Honeypot launches business operations in Austria

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Honeypot, the portal for IT specialists, plans to open an office in Vienna and wants to offer easier access to software developers and other specialists to companies in Austria. In the light of the shortage of skilled employees, Honeypot has redefined the field of job placement, so that companies have to apply to Honeypot for IT talents.

At present, some 130,000 IT specialists and 2,000 companies are registered with Honeypot. They include companies such as the optics company Zeiss, the real estate brokerage firm Engel & Völkers, the online mail order company Zalando and the TV Group of ProSiebenSat1. The career network New Work (formerly Xing) acquired the Berlin-based startup Honeyput in the spring. Honeypot first recently began its activities on the Austrian market. According to information supplied by the company, hundreds of IT specialists have also registered with Honeypot. Several Austrian startups are already looking for employees with the help of Honeypot, including Tourradar, mySugr, whatchado, Bitpanda and the German smart phone bank N26. The online bank is currently building a high-tech facility in Vienna and will employ a staff of 300 in the long term.