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Mercado Libre incorporates 1,200 employees before the end of the year: what they are looking for and how to apply

2021-08-26T13:31:17.205Z


The company is once again offering different jobs throughout the country. What are the profiles they ask for and how to apply.


08/26/2021 10:05

  • Clarín.com

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Updated 08/26/2021 10:05

Before the end of the year, Mercado Libre will add

1,200 new employees in the country

.

This was announced by the president of the company in Argentina,

Juan Martín de la Serna

, in a meeting he held with the Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas.

In this way, and after hiring

2,500 people in the last 12 months

, the company in December will have

10,000 employees

throughout the country.

De la Serna, assured about the

Knowledge Economy Law

that “in Mercado Libre we are convinced that this type of public policies are essential to boost the productivity engine that Argentina needs and for the

generation of quality employment

, which we will follow betting on the future as we have been doing for 22 years ”.

Since January of this year, Mercado Libre has hired

1 employee every 4 hours,

generating quality employment sources to promote the knowledge industry, among other current issues of the company and the industry.

About 1,000 employees will be for the IT area.

Photo: Free Market.

Currently, the company has 8,500 employees, of which 80% belong to the IT area.

As reported by the company executives,

1,000 employees

of the jobs that will be incorporated until the end of the year

will be for the same area.

Those interested should apply on the official Mercado Libre site and then go through a process of virtual interviews that can be group or individual.

If for some reason the candidate is not selected for the position they applied for, the good news is that it is possible to

continue applying to different vacancies

offered by the company regardless of whether an interview process has been carried out in the past.

What profiles and skills are they looking for in Mercado Libre?

As explained above and as reported by the company executives, of the jobs that will be incorporated until the end of the year,

1,000 employees

will be for the

IT development

area

.

Regardless, the company also has open searches for the following areas:

  • Logistics

  • Safety and hygiene}

  • Finance

  • Fintech

  • Legal matters

  • Marketing

  • E-commerce 


  • Accountancy

  • Etc.

Mercado Libre's human resources staff listed in an official statement the

five skills

they look for in a candidate:

  • Take risks


  • That they know how to work in a team


  • Live the changes as an opportunity 


  • That they execute with excellence


  • That promote a good work environment

  • Marcos Galperín, founder of Mercado Libre.

    Photo: Archive.

    In addition, it is necessary to take into account what the founder of the company,

    Marcos Galperín

    ,

    values

    in an employee: through his social networks, the Argentine businessman wrote that he values ​​"enterprising, diverse people, with team spirit, who take risk, with a long-term vision and above all, a great desire to make an effort and learn ".


    How to apply at Mercado Libre

    To apply for some of the various job offers, you must enter the Mercado Libre page and you must reach the end of it, where the legend in small print

    "Work with us" appears.

    From there you will be redirected to a new page, where you can select "view applications".

    There, you will be allowed to search by position or filter the search by city and country.

    Then, just by pressing "go", all the new job possibilities will appear.

    By clicking on each of them, you will be able to see the details of the search, which is the profile of the intended worker, the tasks in charge, among others.

    In a right sidebar there will be the possibility of uploading the

    Curriculum Vitae

    and waiting for the company to contact the candidate to carry out a series of interviews for the job

    LN

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    Source: clarin

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