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From the battlefield to the heart of Israeli high-tech: the Ukrainian workers are doing it - voila! Marketing and digital

2023-04-05T06:31:35.177Z


A unique and first-of-its-kind training program by the itworks association and the Elevation company trains immigrants who fled the war in Ukraine and helps them integrate into Israeli high-tech


Completion of the first cycle of Rise Hitech (Photo: Elevation)

More than a year has passed since the outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine, a war that stunned the world and also led to widespread immigration to Israel.

Since the beginning of the war, many Jews unexpectedly left their homes and arrived in Israel without a language or profession, and with many challenges that they did not imagine in their worst dreams.



With an ambition to help those immigrants overcome the difficulties and integrate in a better way into society, the It Works association in collaboration with the Elevation company created the RISE-HIGH project, a dedicated curriculum for integration into programming, development and data positions in the high-tech industry.



After a successful pilot with the participation of 25 immigrants from Ukraine and Russia, the second round is underway, with 25 immigrants who will learn, among other things, a number of data analysis tools and workshops whose role is to complete the technical knowledge of data tools and data-based decision-making skills, which will be taught by leading lecturers in the high-tech industry.



The current wave of immigration continues the great immigration of the 1990s, which changed the face of the country demographically and catapulted it forward.

According to the data of the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption, the current immigration excelled in its enormous human capital: out of over a million immigrants, about 150,000 worked in engineering and electronics, 100,000 in services, trade and marketing, 55,000 were industrial and construction workers, 44,000 were engaged in education and teaching, 43,000 of them in medicine and medical services.



The wave of immigration was also extremely educated.

According to the CBS data, 154 thousand immigrants had an academic degree, and the proportion of academics among them was higher than in the general population of Israel.



It's time to mention all those Israeli startups that have been working with the Ukrainian developer and designer community in an outsourcing model for years to promote their businesses.

This is a relatively cheap labor force for Israel, yet skilled and of no less quality.

We all remember the stories of heroism about the Israeli companies that traveled to Ukraine at the beginning of the war to rescue their employees and freelancers along with their families and bring them to a safe shore, and for good reason, as many companies relied on this workforce and are still suffering from the consequences of the war to this day.



Even at the forefront of local high-tech are today more and more entrepreneurs who were born in the Soviet Union, saw their engineer parents sometimes less integrated and decided to break forward.

Many of the major exits and recruitments of recent years were led by Russian speakers or were born to parents from the Soviet Union.

how it all began

In the beginning, the project was financed mainly by private donors, when later the Innovation Authority recognized the potential and today it already participates in its financing.

The project is intended for immigrants who came from Russia and Ukraine in the last year.

As part of it, they learn Hebrew in the studio every morning and then move on to learn programming languages ​​and acquire additional professional tools required to work in the technological arena.



The initiative began with a pilot that opened last November and ended with a celebratory event in mid-March.

Following the success of the pilot, a new cycle has already opened this week and is expected to end at the beginning of June, and in May another cycle will open which will also include 25 immigrants.



Due to the great demand for the program and out of a desire to help as many candidates as possible with high potential and suitability, the Elevation company initiated two additional cycles for the program which differ in the level of the positions they are destined for at the end of the training.

In the middle of February, a cycle intended for juniors will open - candidates with high potential without prior background, and at the end of March, the third cycle will open for seniors, which is intended for candidates with high potential who have an early background in the professional worlds to which the training is directed.



The two new cycles are taught by first class professionals who work in the leading hi-tech companies in the industry and were specially chosen to deliver the training content due to its complexity, location and the very high level of the participants.

Love the Land of Israel

From a study published by the Russian-speaking organization "The Million Lobby", in collaboration with Prof. Larisa Ramnik from Bar Ilan University and the Sample Institute, it appears that more than 92 percent of these immigrants see Israel as a place where they are considering living for many years, while out of this group, about 44 percent They testified that the decision to stay or leave will depend on how they are absorbed.

However, only about 28 percent of the immigrants have completed studies in the studio or are currently actively learning Hebrew, while the waiting list for Hebrew studies is only getting longer, which certainly affects the chances of the immigrants to integrate into society and work.

Yifat Baron CEO of the itworks association: "We are proud to lead a significant move alongside our partners on the way.

The integration of the new immigrants into the labor market, through employer-tailored training programs and occupational guidance, is an initial step in optimal absorption of immigrants.

Hiring the immigrants, most of whom even come with relevant experience in the high-tech field, in an industry hungry for professional and skilled personnel, is a win-win for everyone: for the immigrant, for society, and for the State of Israel." Avi Shanir, CEO of Elevation: "The new aliya brought to Israel many talented



people who can integrate In technological professions - people who one day had their world destroyed and today they receive hope and a new future in the State of Israel. Skills are the global currency of the 21st century and training enriches the economy, the industry and the participants. I thank our partners itworks for the initiative and the Innovation Authority for supporting this important effort ".




Avi Shanir is the founder and CEO of ELEVATION

  • Marketing and digital

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Tags

  • livelihood

  • Business Administration

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Russia Ukraine war

  • New immigrants

  • Ukraine

  • Russia

  • Vocational training

  • High tech

Source: walla

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