to the plan, while Fiona Mullan, HR director of Microsoft, and Joe Carr, managing partner of Mazars, spoke at the event.

To read the rest of the article on the Sunday Business Post website, click here. To go straight to the Sigmar Job Creation Initiative website, click here.

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