ESI Live Tech

Eindhoven is a strong technology center located in the south of the Netherlands, where large companies from the High Technology and Automotive sectors are present. Because it always need qualified and experienced professionals, companies like MCA are looking for these qualified people anywhere in the world. MCA is a consultancy company that is present in several countries in Europe and the office for MCA Netherland is here, in Eindhoven. It’s a very different company from what I used to know, it is really about the engineers, there is a whole concern about where the consultant will lead his career and if he's working on a project that he really likes!

Nowadays the city is a great mix of cultures and nationalities, families who have moved away from their home countries because one of them found a great job opportunity here.  ESI (Expat Spouses initiative) was created by Kavitha Varathan, three years ago. To support the wives who normally came to the city without knowing more than their own family, without employment but with professional experiences and even qualified.

Kavitha invited MCA to a wonderful event at TU/e University last month, the ESI Live Tech. The event starts with a brief introduction of Kavitha, who today has more than 1000 wives in her network. According to Kavitha, 86% of these wives say that if they can’t find a job here, they will return to their country of origin. These numbers are impressive and makes us understand why she created the initiative that today helps so many people. What would happen if these wives really wanted to go back? They would probably take their husband with them, their family. All the work of attracting the most brilliant professionals to Eindhoven would end at that moment.

After her, Jo van Ham Vice president of the Executive Bord of TU/e presented some other impressive numbers about the university. What impresses me the most, is the fact that 50% of the PhD students are internationals, not born in the Netherlands, they come from other countries. He left the event, and a panel discussion began. Various topics were discussed, such as keeping internationals here, as well as attracting more women to technology… among others.

The subject: The future of Technology is the future of people. The future of people is the future of Technology.

And then starts the presentation of the candidates!! In an audience format, 17 candidates presented themselves. Each one had about five minutes to do this, which was enough for companies to know enough to pick up the sign:

Hire Now Or Let’s catch up for a Drink

I loved this format, the candidates had all the attention of the audience and the sign left the situation more comfortable, even more fun! There were some other companies like MCA, who were also in the event in search of a good candidate. Each company had approximately three minutes to introduce itself and the representatives were still open for questions.

Some conversations… drinks and I couldn’t find a candidate who could fit in the vacancies that we have at the moment. Not this time! But I'm still looking for the right candidate!

Interested? 

Send your CV to: mhygino@mca-nederland.nl