{"id":60627,"date":"2018-06-19T17:05:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T15:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=60627"},"modified":"2018-06-08T18:03:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T16:03:52","slug":"11-05-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=60627","title":{"rendered":"The Israeli high-school kids earning high-tech salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Israel21c\"<\/a>The Israeli high-school kids earning high-tech salaries<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Abigail Klein Leichman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cyber-ed program gives youth from peripheral areas training for well-paying positions at major companies even before they enter the army.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Magshimim students learn to be cyber-tech professionals during high school. Photo by Kfir Bolotin<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Binyamin Houri, 17, from the southern working-class city of Netivot, skipped a grade and now works at Dynamic Yield as a programmer while his peers finish high school. Yotam Salomon, 17, from Kiryat Ata in the Haifa district, has been working during school holidays and in his spare time for the past three years developing software for 3D printers at a local startup.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI never felt like a child who is being told what to do \u2013 what I think and say always matters. I am treated just like any other worker,\u201d says Yotam, who completed his matriculation exams in math, English and computer science ahead of schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n

Binyamin and Yotam are graduates of a national cyber-education program, Magshimim, operated by the Cyber Education Center of the Rashi Foundation to train youth from Israeli periphery regions as cyber-tech professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yotam Solomon, 17, is already working in high-tech. Photo courtesy of Magshimim<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The program helps them train for fruitful careers and also addresses Israel\u2019s growing dearth of qualified high-tech workers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among Magshimim\u2019s 234 graduates last year, 61 worked in high-tech companies even before starting their military service after high school.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fifteen Magshimim grads work part time at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in information security, cybersecurity operations centers, programming and QA testing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other teens are employed at Aqua Security, CyActive, Check Point Software Technologies, Deutsche Telekom, VIA, Hysolate and additional high-tech firms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their average hourly salary is \u20aa50 (about $14), nearly twice the Israeli minimum hourly wage of \u20aa28.50 and 2.5 times what their peers make in various odd jobs. When they work full time \u2013 for example, during the summer or before drafting into the military \u2013 they earn an average \u20aa10,000 per month, about the same as the average Israeli adult.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Magshimim data, 92 percent of the placements last year were at the companies\u2019 initiative, based mostly on recommendations and \u201cbring a friend.\u201d Since the beginning of this year, there has been at least one inquiry per week about recruiting youth from the program.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sagi Bar, director of the Rashi Foundation\u2019s Cyber Education Center. Photo: courtesy<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe collaboration with the companies represents a win-win situation \u2013 the students get a chance to gain valuable experience in high-tech and cyber-tech fields, while the companies benefit from the addition of excellent and energetic young people to their workforce,\u201d said Sagi Bar, director of the Cyber Education Center. \u201cThis connection also creates social value, through the increased representation of the periphery in the high-tech industry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

On February 22, Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon, National Cyber Bureau Chief Yigal Unna, and former Chief of Staff and Rashi Foundation Chairman Gabi Ashkenazi came to the Magshimim Ultimate Challenge event in Ra\u2019anana celebrating 1,000 graduates since the program was founded in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

Magshimim was established in partnership with the Ministry of Defense in an effort to increase the representation of young people from the periphery in the cyber and Intelligence units of the IDF and in the high-tech industry. The program also has the support of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, the National Lottery Fund, and the Adelis, Daniel and Davidson Foundations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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