The international company Capgemini wants to hire 100 engineers and Norway’s Opera Software, producer of the well-known internet browser, has been searching for programmers. Two years ago Opera Software created its R&D centre in the Dolny Śląsk’s capital city Wrocław. e. Currently the centre has hired over 100 specialists and plans a further recruitment processes. - We've been looking for new employees - Jon von Tetzchner, Opera’s director general told Biznespolska. - We are extremely satisfied with the work our Wrocław-based centre has been doing. That is why we decided to expand our activity here. How many people will we take? Depends on how many geniuses will we find. Specialists working for the centre deal mainly with the Opera browser’s improvements and its mobile version - Opera Mini. Opera specialists have also been developing solutions for the cellular network (e.g. for Samsung) and improving software for the Nintendo Wii console.
Also in Wrocław new employees - mainly engineers - have also been sought by Capgemini, one of world biggest IT services and business consultancy company.
Moreover, a new phase of univeristy-business co-operation is set start with the signing of an agreement between the Wrocław University of Technology and Volvo Polska. Thanks to the agreement solutions developed by scientists and students stand a good chance of finding application in real-life business. - So far the Wrocław University of Technology has been already contributing substantially to the process of technological development of the whole region of Lower Silesia. Recent forecasts indicate Poland will suffer engineer shortages in the next 5 years (lack of around 50,000 engineer). There is hardly any better argument to encourage young people to study at the university - Profesor Tadeusz Więckowski, rector of the university, told Gazeta Wyborcza. The university has already signed similar contracts with 40 business entities operating in the region, among others, with Philips, KGHM, LG, Toyota, Siemens and Telefonia Dialog.
The contract guarantees the university’s students and graduates access to internships and placements organized by the company for young professionals, something which may considerably help young people in the process of writing MA and PhD thesis. (PAIIZ)