Introducing Starbytes™, a new way of working online in the information and communication technology sector

4 April 2011

Reply launches Starbytes™ - www.starbytes.it – an online employment service for freelancers and ICT experts in Italy.

One in three young Italians has no means of entering the employment marketplace (source: Istat - Report on employment of young people in Italy 2010). Starbytes™ aims to help fill this gap, by presenting young people with an innovative opportunity to work online. In particular, Starbytes™ offers recent graduates in computer science and telecommunications, copywriters, professionals with relevant expertise and specialists in digital technologies the chance to work from home with one of the leading investors in, and believers of, innovation.

With the introduction of Starbytes™, Reply aims to revolutionise the business model on which the most successful virtual marketplaces are based, offering direct contact between supply and demand without intermediaries and guaranteeing maximum transparency and protection in contract and payment conditions.

From a practical point of view, Starbytes™ is extremely user-friendly. After registering on the website www.starbytes.it, users can access the list of jobs posted by companies that belong to the Reply Group, choose the project that interests them the most, submit their offers and start working immediately.

The projects posted on Starbytes™ cover many fields, including the development of mobile applications (iOS, Android), software testing, data analysis, networking & security and multimedia products.

“Starbytes™ is the fruit of Reply’s continual investment in innovation,” explains Filippo Rizzante, Executive Partner of Reply. “In particular, with Starbytes™, our goal is to give a real chance of entering the workplace to that segment of professionals who, due to today’s adverse market conditions, are finding it harder and harder to find permanent work that matches their skills and potential.”