IT&C companies hiring in times of crisis

Autor: Magraon Andreea 05.07.2010

Companies that hire Romanians to provide services "remotely" for clients abroad are some of the most active employers on the Romanian IT&C market.
According to data on recruitment websites such as ejobs.ro or bestjobs.ro, Oracle, the local subsidiary of one of the world's leading software producers, has 94 job openings in Bucharest, for programmers, consultants, and engineers.
The IT&C industry is one of the sectors that hired personnel in a time of crisis, when companies were preparing for major restructuring.
Accenture, a company specialising in management consulting, technology solutions, and outsourcing, is looking to hire 19 in the financial, accounting, human resources, insurance, and supply sectors for its BPO (business process outsourcing) centre. According to statements from Accenture officials, the company wants to hire 120-150 at its outsourcing centre in the coming period.
Hewlett-Packard (HP), the largest IT company on the Romanian market, has 27 jobs available for specialists in client relations in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.
Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world's biggest producers of telecom equipment, announced in the first few months of the year it would double its Timişoara team that manages networks of operators such as British Telecom and Orange Switzerland and Austria. The company has 11 jobs available in Timişoara and Arad.