The software and design company, Proekspert, will recruit at least five employees to open a branch office in the Estonian resort town of P\u00e4rnu. The recruitment effort is unusual in that P\u00e4rnu is not generally considered one of Estonia\u2019s IT centers.
\nWhat began as a temporary summer office in the Estonian seaside resort city of P\u00e4rnu will become a permanent office. A second resort town, Kuressaare (on Estonia\u2019s Saaremaa island) became home to a permanent office this autumn, giving Proekspert permanent offices in the cities of Tallinn, Tartu, P\u00e4rnu, and Kuressaare.<\/p>\n
The resort-town offices are being opened at the behest of employees who wanted to better connect work and home life. Proekspert product owner Kunnar Kukk sees several plusses in a resort town office. \u201cIn our industry there\u2019s a lot of distance working and a team in another city isn\u2019t of huge importance. Also, a town like P\u00e4rnu has some real advantages over Tallinn. My oldest child will soon start school, and he can go to a school a lot closer to home.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company worked closely with P\u00e4rnu\u2019s city government to ensure schools and pre-schools were available for the children of Proekspert employees.<\/p>\n
To staff the P\u00e4rnu office, Proekspert recruiter Grete Tammlo says she\u2019s looking primarily for software development engineers whose areas of expertise are Java, Front-End, or C\/C++. Regrettably, she says, the company has no sun-bather or beach volleyball positions available.<\/p>\n
Proekspert is a 23-year old employee-owned, manager-free Estonian business. Proekspert\u2019s 145 employees work in offices in Tallinn, Tartu, Kuressaare, and soon P\u00e4rnu. The firm\u2019s 2015 turnover was eight million euros, two-thirds of this from clients in Scandinavia.<\/p>\n