PragueBuzz!

Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty is an American Congress funded communication organization based in Prague, the Czech Republic, delivering news from most non-EU countries in Europe.

…countries are struggling to overcome autocratic institutions, violations of human rights, centralized economies, ethnic and religious hostilities, regional conflicts, and controlled media. Stability — based on democracy and free-market economies — throughout this region is essential to global peace.

I discovered this website when looking for a job in Prague. There aren’t too many vacancies, and the internship is unpaid. However, job-seekers with journalism experiences and technical skills might find suitable positions. (http://www.rferl.org/about/jobs/)

Contact
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Human Resources Division, Vinohradska 1, 110 00 Prague; Fax: +420-2-2112-3881; Email: jobs@rferl.org; Website: www.rfrl.org

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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.

Information Center
Celetna 14, 110 00 Praha 1
+420 224 491 722

Estonia has decided to Skyped Czech.

The Internet communications company Skype will in the first quarter of 2007 open a development centre in the Czech capital Prague which expects to hire almost 30 specialists in a year; the centre will be operated from Estonia.

“We decided in favour of the Czech Republic because of the good educational system and quality workforce. The favourable location and flexible labour policy also make Prague an attractive destination for mobile labour throughout Europe,” Kaukver said.

This news has almost no impact to Czech tech personnel as Skype plans to hire only 30 computer programmers. In the future, this may change.

I’ve been using Skype for over a year for both local and international calls. I’m very satisfied with the rates although the call quality is often not as clear. And I’m extremely grateful for Skype’s US and Canada free-calling promotion when I lived in the US. A lot of money would have drained out of my pocket had I used my mobile or traditional phone line.

I cross my finger for similar promotions in the Czech Republic. Be more generous, Skype.

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Skype for Business

Let say you have a monthly salary of 30,000KC.

Health Insurance: 1350
Social Insurance: 2400
Governement tax: 4176
Lunch coupon: 803 (You and your company split the cost for lunch coupons)

Final income: 21271