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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 January 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
ESDI, an IT service provider specialised in customer relations whose customers include many retailers (Carrefour, Casino), has announced the recruitment of 100 people. These new job creations come after a recruitment of 40 people at the end of December 2020. The new employees will be telephone advisers and computer technicians who will receive calls on a daily basis. Having won a contract with a major retailer, the company is looking for a variety of profiles. The communication manager explains the company is seeking young people with two or three years of higher education with little experience, as well as people at the end of their careers.
Eurofound (2021), ESDI Européenne Line, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 103185, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103185.
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