Katie Marsal
The "major hiring campaign" by Apple will kick off in the next few weeks, according to Israel's Ynetnews. The new positions will work at Apple's R&D center in Haifa.
Apple began actively recruiting employees for its Israeli R&D operations in March, but the company is expected to kick its recruitment into high gear in the near future. The company is expected to rely on the assistance of a "headhunter" who will handle the hiring of "dozens of candidates simultaneously."
The new employees will join the roughly 200 personnel at Anobit, a flash memory company that Apple purchased in late 2011 for a rumored $490 million price. That strategic acquisition is expected to help Apple secure capacity of flash memory for devices like the iPhone, iPad, and MacBook lineup.
Apple's new hires will be located in Haifa's Scientific Industries Center, an international technology center known as Matam. Other companies with operations there include Google, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, and Yahoo.
Apple's development center is being run by Aharon Aharon, a veteran of Israel's technology industry. Monday's report said that he will be joined by Etai Zaltsman, who was previously the deputy CEO of Texas Instruments in Israel.
It was said that competition for the dozens of new Apple positions in Israel will be "tough." The project is Apple's first strategic development center located outside of the company's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. Any activities outside of the company's campus have, to date, been related to marketing, sales and support.
Though Apple has publicly confirmed the acquisition of Anobit, the company has unsurprisingly said very little else about how it will use its expertise. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in January that Anobit has "fantastic technical talent," and that he feels "fortunate to have them join us."
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As an equal opportunities employer, I wonder if they will they be employing any Palestinians during this drive?
As an equal opportunities employer, I wonder if they will they be employing any Palestinians during this drive?
Gonna need janitors.
There are plenty of highly qualified Palestinians thanks to the excellent education system in ISRAEL
As an equal opportunities employer, I wonder if they will they be employing any Palestinians during this drive?
If any of them happen to be highly qualified, talented and also meet the criteria, then why not? The positions are for an Apple R&D center, not some assembly plant, where practically any bozo from off the streets can do the job. And thankfully, I don't believe that Apple engages in any discriminatory and unfair practices such as affirmative action, which leads to the employment of unqualified and poor workers. Apple is looking for the best people that they can get, obviously.
People with no skills or little skills are better off seeking jobs working for an Android vendor, as very little innovation is required there.
Might make sense to build the expensive bits underground though.