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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 March 2021
Employment effect (start)
19 March 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
French information technology and business consultancy company Capgemini has announced that it will create 200 new jobs at its unit in Kraków by the end of 2021. The company is mainly looking for IT specialists and business services specialists with knowledge of foreign languages, especially business consultants and analysts, purchasing specialists, accountants, logistics specialists, HR specialists as well as programmers, testers, developers and AI specialists.
Capgemini operates in about 50 countries and employs over 270,000 people worldwide. The company has been operating in Poland since 1996 and has seven offices across the country (Wrocław, Kraków, Katowice, Warszawa, Poznań, Lublin and Opole) employing over 9,000 people. The Kraków unit employs almost 4,300 people.
Previous business expansions took place in January 2019 (100 jobs created), May 2019 (200 jobs created), February 2020 (200 jobs created), May 2020 (200 jobs created), February 2021 (200 jobs created in Katowice) and February 2021 (300 jobs created in Poznań and Wrocław).
Eurofound (2021), Capgemini, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 103973, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103973.
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