Tech Visa: Portugal attracted almost 6,000 talents
Atsunori Akimura arrived at Fundão three weeks ago. A 47-year-old Brazilian engineer, he was contacted via LinkedIn in November last year by the consultant Capgemini Engenharia when he lived in Jacareí, in the state of São Paulo, and worked at the aeronautics company Embraer. The multinational had seen his profile and was interested in hiring him for its offices in Portugal. “We did an interview and the match was right. In June cosmi working from Brazil. It was scheduled to arrive in March, but was delayed due to the pandemic. ”
It is your first work experience abroad. With him he brought his wife and two daughters, aged eight and 11, and he has no shortage of compatriots in the workplace or immigrants like him from the four corners of the world. More than 500 foreigners from around 50 extra-community countries work in this consultancy alone, such as Nepal, Mauritius, Cameroon or South Africa. There are already around 30% of the company’s total employees in Portugal.
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