Israeli high-tech companies recruit again in Ukraine - Optimove currently employs 30 people there

The relative security calm in Kiev and in large parts of Ukraine and the shift of the fighting to defined areas encourage the Israeli high-tech companies to return and recruit workers in Ukraine and even launch broad campaigns to absorb workers, with an emphasis on development positions.
The company Optimove, which develops advanced marketing technologies for the companies' existing customers, currently employs 30 people through agencies in Kiev and Twinitsa.

Some of them were even promoted to the positions of team leaders. Renana Levin, Human Resources Manager at Optimov: "We are looking at Ukraine as part of our growth strategy for the next two years and we are recruiting development and operations personnel. The stable work and wages we provide them allow them to support their families and develop in their careers. Because of the war, many companies stopped working with Ukraine and projects that came from Russia were terminated. This now results in a greater supply of workers, and many more workers applied to us. There were applicants who could not interview with us because of alarms and we reassured them that they would take the time. Some were even worried that they would not get another chance, but we told them all that they could come back to us when they They will be able to. Some of the workers had to travel to distant places, and we waited for them to resettle and we even have an employee who worked for a whole month in Kiev from the shelter. Many employees say that they are forced to work under alarms and one of the employees had their house bombed. Our employees know that we support them from afar, allow them the time. Other workers fear for their families, some have left elderly parents who remained in occupied areas like Kharkiv. The labor market there is more flexible. If you ever had to wait for closing with a candidate and answer questions, And the recruitment is faster and easier."
The gaming company SciPlay is currently launching a recruitment campaign in Ukraine for a variety of development positions as well as in the field of technological art and animators. The gaming company employs 220 people in the development center in the stock exchange complex in Ramat Gan and 52 in Ukraine out of the 700 employees in the world, and is expanding simultaneously in Israel and Ukraine against the background of the growing global demand for online games. Mein Eisner Rosenman, Vice President of Human Resources at Safeplay: "We recently recruited seven Ukrainian employees who joined the company, and as part of the campaign we will recruit 17 more. We make sure that the Ukrainian employees receive exactly the same conditions as all the company's employees, including bonuses and options and welfare conditions. The situation in Kiev and western Ukraine is still tense. There are alarms and concerns, and of course the studies are still not taking place as they should be, but the citizens of Ukraine are making a great effort to continue as normal as possible, even under these conditions. In recent months, we have held a number of financial and moral support projects for the citizens of Ukraine in initiatives that came both from the company and from employees around the world."
The startup company Walnut, which develops a platform for salespeople for demonstrations of digital products, employs about a hundred people and is in the process of expansion. The company is currently recruiting developers in Ukraine as well. Sagit Melchs Glaswein VP People & Operations at Volant: "There are serious and invested candidates in Ukraine who want the job. We also see in our existing employees that they believe in the product and want to be part of the company and the construction process. The work takes them out mentally from the chaos of the day-to-day. Some employees have copied the The place of residence for remote and quiet areas within Ukraine. As a company we have a lot of inclusion and flexibility towards the changing needs and demands from their side. In the initial period we gave everyone paid days off, we even helped to drive them and find them places to stay in order to ease them in the challenging times they are experiencing. Because of the war we could not To hold a global company event, which brings together all the workers from different countries face to face. This is because the male workers from Ukraine will not be able to leave the country due to the government ban."