High salaries, comfortable offices and “reaching for the stars”. Long hours, crazy pace and recovery “sabbaticals”. Are you sure that you want to work for a hitech company? Larry Derfner of the Jerusalem Post has put together an exposé titled Inside the hi-tech bubble. He paints a bleak picture of what is now considered to [...]

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Israelplug.com relayed that CNNMoney is reporting how Europe and Israel are responsible for most of the 2007 global increase in Web2.0 investment (for which Israel is better). The article also tells that Israel’s Web2.0 industry is getting record investment. As if you needed yet another reason to look for work in the hitech industry, right? [...]

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Of all the newspapers in Israel, Yediot Achronot continues to have the largest audience both offline in print and online with its Ynet sites (according to Alexa). When it comes to finding work in Israel, is this leading position justified?

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One of the most interesting stories of the Israeli job market of 2007 is the increasing popularity of SQLink Group‘s gotfriends? refer-a-friend recruitment service. With new types of jobs being added, the program continues to expand but is it growing like a flower or a weed? More Jobs Added Last month I told you about [...]

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Low turnover is one trait shared by companies on CNNMoney’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 2007, which is hardly surprising. Good companies not only appreciate the investment they make in you, but also the investment you make in them. Turnover is a lost return on these investments and a sign of failure. As a [...]

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