What courses are most in demand in Cork right now?

Oct. 4, 2011 - PRLog -- Thinking that it might be time to upskill, change career or pursue that hobby that you've always been interested in but never got time to learn more about? Well you're not alone. The days of one job for life are well and truly over and this is not a bad thing. The search for personal development and increased job satisfaction combined with the fluidity of the employment has lead to a huge demand in the education and training sector. At this time of year, thousands of people in Cork are taking up their college places and embarking on a really exciting time of their lives. People from all age groups and all socio-economic backgrounds have been busy searching for the course that will keep them busy through the Cork winter.

So we thought we would take a look search activity in the Cork course market - http://www.learnpipe.ie/courses/ireland/cork/ - from two angles: the course format & the course topics.

Martin O Donoghue commented "the term courses in Cork is searched for over 22,000 times each month.  The raw data shows that IT courses Cork is the most popular course subject, not surprising really in this era of computer dependency in all forms of everyday life." 

1. Top course formats:
full time courses cork 1,600 searches /month
evening courses cork - 1300 local searches each month
part time courses in cork - 320 course queries /month

2. The Top 10 Most Popular Cork Courses
cork it courses -  22,200 course queries /month
training cork - 9,900 times /month
cork english courses  2,900 queries /month
cit courses -  1,600 course queries / month
college courses cork - searched for 1000 times each month.
cork language -  1000 searches each month.
cooking courses cork -1310 times per month.
art classes cork - 390 searches per month.
make up courses cork - 320 course queries /month
photography courses cork - 320 course queries /month
beauty courses in cork - 260 course queries /month
nail courses cork - 210 course queries /month

"We have noticed an increase in the search frequency for course keywords related to personal beauty,"- commented O Donoghue, "obviously even in a down turn people still want to look their best and  acquiring the knowhow to achieve professional results, thereby saving the cost of visiting salons, may be driving the surge in people searching for makeup, beauty and nail courses,' he continued.

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About learnpipe
learnpipe is a web based application that helps people to find great courses around the world. We put the fun back into choosing the right College / Degree / Evening Course / Casual Class / any other training option. We call it social Q&A for education. We operate 4 domains: http://www.learnpipe.ie (Ireland); http://www.learnpipe.co.uk (UK); http://www.learnpipe.com (USA) & http://www.learnpipe.in (India).

learnpipe was setup in 2009 by John Dineen and Shane O'Leary. learnpipe is a graduate company of both the Endeavour and iGAP Programmes. It is funded by Enterprise Ireland and a number of private investors. The company has 8 staff based in Cork, Manchester & Beijing.