IBM, Microsoft, Avangate, Endava, Oracle, iQuest, SDL Language Weaver, UMT Software or Computaris are only a few of the companies which put on the table 300 jobs at an online job fair for IT&C experts. The fair is organized by recruiting website HiPo.ro between November 16 and December 17.
“Career opportunities offered by employers address to IT&C experts in cities such as Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Brasov, Sibiu, Timisoara and Iasi. Offers target mainly positions such as Software Developer (.NET, Java, C#, C, C++, PHP), Quality Assurance Tester, System Administrator, Web Developer. Offers for Business Intelligence Developer, Computer Hardware Engineer, IT Manager, Support Engineer or 2G/3G Radio Planning Engineer are also available,” said George Samoila, project manager of HiPo.ro.
Most job offers target IT&C experts with work experience of three to five years, while young graduates may apply for internship and traineeship.
“In the case of programmers, beside strong knowledge of at least one programming language, .NET, Java, C#, C, C++, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby etc., most employers want them to have good knowledge of English, be flexible, learn fast, and have team working and communication skills,” said Samoila.
Those who have international IT certification, such as those created by Microsoft, CISCO, LINUX or Oracle SUN Microsystems, will find a job easier.
“It is normal that an IT expert with knowledge of another foreign language besides English should ask for higher wages than in other fields. I would not work for other company if it offered me less than EUR2,000, as it is difficult to find candidates who specialize in technical problems and speak two foreign languages,” said Florin M., a 30-year-old employee of a multinational corporation in the IT sector. He has been working for over seven years in this sector and speaks English and German.
Two weeks from the opening of the online job fair, the site had over 10,000 visitors, of whom over 3,000 wrote a CV to apply for a job online.
“We estimate the number of visitors will double by the end of the fair, on December 17,” said Samoila.
In March 2011, HiPo.ro had over 200,000 registered users and 250 companies registered with job offers. eJobs.ro, Bestjobs.ro and Myjob.ro are three other recruiting sites on the local market.
(English version by Ioana Tudor)