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AI to boost staff headcount over the next two years, according to half of Irish employers

  • AI will have a positive impact on recruitment, upskilling and employee engagement, according to more than half of Irish businesses
  • This is encouraging for the IT sector which maintains a strong appetite to hire, despite high-profile mass layoffs in communications and tech
  • Experis is encouraging employers to upskill and reskill the existing workforce to meet changes due to transformation

More than half (53%) of Irish employers expect Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies will have a positive impact on their staff headcount over the next two years, according to a survey by Experis, a leader in IT recruitment and part of the global recruitment firm ManpowerGroup.

The survey of 400+ Irish employers also finds that Cybersecurity roles is the number 1 staffing priority for IT over the next 12 months closely followed by Customer Experience and Tech Supports roles.

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