Mercado Libre will take 2,400 people this year: the call has been opened

Exploding ecommerce growth means that in 2021 Mercado Libre will take 15,000 people to the region a yearthe same number of workers that the company founded by Marcos Galperin, founded in 1999, has included over its more than 20 -year history.

This year, the incorporations will continue: the company announced Wednesday that will add another 14,000 employees in Latin America. Is a 46% growth to the current 30,000 people working both on the e-commerce platform and on the financial services platform (Mercado Pago).

In Argentina, 2,400 vacancies will be opened, which will add to the current 9,000. As in the rest of the region, the focus of the searches is for strengthen the areas of logistics and technology (IT).

Ang rest of the posts They are in Mexico (5,200), Brazil (4,000), Colombia (1,200), Chile (1,000) and Uruguay (200).

As he said Caroline MirandaSenior Director of Talent at Mercado Libre (MELI) for the entire region, due to the speed of development it is experiencing, the company is looking for staff at all levels.

In the country, they will be 1,100 technology jobs, 700 for logistics network expansion and the rest in other places. At the regional level, on the other hand, procurement will be stronger in logistics (8,000 to 15,000 expected).

“Since the end of last year, we have determined that – except for positions that, such as logistics, require human presence – the rest of the structure can work remotely, with optional presence ”, the executive detailed.

But the contracts are localmeans that an Argentine cannot apply for a position abroad in the region, a modality that is growing in the IT sector due to the possibility of charge in dollars.

For Miranda, it was a challenge for MELI to be there the number of participants at once. sometimes both before the bosses and their subordinates in the company and a strong work called Human Resources “onboarding”a process of immersion in the company culture, covering the first 90 days.

Amidst the problems of scarcity and brain drain that the sector survives, in the company they give great importance the contract period. A team of our own selectors conducts several interviews allowing them to select profiles that fit the “MELI” culture and can grow the company.

To compensate for the shortage of staff, Mercado Libre held a bootcamp (a kind of training campus) to pick up people who are making their first steps in the world of technology and they work for a while in “training mode”Miranda explained.

In addition, MELI part of the finance of a training program including Globant and Digital House, which have already trained 10,000 people.

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