Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Southern and Eastern; Dublin;
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Information Service Activities
63 - Information service activities

500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
20 June 2019
Employment effect (start)
20 June 2019
Foreseen end date
31 August 2020

Description

Professional online network LinkedIn is planning to hire an extra 500 personnel by the summer 2020. The new roles will be in sales, finance and analytics. The media is reporting 800 new positions, but 300 of these have already been filled; 100 roles are expected to be filled soon, with the remaining 400 positions to be filled by summer 2020. When the recruitment is completed, the company will employ 2000 people in Ireland. LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, has its EMEA headquarters based in Dublin.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), LinkedIn, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 97978, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97978.