Employers in Costa Rica were optimistic about hiring plans for the next quarter, according to the Employment Outlook Survey released Tuesday by consulting firm Manpower.
While Intel closed its assembly and shipping facility in Belén in 2014, eliminating 1,500 jobs, the company now has more, better-paid full time employees here, and the company plans to increase its payroll in Costa Rica.
The 12th edition of the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) Job fair takes place Feb. 19-21 at the Antigua Aduana, east of downtown San José. Here's what you need to know.
According to a recent employment outlook survey, 22 percent of employers plan to hire new staff during the first quarter of 2016, an improvement over the current quarter and over the same period of 2015.
World Fuel Services (WFS), a company in the marketing and financing of fuel products sector, will expand its operations in Costa Rica next year, and it is currently recruiting 70 people, the Foreign Trade Ministry reported.
Intel is recruiting professional and technical staff for its new research and development center in Costa Rica, which the company officially announced Tuesday in San José.
TradeStation Global Services, a software development company, confirmed the expansion of its operation in Costa Rica with new facilities and the doubling of its local staff.