Sunday, July 18, 2010

Facebook to hire 500 employees in India soon

For all Facebook lovers who have the right skills, there is good news in store for you. The US-based social network site has recently announced that it will be launching an office in India in about two months. The office will be located in Hyderabad and will be in response to a growing demand for multilingual technical support. This move will facilitate communication between FB users, developers and advertisers.

If all goes well, this office will be operational soon and will generate plethora of job opportunities and will give a boost to the economy of the city.

As per a report in The Economic Times, Facebook has been assigned bout 50,000 sq ft space and is going to recruit close to 500 people for running its operations. Facebook, which has nearly 8 million users in India and nearly 500 million users across the globe, would reportedly invest $150 million in the initial phases.
The new office will add to Facebook’s operations in Palo Alto (California), Dublin (Ireland) and a recently opened office in Austin (Texas).

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