The company OPAIN, which manages El Dorado Airport (BOG), presented Colombia’s first portal for job opportunities in the aeronautical sector. The site was primarily designed to benefit the surrounding communities of Engativá, Fontibón and Funza.
«Pista de Oportunidades» portal (pistadeoportunidades.opain.co) shows employments opportunities from airlines, businesses, suppliers and other actors at the country’s main airport. According to the air station’s management company, the initiative is focused on neighboring communities. In this sense, it is intended to help the inhabitants of those communities to find a job.
On the other hand, this approach will help to optimize commuting times to and from the workplace, with all the associated personal and environmental benefits. As with other similar initiatives, it will help to strengthen the links between nearby towns and the airport. It also has the support and commitment of the surrounding municipalities.
«The Pista de Oportunidades portal demonstrates how we work at El Dorado to create relevant connections with our neighbors and the environment in which we operate,» said Andrés Ortega, General Manager of OPAIN. «We are proud to deliver this news today, as we know it is the beginning of an initiative created to transform and leverage the personal and professional development of the communities surrounding El Dorado», he added.
Who has joined the portal?
24 companies have already joined the portal. They are OPAIN, Avianca, Viva Air, LATAM, Mera Corporation, Attenza, Dunkin Donuts, Burger King, Dufry, Dogger, Britt Shop Colombia, Miniso, Kokoriko, Creppes&Waffles, Interaseo, VISE, Menzies Aviation, Global Lounge Network, Logiztik Alliance, Vertiv, Omega, Poke, Servimos and 2Kinse.
Felipe Andrés Gómez, Avianca’s Director of Institutional Relations and Sustainability, said: «El Dorado Airport is a generator of development for Bogotá and Colombia. It should also be for all the communities that are its neighbors. Avianca joins this OPAIN initiative to also open its doors to the human talent of these communities so that they can become part of Colombia’s leading airline».
Colombia’s largest airline announced that it will begin a recruitment process for customer service agents and cabin crew based in El Dorado.
So far, more than 500 profiles have been registered and a total of 80 job vacancies have been published for various areas. Among them, there are opportunities in customer service, handling operations, telecommunications, sales, security, firefighting, equipment management, administrative and information technology.
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