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Nextern will Launch MedTech Operations in Costa Rica

Multinational MedTech, U.S. - based company, confirmed its arrival in Costa Rica. Over the coming months, the company will establish operations in La Lima Free Zone, in Cartago. In addition to manufacturing the company's signature medical devices, it will also house a design, research, and engineering team involved in new product creation. Likewise, it will develop improvements to existing devices...

Intel Costa Rica Intel and Bill Gosling Open New Job Positions in Costa Rica

Intel Costa Rica is expanding its operations in the country: it is currently hiring 202 job positions in different areas, both technical and administrative. “The Costa Rican human talent quality is a key piece for Intel operations in the country, and over these 24 years, it has made it possible for us to offer high-quality services and value-added to the Corporation at the world level. Today we...

Intel Costa Rica Intel to Start Assembly and Test Operations in Costa Rica

Intel Corporation announced today that it will invest $350 million US dollars over the next three years to start assembly and test operations in Costa Rica. The investment is anticipated to create more than 200 new jobs in the coming months and the facility will begin to operate in the second half of 2021. "Intel continually evaluates its operations around the world to ensure that we have the ...

Medical Devices Costa Rica Medical Device Company to Create 2,000 Jobs in Costa Rican Expansion

MicroVention-Terumo, a U.S.-Japanese company in the life sciences sector, announced that it will expand its Costa Rican operations with the construction of a new plant in Alajuela’s Coyol Free Zone. The 20,000 square-meter facilities will generate 2,000 more jobs in various administrative, operational, and engineering areas. MicroVention currently employs 1,700 workers in Costa Rica; its newest...

Costa Rica Concentrix Jobs Concentrix Costa Rica Opens New Location with Capacity for 450 Workstations

As part of its expansion plans, Concentrix Costa Rica, which has operated since 2005, is now opening its fifth location in the country. The company is currently in the midst of a Costa Rican expansion, with the creation of more than 1,300 jobs in various parts of the metropolitan area; this has generated work opportunities at the new offices and in work-from-home positions. The new building is ...

Costa Rica Concentrix Jobs Concentrix to Open More than 1,300 Positions in Costa Rica

Concentrix, a Customer Experience (CX) solutions company is working to increase its presence in Costa Rica with over 1,300 new jobs at various locations. With these new positions, which will be offered to start this month, Concentrix hopes to strengthen local communities through a variety of new job opportunities for skilled workers throughout the region. “Concentrix Costa Rica gives you mo...

Costa Rica, Jobs, unemployment Costa Rica Registers a 24.4% Unemployment Rate

Costa Rica registers an unemployment rate of 24.4%, confirmed the National Institute of Census and Statistics (Spanish acronym: INEC), this represents an increase of 12.9 points and 270 thousand people approximately, mainly women which reach a rate of 30.2%. The Government has announced several measures to stimulate employment opportunities, among these the authorization of more flights to ente...

Costa Rica Jobs SYKES to Expand Operations to Liberia, Expects to Hire 600 People in 18 Months

SYKES recently announced that it will open its new headquarters in Solarium Park, Liberia, and will begin hiring the first 100 permanent positions during November and December. The company estimates it will hire a total of 600 people within 18 months, to work at their new headquarters. Bilingual applicants will be considered for positions in financial and telecommunications operations, while th...

Costa Rica Jobs Costa Rica Jobs: Teleperformance to Hire 335 Collaborators

Teleperformance, a multinational company that operates in the services sector, will hire 335 people in the next three months, due to business expansion in Costa Rica. Positions to be hired are related to bilingual and trilingual customer service in English, French, German, and Portuguese; technical support positions will also be available. In addition to employment, Teleperformance offers it...

Costa Rica Jobs SYKES Announces 450 Permanent Positions in Costa Rica

Starting this month, SYKES will offer 450 permanent technical support positions to applicants with advanced, intermediate, or basic knowledge of Cisco networks, operating systems, and programming. The company will be hiring from June through September. During the health crisis due to COVID-19, most positions will be work from home. In addition to technological knowledge, applicants must demonst...

Roche Costa Rica Roche Will Double its Operations in Costa Rica

The Swiss-based Pharmaceutical company Roche –a leader in personalized healthcare and the world’s largest biotech company– announced today that it will double the size of its Roche Services & Solutions operations for the Americas, located in San José, Costa Rica. The company will hire 370 new employees throughout 2020 and will have over 700 employees by the end of this year. Roche establish...

Costa Rica Jobs Virtual Platform Provides Information on Current Job Offerings Available in Costa Rica

In an effort to combat the repercussions generated in the labor sector due to the COVID-19 health emergency, the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) has designed a virtual platform to bring together all current job offerings available at multinational companies. To date, more than 950 positions are available. This initiative is part of a joint agreement, since February 2019, betwee...

Work from Home Law Costa Rica Costa Rican Congress Approves Reduction of Workday in Response to Covid-19

In the first debate Costa Rican deputies approved the bill presented by the Ministry of Work that will allow employers whose businesses are suffering a substantial reduction of their income to bring down their employees’ workdays by as much as 50%. This is a temporary measure in response to the state of emergency declared by the Costa Rican Government due to the crisis caused by Covid-19. Th...

Costa Rica Job Fair Job Fair in Costa Rica Aims to Fill 3,000 Positions

The 15th edition of the CINDE Job Fair will search for talent from March 6th to 8th in the Costa Rican Convention Center, in Heredia. Organized by the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE), the fair will include more than 50 leading companies in services, advanced manufacturing, and academia. They will offer more than 3,000 positions available for the first semester of 20020. Command...

Costa Rica ICU medical ICU Medical Invests US$13 Million in Costa Rican Operations

The worldwide leader in the development, manufacture, and sale of innovative medical devices used in infusion therapy and critical care applications, ICU Medical, Inc., announced a US$13,2 million investment at its Costa Rica manufacturing facility. The operations were visited by the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, and other national dignitaries marking the company’s 20th anniver...

Costa Rica Jobs Teradyne Announces New Investments in Costa Rica

Teradyne announced that it will invest over $20 million in a new facility in Coyol Free Zone, Alajuela, Costa Rica. The new 11,000 square meter facility brings together over 350 employees who are now located in multiple offices in the area. The project will begin this January and is expected to be completed in 2021. The Minister of Foreign Trade, Dyalá Jiménez, said: “We start this year with ve...

Costa Rica Hybrid Seeds JH Biotech JH Biotech Starts Operations in Guanacaste Costa Rica

JH Biotech, a subsidiary of Jianghuai Horticulture seed Co. of Anhui, China, opened its new facilities in Guanacaste, where it will carry out research and development, quality control, marketing, and sales, as well as export and import products logistics. Costa Rica will be the company’s hub to commercialize seeds from China to other markets on the continent. The company established in Nanda...

Costa Rica Jobs Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Direct Investment in Costa Rica Created 6,718 New Jobs in 2019

The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) announced its 2019 performance results. CINDE's work directly contributes to the country's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set by the United Nations. CINDE particularly contributes to 4 SDGs - Decent Work and Economic Growth, Gender Equity, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and Quality Education - and as such reports its Foreign D...

Costa Rica Jobs Visional Technologies American Company Visional Technology Expands to Costa Rica

Visional Technology LLC, an American company dedicated to supply dimensional metrology and inspection of manufactured components, has chosen Costa Rica as its first expansion outside Puerto Rico. This new operation will assist its clients in that country as well as the United States, Dominican Republic and Central America. Founded in 2001, Visional Technology LLC provides measurement technology...

Costa Rica JObs Marketing Marketing Technology Company Expands Operations in Costa Rica

Cheetah Digital, a cross-channel customer engagement solution provider, has expanded its operations in Costa Rica to meet growing demand for its solutions and help support clients’ global growth strategies. Cheetah Digital is the largest independent marketing technology company in the world, with more than 1,300 employees in 26 offices across 13 countries. In Costa Rica, Cheetah Digital has inv...

Jobs Costa Rica Modus Create Consolidates in Costa Rica and Looks to Fill New Positions

Modus Create, a multinational company within the digital technologies’ industry, has officially established in Costa Rica and plans to triplicate its current workforce by 2020. The digital transformation company combines Consulting, Design, and Software Engineering to streamline projects and products of global clients, helping them face the new digital economy. The company currently seeks ...

Foreigners Work Costa Rica New Regulation in Costa Rica Will Allow Foreigners to Work While Their Residency Application is Approved

A reform to the Immigration Control Regulation, promoted by the Costa Rican Promotion Investment Agency (CINDE), the Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex),together with the General Direction of Immigration, will allow foreigners, who are in the process of approval of residence procedures, the opportunity to work while the application is being resolved. Decree No. 41890-MGP represents a huge advance...

JObs Costa Rica Looking For a Job in Costa Rica? TradeStation has Positions

TradeStation, a multinational company in the services sector, announced that it has 20 open positions for systems and computer engineers. The company will be receiving job applicants in its facilities, located in Ultrapark 1, building 7B, in Heredia, on October 24, 25 and 26. Thursday and Friday from 2 pm to 7 pm, and Saturday from 9:30 am to 5 pm. Prospects will go through an interview proces...

Refinitiv Costa Rica jobs Refinitiv Opens Facilities in Costa Rica and Adds 50 Job Positions

Refinitiv, a leading global provider of financial data and infrastructure which delivers data, insight and analytics to the financial community, opened its offices on Monday. The company plans to expand its operations in the short term, with 50 additional positions. The company has two departments in the country, including Operations and Finance & Accounting. Currently, Refinitiv is hiring pers...

Costa Rica JObs Edwards Lifesciences Invests $100 million to Expand its Operations in Costa Rica

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, a world leader in innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring aimed at patients, expanded its presence in Costa Rica with a $100 million investment and the addition of 500 new jobs by the end of 2020. The brand new facility is located in La Lima Industrial Park in Cartago and has an extension of 274,000 square feet. This new buildi...

Vmware Costa Rica Jobss VMware Will Hire 130 People for Expansion in Costa Rica

Seven years ago, VMware started operations in Costa Rica with just five employees. Today, it has more than 665 direct jobs and plans to open 130 positions in the near future. The company made the announcement this Thursday in an event that gathered the President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Dyalá Jiménez; the Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunicat...

Work from Home Law Costa Rica Costa Rica Work From Home Bill Signed Into Law

President Carlos Alvarado has officially signed the work-from-home bill into law, which allows telecommuting as an alternative work arrangement for employees in the public and private sector. The new law sets the standards for the work from home policy, strengthening Costa Rica’s competitiveness to develop business and Foreign Direct Investment. The Congress passed the 21.141 bill on August ...

Microport Orthodpedics Costa Rica MicroPort Orthopedics Expands With New Services Center in Costa Rica

MicroPort , a multinational orthopedics company, will establish a new services center in Costa Rica in addition to its current R&D operation for orthopedic medical devices. The company started operations with 30 people this year and will grow to approximately 70 employees by the end of 2020. MicroPort is located at Oficentro Torre La Sabana part of Improsa SAFI real estate fund. Currentl...

Costa Rica Sykes Jobs SYKES Costa Rica Creates 1,000 English Jobs

The multinational company specialized in high-tech services, SYKES, today announced that it will hire 1,000 people with an advanced English level for its operations in finances services and technology. The hiring process will be developed from August to December. The company will create too 1,950 spaces for the SYKES English Academy to train people with 70-90% English level. This is part of the...

Costa Rica Jobs Virtual Job Fair in Costa Rica Will Offer 2,500 Job Positions

For the second consecutive year, the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE), will launch its virtual job fair www.joblink.cr. More than 30 multinational leading companies combining services and manufacturing sectors, will offer 2,500 job positions for this second semester. The main requirement is to be bilingual. JobLink’s second edition will be available 24/7 from Monday July 29th un...

Costa Rica Mexifrutas Mexifrutas will Establish Modern Fruit Processing Plant in Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast

Mexican company Mexifrutas S.A. of C.V. announced that it will open a modern fruit pulp processing plant in Siquirres, Limón, through its Costa Rican subsidiary Inversiones Corymex MCR, S.A, with an investment of $20 million dollars. In its first stage, this investment will generate direct and formal employment for more than 130 people living outside the Greater Metropolitan Area (GMA). The ...

Costa Rica Jobs Boston Scientific Boston Scientific to Expand Workforce in Costa Rica

The multinational company Boston Scientific Corporation, dedicated to the design, manufacturing, distribution and sale of minimally invasive medical devices of the highest technology, announced that it plans to hire approximately 600 new employees in the upcoming months who will join the 4,200 collaborators that currently work in its operations, making it the largest employer in Costa Rica’s medic...

Costa Rica Jobs Foreign Direct Investment Amazon Announced the Creation of 2,000 Job Openings in Costa Rica

Today, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the creation of 2,000 job openings. These positions will be based in Amazon’s dedicated centers in Costa Rica and will include specialist roles in areas such as customer service, technology, cloud services, finance and accounting. These specialist roles will support Amazon’s customers around the world and provide 24/7 world class customer servi...

Bayer COsta Rica JObs Bayer will Duplicate Operations in Costa Rica’s Shared Services Center

Bayer’s Shared Services Center started operations in Costa Rica two years ago. Today, the company announced that it will duplicate its payroll to 500 employees by the end of this year. Currently, the center has 285 collaborators in three offices located at America Free Zone, in San Francisco de Heredia. The expansion will be in three departments: Order to Cash, Source to Pay and HR Operations....

Costa Rica Paradise Ingredients Newvana Modern Aseptic Juice processing plant Newvana Establishes in Costa Rica

Paradise Ingredients, known for its processed juices and beverages in the food industry, opened today its new plant of juices and drinks NEWVANA. Paradise Ingredients is the world’s top banana puree processing company. With this new aseptic juice processing operation, it will create 120 jobs in Cartago. The Minister of Foreign Trade, Dyalá Jiménez, said: “The country’s development requires...

Costa Rica Concentrix Jobs Concentrix Strengthens Presence in Costa Rica and Will Open 600 New Jobs

Concentrix, a technology-enabled global business services company specializing in customer engagement, announced today 600 new job positions in the country. This is part of a growth strategy the company is deploying to become stronger in Costa Rica and to establish itself as a specialty high value solutions center. “Our world is demanding changes in the way we make business; this forces compani...

Sachs Chemicals Costa Rica Sachs Chemical Chooses Costa Rica to Establish Operations Center in Central America

Sachs Chemical, Inc. chose Costa Rica to become its distribution center in Central America with an investment over US$2,7 billion. Recognized as a leading chemical distributor serving the Puerto Rico and Caribbean markets, Sachs Chemical was founded in 1986, the company now has two operation plants of 8,400 square meters in Caguas and Carolina, in Puerto Rico. In Costa Rica, it currently has ...

Costa Rica Thermo Fisher Thermo Fisher Scientific Continues Expansion in Costa Rica

Thermo Fisher Scientific celebrated the opening of its new distribution center in Coyol Free Zone, Alajuela, Costa Rica. This is the company’s third expansion in the country in the past 7 years. The new 15,000 square feet building has increased height which expands capacity by 52%. The additional space will be used to stock laboratory supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for cleanro...

Costa Rica Sykes SYKES Costa Rica and Ministry of Labor Will Train and Hire 2,500 People Through English Academy

This Friday Costa Rica's Ministry of Labor and Social Security along with the company SYKES signed an addendum to an agreement that will train and hire hundreds of people in the upcoming months, thanks to the SYKES’ English Academy. From now on, SYKES will teach English to those who are willing to work but don’t have B2 or C1 English levels, which are required at the Services sector. The Emp...

Akamai Costa Rica Akamai Opens New Facility in Costa Rica

The digital technology company, Akamai, inaugurated this Monday, Match 18 its new facility in Costa Rica, located in Roble Corporate Center. Here, it will gather all its operations in the country as part of the expansion of its services, which are exported from Costa Rica to the rest of the world. Akamai, established in Costa Rica in 2012, now has 300 employees. It foresees to increase its payr...