In this framework, the sector is projected that before the end of the year they could add 1,500 employees through a recruitment plan that includes looking for positions throughout the national territory.
On the business side, the technology services firm Accenture, which in July obtained a record of exports and exceeded 11,000 personnel hires, making the firm a one of the main employers in the country, reported that it currently maintains 1,100 active searches and that it seeks to fill a total of 12,500 positions before the end of the year.
Free market and Globant They also stood out in terms of their role in generating employment, with more than 2,000 positions created in the last year in the case of Mercado Libre and more than 1,000 in Globant. In the case of Mercado Libre, it implies a 50% increase compared to its payroll a year ago, and in Globant, it implies a growth of more than 35%.
In the province of La Rioja, the company IncluIT, dedicated to the development of software, announced its establishment in that territory and the creation of 100 jobs for young people, within the framework of the sanction by La Rioja of the provincial regime that adheres to the Knowledge Economy Law.
In addition to this, various firms obtained financial assistance through the Soluciona Program, which operates within the orbit of the Ministry of Productive Development, which aims to promote the economic reactivation of the country through the development and implementation of innovative solutions, products and services generated by the sectors of the knowledge economy.
The program has already provided financial assistance for $ 1.8 billion to 160 projects of the Knowledge Economy of companies, cooperatives, universities, foundations and chambers throughout the country, which generate products and services with high added value.“, among which the following stand out: Innova Space, a project that focuses on the design and construction of small satellites, which makes it the first company of its kind in Latin America, and that within the framework of the Soluciona Program, the firm “It plans to launch 100 PocketQube-type satellites this year.”
The household appliances and heating company Escorial also agreed to this program, to launch an Industry 4.0 project that includes the incorporation of a data acquisition system via the internet called Data Core, through which a general overview of the factory in real time. In addition, it is planned to incorporate a welding robot that eliminates the risks for the operators and a laser cleaning station that will increase the productivity and manufacturing quality of the hot water tanks through the use of data acquisition.
The company WK1 SA, one of the most experienced in the manufacture and export of business tea and Yerba Mate in Argentina, with the support of the Soluciona Program, decided to install a new line of green tea products, with artificial intelligence processes to offer products of high international demand, extend the harvest period, extend the production process and increase the volume of business and profitability.
Employment in the software industry grew 15.8% in the period from August 2019 to the same month of 2021, with the creation of 17,000 new formal jobs, which reached an all-time high with a total of 124,000 registered employees in the sector.
The number explains around 60% of the total employment that exists in the knowledge economy sector, since if it is added to the self-employed and informal salaried workers, the final amount is around 200,000 jobs., according to official and private projections that Télam was able to access. Although the province of Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) account for 77% of employment in the sector, in recent years formal employment in software has been replicated in all provinces.
In this sense, the largest increases in relative terms took place in La Rioja (+ 89% between August 2019 and August 2021), Jujuy (+ 77%), Catamarca (+ 77%), Formosa (+ 71%), San Juan (+ 71%) and Tierra del Fuego (+ 59%). For its part, Tucumán registered an increase of 36% and Mendoza 33%.
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