Private Irish recruitment firm Sigmar has announced the creation of 150 new jobs to service its new Centre of Excellence. The announcement was made by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD.

The jobs are announced as part of the company’s expansion plan to deliver a wider portfolio of services globally. These new positions will more than double the workforce by the end of 2018. 

Sigmar is on track to deliver 50 of these new jobs by the end of this year, with another 50 by the end of 2017 and a further 50 by the end of 2018. The company is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through Enterprise Ireland.

“Today’s announcement that Sigmar Recruitment, a highly innovative Irish company, is creating 150 new jobs in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Kerry is great news for the country,” Minister Mitchell O’Connor said. “Through our Regional Action Plan for Jobs, I am committed to ensuring jobs are created in every region in Ireland. These new jobs will contribute greatly to the prosperity of communities across the country. Sigmar is a great example of the type of company Enterprise Ireland is working with. I warmly congratulate Adie and his team and wish them continued success for the future.”

The jobs are in recruitment, sales and digital marketing at both experienced and graduate levels with a significant number of positions available in locations outside of the capital to include Cork, Galway and Kerry.

The establishment of the Centre of Excellence is largely due to an uplift in demand for talent by US companies who are expanding internationally from Ireland.

“With our considerable expertise in supporting FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) companies establish operations in Ireland, we have developed a Total Talent Management solution to support our clients’ next phase of international expansion from Ireland,” Sigmar Recruitment’s Chief Commercial Officer, Robert Mac Giolla Phádraig said. “We have set up a Centre of Excellence to support this international growth in demand. 

“This investment is a high value play to help some of the fastest growing companies in the world find the best talent in the world from here in Ireland, something we are immensely proud of,” Mac Giolla Phádraig said.

According to Sigmar CEO Adie McGennis the net effect of this announcement is far greater than the 150 jobs.

“As recruiters by their very nature have a huge impact on job creation, the end effect of a creation of 150 jobs will have an enormous effect in terms of the actual number of jobs being created in Ireland over the next number of years,” McGennis said.