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Startup Pliops is also aiming to hire 200 additional employees while Payoneer, who is headed for a SPAC merger, is recruiting 300 employees in addition to the 1,800 it already employs, 1,100 of whom work in Israel. Microsoft’s R&D center in Israel has also grown by 25 percent over the past year and currently numbers 2,100 people, with 120 openings still awaiting to be filled.
But while 2020 was generally an excellent year for Israeli tech and many employees also benefited from salary increases, according to the report, the COVID-19 pandemic halted the positive trends of recent years that had led to the increased integration of women, Arabs and the ultra-Orthodox community into the tech sector. There was an alarming decline in the number of women who founded technology companies in Israel in 2020; there was stagnation in the ratio of ultra-Ort
Shoshanna Solomon is The Times of Israel s Startups and Business reporter
A high-tech company which employs ultra-Orthodox women in Modiin Illit. August 17, 2009. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90/File)
As the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the Israeli economy, causing a surge in unemployment, the tech sector saw a shortage of professionals, a new report by the Israel Innovation Authority and Start-Up Nation Central says.
According to the Human Capital Report released Thursday, there were 13,000 open positions at the end of December 2020. That figure is 30% lower than the number of available jobs in June 2019, when a previous report was published, showing that even if the tech economy chugged along during the pandemic it did not emerge from it unscathed.
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Elementor opens service center in the Western Negev
The high-tech company Elementor, which produces an online platform that helps people create WordPress websites, recently launched a customer service assistance center in Sderot, a town of some 28,000 residents in the Western Negev.
An increasing number of tech companies are establishing outposts in Israel’s periphery. Hiring away from the Tel Aviv rat race ensures a more diverse workforce and comes with financial advantages.
Elementor, which was founded in 2016 by Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) entrepreneurs from Bnei Brak, just east of Tel Aviv, has a regional office in nearby Ramat Gan. It has completed a first phase of filling approximately 20 “Tier 1” positions in Sderot, which entail being first in line to handle customer inquiries, with plans to hire dozens more.
Eugene Kandel steps down as Start-Up Nation Central CEO
Prof. Kandel will chair a new Policy and Research Institute that Start-Up Nation Central is forming.
Professor Eugene Kandel is stepping down as CEO of the Start-Up Nation Central organization. He will leave at the end of May after six years in the post. Kandel is a professor of economics and finance at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and for six years was head of the National Economic Council in the Prime Minister s Office.
The Start-Up Nation Central board, headed by chairperson Terry Kassel, will start looking for a replacement for Kandel, who will continue to serve as a senior adviser to the organization, and will at the same time be appointed to chair a new Policy and Research Institute that Start-Up Nation Central is setting up. The new institute will publish policy and strategy recommendations relating to technological innovation in Israel.
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