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IT outsourcing company Ciklum comes out in support of new Ukrainian military tax

August 26, 2014

Staff at Ciklum, one of the largest IT-companies in Ukraine, have been suggested to transfer 1.5% of their salary to the needs of the military operations in Eastern Ukraine against pro-Russian insurgents. The proposal was made by the founder and director of Ciklum, Torben Majgaard, who sent an open letter to his employees regarding the issue, …

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IT programmers and businesses run away from Donbass unrest

August 8, 2014

Due to the unrest in Eastern Ukraine, many programmers have run away from the Donbass region to other parts of Ukraine or abroad. Liga.Business reports that, as of early June, one-fourth of programmers had left the region, with most IT companies directing their employees to cities like Kyiv (Kiev), Uzhgorod, Lviv (Lvov), or even out …

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IT programmer Ekatarina Zyryanova: “There are a lot of clever people in Donbass and it will be easy to recover the local IT industry”

August 8, 2014

Programmer Ekaterina Zyryanova, who lived in Kramatorsk, a war-torn city of the Donetsk region, for over 30 years, was forced to move to Western Ukraine to pursue a new life and career. She found a job in a Lviv (Lvov) based IT outsourcing company. Zyryanova has been kind enough to share with Ukraine Digital News her harrowing experience of …

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Google and Microsoft rated most appealing employers for Ukrainian students

July 7, 2014

Universum, a global leader in employer branding, has released its first student survey in Ukraine. The survey reveals how attractive an employer is for students and indicates its position in relation to recruitment competitors. Not only have Google and Microsoft been judged the most attractive IT employers, they also take the lead in the Business/Commerce and Engineering/Natural science rankings.