Corel is set to recruit approximately 200 Mauritians for Customer Support, R&D, and Operations roles as it prepares to launch its operations in Nexsky, Ebene, in July 2022. Corel is globally renowned for its brands such as CorelDRAW, Parallels, MindManager, and WinZip. To kick off the recruitment phase and to encourage and motivate final-year tech students to apply for internships and jobs, Corel introduced the company to students at Polytechnics Mauritius, Reduit campus on May 30, 2022.
Corel is a world leader in professional creativity and productivity solutions and is setting up operations in Mauritius as its first footprint in Africa. Corel chose Mauritius as the home for its centre of excellence because of its favourable business environment and policies, exceptional resources, universities, and many other beneficial factors. Additionally, Corel is aware that the Government of Mauritius has invested heavily in world-class infrastructure and the local labour market is impressive.
On that note, to start engaging with the future generation and young tech enthusiasts in Mauritius, Corel and Polytechnics Mauritius hosted an event at the Polytechnics’ Reduit campus on May 30, 2022, where students had the opportunity to meet some of Corel’s core team members visiting from Canada and the USA. They learned about the company’s leading brands and networked and interacted with the senior executives who were present.
Speaking at the event, Prashant Ketkar, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Corel, stated, “We chose Mauritius to grow our business after an extensive search to find a new location for our Centre of Excellence that was well aligned with our product-led growth strategy. Corel is excited to grow our presence in Mauritius and is currently recruiting approximately 200 new team members to be hired locally. This location will also serve to support our expansion in the African tech industry. We are extremely happy to be here at the Polytechnics Mauritius campus and to interact with the students. We want to invest in Mauritian universities to help students, graduates, and all local talents.”
Also present at the event were Amer Murad, CIO & SVP Global Business Operations at Corel and Mr Yamal Matabadul, Chief Executive Officer of Polytechnics Mauritius and Ms. Nishtee Gopee, Programme Lead IT and Emerging Technologies of Polytechnics Mauritius.
Commenting on Corel and its potential for collaboration with Polytechnics Mauritius, Mr Matabadul said, “Corel is undoubtedly a company that offers extraordinary opportunities to the students of Polytechnics Mauritius. I believe that our collaboration with them will offer the students a highly valuable experience and that the students will also benefit from the Corel solutions presented as well. We are really looking forward to working with them.”
Beyond this, Corel offers its employees a unique people-first work environment that stands out in the work of tech companies. Corel is inviting candidates in Mauritius to apply for roles in Customer Support, R&D, and Operations working across the brands, CorelDRAW®, MindManager®, Parallels®, and WinZip®.
- CorelDRAW: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is a fully loaded professional design toolkit for vector illustration, page layout, photo editing, typography, collaboration, and more. Offering vector illustration, layout and typography, photo editing and more, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is an all-in-one graphics solution that simplifies complex workflows and gives designers total control over how they create their best work – on Windows, Mac, Web and mobile. For more information, please visit www.coreldraw.com
- MindManager: MindManager helps individuals, teams, and enterprises do great work faster by simplifying the way they capture, organize, and share information. Transforming scattered ideas and unstructured data into dynamic visual maps, MindManager gives people a clearer understanding and greater control over their time, work, and world. Global users choose MindManager to brainstorm ideas, plan and execute projects, and communicate knowledge. For more information, please visit www.mindmanager.com.
- Parallels: Parallels is a global leader in cross-platform solutions that make it simple for businesses and individuals to use and access the applications and files they need on any device or operating system. Parallels helps customers leverage the best technology out there, whether it’s Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, iOS, Android, or the cloud. Parallels solves complex engineering and user-experience problems by making it easy and cost-effective for businesses and individual customers to use applications anywhere, anytime. For more information, please visit www.parallels.com.
- WinZip: WinZip products are trusted by millions of businesses and consumers to boost productivity, simplify file sharing, and keep information private. Offering apps for all of today’s most popular platforms and devices, WinZip gives users a better way to manage and share files in the cloud, email, and instant messaging. The WinZip product line also includes powerful utilities to improve system performance and help keep Mac and Windows PCs secure. For more information, please visit www.winzip.com.
Corel will be building, maintaining, and supporting its state-of-the-art technology and world-class products in Mauritius, supporting the local economy and tech community. Corel is keen to innovate for the next generation of creative, collaborative, and productivity solutions in Mauritius, serving global markets and customers. Furthermore, its portfolio of internationally recognised brands gives people the opportunity to rethink how they work and drive productivity.
Prashant concluded saying, “We recognise the power of remote work and let our people choose where they’re the most productive. We listen to our employees and believe in offering them connection, freedom, and flexibility. We know that happy employees make happy customers and are excited to be offering this supportive and forward-thinking work environment to our new team members in Mauritius.”
Corel is working with Bolt Talent Solutions, a global recruitment consultancy incorporated in both Mauritius and Seattle, for driving the recruitment efforts in Mauritius.
Elizabeth Keeve, Managing Partner at Bolt Talent Solutions said, “We are excited to be partnering with the Corel as their exclusive talent partner in Mauritius. Bolt looks forward to supporting Corel’s vision and growth plans to hire local talent and create high performing teams across a wide range of customer support and R&D positions.”
