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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

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Muslim women working on computers (illustrative photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 6:02 pm
Innovation Authority invests NIS 35m to lure tech jobs to Negev and Galilee
Addressing challenges posed by the months-long war, funds are allocated to help tech firms open new branches and hire local talent in the north and south
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli Bedouin women working at a Bezeq customer service center, located in a mosque, in the southern Arab town of Hura, July 27, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 11, 2024, 7:16 pm
Income from employment in Arab Israeli society grows faster than other sectors – study
As the government cuts funding for the integration of Arab Israelis, a study finds signs that the contribution of Arab society to economic growth has grown over the past decade
By Sharon Wrobel
Representatives of the Reservists’ Wives Forum meet with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) in early 2024. (Courtesy)
May 28, 2024, 10:48 pm
Knesset passes law barring employers from firing spouses of IDF reservists
Following months of lobbying by Reservists’ Wives Forum, MKs approve measure to ‘protect our dear reservist families’
By ToI Staff
Field workers of female-run initiative 710 West are in Eilat to help displaced men and women find employment. (Courtesy)
January 31, 2024, 11:11 am
Women-led initiative opens doors for southern evacuees needing more than just a job
To cope with war trauma, 710 West tailors employment opportunities for residents of distressed Gaza border region, harnessing remote work options for those seeking return to normalcy
By Sharon Wrobel
Castro fashion store in Israel. (Courtesy)
December 14, 2023, 5:51 pm
Fashion chain Castro to bring back 90% of staff furloughed due to Hamas war
Retail group sees improvement over past month in same-store sales, including online sales; had put 30% of its workers on unpaid leave in October
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Eastech tech campus workspace in East Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
July 18, 2023, 8:29 pm
High-tech complex opens in East Jerusalem to help create jobs for local programmers
The Eastech campus, supported by an investment of NIS 10 million, is part of of the city’s Silicon Wadi tech hub project
By Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at his side, and other coalition ministers and MKs celebrate the passage of the state budget in the Knesset, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 24, 2023, 11:13 pm
Netanyahu’s fat man, thin man and the burden of the new state budget
As more funds are funnelled to the ultra-Orthodox community, other budgets for investment in high-tech are reduced; reforms for tackling high cost of living are suffering
By Sharon Wrobel
For illustration: Workers in a startup (Vadim_Key; iStock by Getty Images)
May 16, 2023, 1:48 am
25% of tech firms plan layoffs after demand for workers halved in 2022 — report
New survey shows 17,000 open positions in high-tech industry at end of last year, down from 32,900; warns global recovery could bypass Israel if political uncertainty continues
By Sharon Wrobel
Ultra-Orthodox young women in the Adva training program, which aims to teach them with tech skill (Courtesy)
January 30, 2023, 3:09 pm
Women still only about a third of tech employees in Israel
New report by Power in Diversity also shows Arab and ultra-Orthodox participation rates in the tech workforce remain low
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: An aerial view of Rishon Lezion, on December 17, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
January 5, 2023, 12:59 pm
First of Zion: Rishon is Israel’s best city to live in, statistics bureau finds
Data shows highest quality life is available in the cities of central Israel
By Danielle Nagler
Israeli Lotem Benbenishti, 28, poses as she works on her new job collecting trash on the beach at the Peleg Nature reserve in the Mediterranean coastal city of Netanya on October 21, 2020. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
November 12, 2020, 4:41 am
Amid pandemic, some Israelis find solace in forced career changes
After losing jobs in restaurants, tourism and industry, some are finding a new path working in nature, while others have turned to high-tech
By Jonah Mandel
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women work on computers in the Comax software company office in the central city of Holon near Tel Aviv on April 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA )
August 27, 2019, 3:50 pm
Tech employees account for 8.7% of workforce, Innovation Authority says
At mid-2019, the number of salaried employees in the tech sector reached 307,000; in 2017 tech employees made up 8.3% of the workforce
By Shoshanna Solomon
Israeli Bedouin women working at a Bezeq customer service center, located in a mosque, in the southern Arab town of Hura, July 27, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 18, 2019, 6:13 pm
Arab and Ethiopian women most disadvantaged in job market, survey finds
Some minority groups earn less than half the Israeli average; ultra-Orthodox men fare the best among minorities
By ToI Staff
Aharon Aharon, the head of the Israel Innovation Authority (Shoshanna Solomon/The Times of Israel)
December 6, 2018, 12:09 pm
2018 saw Israel edge competition, tech chief says, but others are ‘catching up’
Past 12 months look to have set new record for tech investments, says Israel Innovation Authority head, but global competition and workers shortage present challenges for the next
By Shoshanna Solomon
Robert Reichmann
June 7, 2018, 2:37 pm
Robert Reichmann
The days of non-working ultra-Orthodox are over
Haredi employment is rising thanks to programs that bridge the gap between being trained and getting hired
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