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DHL is an international corporation which provides shipping of documents and freights.

The company was founded in 1969 by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn; the initials D, H & L of the founders’ last names form the company name. The trio initially provided a courier service between the mainland U.S. and Hawaii and expanded the business from there. In 1998, Deutsche Post began to acquire shares in DHL, finally reached majority ownership in 2001, and completed the purchase in 2002. In the UK, Deutsche Post also acquired Securicor Omega.

If you never heard about DHL or used its services, think UPS and FedEx.

In 2004, DHL opened a new IT Services Centre in Prague after closing down its IT support center in the UK for the following reasons: [link]

• Cutting cost - This is no puzzle right? How can Czech ever compare with the UK in term of the cost of living and doing business? IT Czech workers are paid much lower than their counterparts in UK. Czech is said to be the India of Europe.
• Compared to other developing (Eastern) countries, Czech offers more English-speaking people. Slovenia and Latvia were ruled out for this reason.

You might also want to check out this article, not for the article itself but for the many interesting comments, some of which are claimed to be from DHL’s staff.
I heard that they often recruit new people. So if you’re looking for an IT job, you might as well check them out.

Visit DHL at www.dhl.cz

To send a parcel aboard, go to a DHL office.

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