Through FÁS, employers can find staff or list vacancies on FÁS Jobs Ireland (freephone 1800 611 116), or meet with EURES Advisers to discuss Recruitment from Europe with access to a database of European jobseekers. Recruitment from Outside Europe is also available with information on Work Permits in the Working Abroad section.
In order for employees to have the right skills and qualifications, FÁS offers training courses suited to every need, including online training through eCollege; evening courses, the Construction Skills Certification Scheme and Safe Pass suited to the construction sector. Traineeships, which combine formal training with workplace coaching, are developed in consultation with employers and trade unions, and are tailored to the needs of Irish industry and local business. Employers can find out about the Apprenticeship system including the registration process in the Training section.
Ireland's national standard for human resource management is awarded by FÁS' Excellence Through People, a successful business improvement tool designed to further an organisation's performance through its people.
Employers seeking information on employment and training for people with disabilities or special needs, such as Specialist Training Providers, as well as social inclusion programmes, for example Women Returning to Work, can find it at Equality and Inclusion.
FÁS is a registered organisation with the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) which "makes criminal history vetting disclosures to registered organisations in respect of, inter alia, prospective employees, volunteers, students on placement, and trainees who would have substantive, unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults." This policy concerns FÁS' role as a provider of training and employment programmes, in particular in relation to the eligibility and recruitment of potential participants or trainees working or training to work with children and/or vulnerable adults*.
FÁS provides assistance to employers in the form of
Funding in support of training and employment programmes at national, sectoral, regional or company level.
The recently announced Work Placement Programme is designed to offer unemployed people, including graduates, the opportunity to obtain 9 months experience in a work situation.To learn more about services provided by FÁS for employers, contact your local FÁS STB Office.
*'Vulnerable adults' refers to elderly people or people with disabilities in the context of Garda Vetting in FÁS
