THE Japan-based Daiichi Computer Resources (DCR) Company is recruiting local IT professionals this month to staff a branch office it plans to open in Yangon next year.

Mr Tomoyuki Iwanaga, the general manager of DCR’s overseas development division, said the company is currently negotiating with local officials over whether to open the office at Myanmar Info-Tech or downtown Yangon.

The company offers a wide range of IT services, including system integration; software development and sales; database sales, installation and maintenance; machine sales; and network products marketing, introduction and maintenance.

DCR held a launch ceremony at Parkroyal Hotel on September 16 at which it accepted applications and conducted tests for the staff positions at the Yangon branch.

“We are offering special job admissions for 10 local IT professionals who speak Japanese and hold IT degrees or have previous IT experience,” said Mr Tomoyuki. “They will be selected based on technical and intelligence tests.”

Meanwhile, “ordinary” job admissions and scholarships will be offered to at least 60 locals. Successful applicants will get Japanese-language training in Myanmar from October to December, three months of IT training at DCR headquarters in Japan starting in early 2008, and one year of on-the-job training at the DCR branch office in Myanmar.

“Those selected for ordinary jobs and scholarship will get a salary during their one year of training that will not be less than the salaries paid by other local IT companies,” said Mr Tomoyuki.