MPR Recruitment has found that Eastern European job candidates coming to Ireland to work prefer taking up employment and living outside of Dublin in favour of more rural towns and villages. This is primarily for the reasons below. It also shows that there are plenty of opportunities for employers based outside Dublin in smaller towns or more rural areas, and who are experiencing shortages in staff or skilled workers and finding it difficult to recruit from within in Ireland, that recruiting and hiring Eastern European staff can be a viable option and attractive solution for both parties.
1. Accommodation
The story of our accommodation crisis has reached every shore in Eastern Europe. No new employee from a new country wants to spend the first 6 months of their life in Ireland looking up Daft.ie and queuing to view apartments every evening in Dublin.
Therefore, the preference for candidates is to locate in areas outside of Dublin where the accommodation costs are more reasonable. The Candidates before they come to live in Ireland do not have a particular preference to a location in Ireland and therefore rural locations rather than Dublin.
It can be harder to get a “Dub” to relocate to a rural location than a Romanian or Polish Candidate to locate to a Country Town.
The Employers who can use their knowledge and influence in the locality to assist candidates to find accommodation will rank higher with candidates when deciding on which offer is the most attractive.
2. Cost Of Living
The lower level of cost of living whereby you do not have to get a “mortgage for a pint” is also more attractive to the Eastern European Candidate. The lower level of cost of living allows the candidate to save more of their wages to send home to their own country or to save up towards flights home etc.
3. Rural Towns
Outside of the main cities and capitals, Eastern European countries are primarily agricultural like Ireland. The Eastern European candidates prefer smaller town and rural locations in Ireland to live as it reminds them more of their own small town and they can assimilate more easily to this rural way of life.
If you are considering recruiting staff from Eastern Europe, contact us by phone 01-5645480 or email info@mprrecruitment.ie and we will guarantee you a first-class service.
ABOUT MPR RECRUITMENT
MPR Recruitment is Ireland’s specialist Professional Recruitment Consultancy for sourcing staff from Poland and across Eastern Europe for business throughout Ireland. We have co-operation agreements with 25 partner recruitment agencies in Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Croatia, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia and Slovakia. This gives us access to a recruitment population pool of more than 100 million workers! Employees from any of these EU countries can fully work in Ireland with no requirement for work permit or visa.
We have an extensive and deep industry specialism across many sectors including, Construction – Professional, Construction – Skilled, Accountancy & Financial, Architecture, Engineering, Office Staff, Human Resources, I.T. & Telecoms, Logistics & Transport, Healthcare, Property, Hospitality, and Manufacturing & Processing Industries.
We aim to provide an exemplary service to our Employer Partners sourcing staffing talent to meet with their staffing shortfalls &/or expansion plans with the required human resources. We screen all Employees for Competency, Experience, and necessary English Communication Skills. Our reputation is delivered on the quality of our placements for our Employer Partners. We aim to support both the Employer and Employees to achieve their employment objectives and our Support Hub is available to all Employees recruited through MPR Recruitment.
