'Uncertainty' sees fall in jobs advertised on jobs website

There has been a decline in the number of jobs being advertised on the website Irishjobs.ie during the last three months of 2011. 

The sectors performing worst include construction, architecture and property. 

But, the IT sector is still looking for workers, accounting for around 20% of the jobs advertised on the website and demonstrating an increase in demand, particularly in urban areas. 

Doctor Stephen Kinsella, author of the report, said employers may be acting cautiously in the wake of the Budget and the Eurozone crisis.

Dr Kinsella said: "Uncertainty that was created in employers' minds by the Budget and the near-collapse of the eurozone, maybe that fed into the fact that people didn't advertise jobs.

"Perhaps this is a blip and maybe things will get better, but we will know by the end of the next quarter."