The HOT Group is hiring an economist for its economics team in Yakum

The profession: in-house economist

An in-house economist turns business data into decisions: profitability checks, forecasts, estimates and management reports. Per a Bizportal salary review (September 2026), a starting analyst or economist (0-2 years) earns about NIS 9,000 to 12,000 a month; with 3-5 years pay rises to about NIS 13,000 to 18,000, and a head of research or investments can reach about NIS 30,000 to 45,000. Pay rises with experience, tools (SQL, Power BI) and company size.

By the numbers

About the company

Per Wikipedia, HOT was founded on August 18, 2003 as a merger of the three national cable companies then operating in Israel - Matav, Tevel and Golden Channels - amid competition from satellite TV. The company provides cable television (about 200 local and foreign channels in its digital service), last-mile internet access, fixed-line telephony (since 2004, VoIP-based) and video on demand (VOD, from 2005), alongside data-communications and business-sector services.

In Israel and abroad

HOT operates only in Israel, but it is part of Patrick Drahi's international Altice group, which holds telecom companies in several countries. So the day-to-day work concerns the Israeli market, while the company belongs to a global group. Yakum, where the offices are located, has convenient access from the coastal highway and the Sharon area.

Ownership and market

HOT was once traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and included in the TA-100 Index, but Patrick Drahi completed his takeover around 2011 and bought the remaining shares, so today it is a private company owned by the Altice group - and therefore has no independently traded stock and no current public revenue chart. In the Israeli market HOT competes with large telecom firms such as Bezeq and yes, and it is one of the country's main communications groups.

How the role works

Per the listing, the role includes performing economic analyses, profitability checks and various analyses to produce business insights supporting decision-making, preparing periodic forecasts and estimates, ongoing reporting and presentations to company management, and building and specifying BI-based reports. Requirements: a relevant bachelor's degree or relevant certification (mandatory), 1-3 years as an economist or analyst (mandatory), command of Office and especially Excel (mandatory), familiarity with data-extraction tools (BO, SQL) and Power BI report development (an advantage), familiarity with accounting (an advantage) and good English.

Who it is for

For junior economists or analysts with a relevant degree and one to three years of experience, who are strong in Excel and enjoy working with data and turning it into insights. Familiarity with SQL, Power BI and accounting is a meaningful advantage. The role is open to women and men alike.

Performing economic analyses and profitability checks to produce business insights, preparing forecasts and presenting to management (from the job description).

An honest status

This is a classic junior economics role: not a student job but a full position that already requires a degree and 1-3 years of experience. The headline says 1-2 years, but the listing body asks for 1-3 - so it suits someone who has already taken first steps in the field. The upside: real business economics at a large telecom company, with a hybrid model and work alongside management.

Sources and verification

Job details: Drushim (JobID 38450303), checked 2026-10-05 ("1 hour ago"). Company data: Wikipedia (HOT Israel, Altice). Field salary: Bizportal (September 2026). Note: Wikipedia's employee figure (3,958 from 2013) and subscriber figure (about 950,000 from 2006) are stale and were not used as headline numbers; the exact HQ was not verified, so only the Yakum office location per the listing is stated.