The sight of thousands of people lining up outside the Working Abroad Expo at the RDS in Dublin in 2012 has become a defining image of the recession. The biannual recruitment fairs, which used to sell more than 12,000 tickets, have attracted far fewer potential emigrants recently. The next one won’t be held in Ireland until September 2016. In a remarkable market turnaround, Irish recruiters are heading down under, to Working Abroad Expos in Perth and Melbourne this August, seeking to lure Irish workers to fill vacancies here, particularly in construction, healthcare and accountancy. Earlier this month Minister for Health Leo Varadkar announced a recruitment campaign targeting Irish nurses in...
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