NewTech Academy, an IT training hub, announces that it will start its activity in July of this year and estimates a number between 100 and 120 students by the end of this year.
“There will be 20 students in a class and we hope to reach a number of 100 -120 people by the end of 2021. Interviews with candidates who want to enroll in one of the three available courses will take place online and it will take about an hour, during which we will try to find out the level of the candidate and we will try to guide him to the right course according to his abilities and desires “, said Shay Hafzadi, CEO of New Tech Academy, in an online event organized by the company.
The Romanian profile faculties offer approximately 9,500 graduates annually on the IT market, and Romania needs over 15,000 specialists annually, says Dan Gheorghe, CTO NewTech Academy, present at the online event.
“The financial losses recorded due to the lack of IT specialists were estimated in 2019 at over 7 billion euros. From experience I can say how I saw lost investment opportunities in Romania because I did not have the necessary specialists in time and these investments were moved to other countries “, said Dan Gheorghe.
Thus, one of the objectives of NewTech Academy is to help solve the labor shortage in the market. In the first phase, candidates can choose between three courses, depending on skills, which are priced between 2,500 and 4,000 euros.
“The costs are between 2,500 and 4,000 euros depending on the exchange rate. The front end ones, with a duration of six months, cost between 2,500 and 3,000 euros. And the nine months reach 4,000 euros “, said Shay Hafzadi.
Also, Lavinia Chican , one of the founders of NewTech Academy, said during the video conference that “the desire to learn constantly is , for each of us , a prerequisite to continue to evolve in any field and the opportunity to always discover new opportunities. and personal and professional perspectives . Newtech Academy is a hub of technological education that responds to important needs of the labor market, namely: high-level qualification of future employees and bringing them closer to employers in IT & C , FMCG, banking, retail etc . NewTech The Academy offers an integrated system of training programs, complemented by practical experiences, applied to the needs of the respective profession. Thus , Newtech Academy will prepare complicated you very well trained candidates complicated ments, which will be a solid basis for placing their in vacancies this is domeni them. “
Photo: Lavinia Chican
