Eclipse SP, a member of Sigma Group (www.sigma.se) took part in “Polytech-2008” career fair organized by National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute”.

Over 1000 students of various Kharkiv Universities attended the vacancy fair. At Eclipse SP stand they could get detailed information about Eclipse SP working conditions and offering for young specialists as well as apply for open positions and pass a brief preliminary interview. In addition to that students and young specialists had a chance to find out more about Eclipse SP Training Centre education programs which are free of charge.

“We find it vital for our company to cooperate with universities,” says Vladimir Beck, Eclipse SP CEO. “We have been running various projects in cooperation with National Technical University “KhPI”, Kharkiv National Aerospace University, Kharkiv National University of Economics and other Kharkiv Universities. And we intend to broaden this cooperation and find new forms for it together with students and lecturers.”

“The cooperation model we have developed proved very successful,” underlines Valery Krasovsky, Eclipse SP COO. “Today IT-companies must take an active part in young specialists’ training and we are happy that our ideas and initiatives are supported by universities. In our turn, we understand that the students working with our company must obtain the full complex of knowledge within the scope of educational programs while this knowledge is key success factor both for these young professionals and for the company they work at.”

About Eclipse SP and Sigma

Eclipse SP LLC provides top-quality IT services to customers in such segments as telecommunications, banking and financial services, aerospace, e-business and real estate as well as in the tourism and entertainment industries.

The company’s three major business areas are software development, system integration and IT consulting.

Being ISO 9001:2000 certified Eclipse SP provides services to its customers located primarily in Western Europe and the US markets, in which the company has regional offices since early 2005. Eclipse SP also has sales and support partners in Switzerland, the UK, Germany and Austria.

Since April 2006, Eclipse SP is a member of Sigma.

Sigma - One of Sweden’s Leading IT Consultancies. Sigma delivers to an international market and concentrates on functional undertakings. Sigma is continuously ranked against strong competition as one of the leading IT consultancies in Sweden. Sigma is listed on the O-List of the Stockholm Stock Exchange and employs about 1,300 people in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Germany, France, China and Ukraine.

More information about Sigma can be found at www.sigma.se.

More information about Eclipse SP can be found at www.eclipse-sp.com and http://team.eclipse-sp.ua/.

About NTU “KhPI”

The National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute” has founded in 1885 is the oldest technical higher education institution of the Left-Bank Ukraine.

The University has trained more than 150 thousand engineers during the years of its existence. 22 University graduates have become corresponding and full members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, about 110 scientists of the University nave been awarded State prizes.

Currently, more than 20 thousands students, 430 post-graduate students, and 1700 teachers and scientists work and study at the University. The university prepare specialists in the field of machine-building, automation, electrical engineering, electronics, chemical engineering, control systems, advance physical and microprocessor technologies etc. 

More information about National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute” can be found at http://www.kpi.kharkov.ua/