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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
14 May 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
The Dutch non-food discounter chain Action, which is specialised in the sale of low-priced goods and products, has announced a recruitment day to recruit 200 employees for its 65 retail shops in the Grand Est region - including those in Metz, Nancy, and Strasbourg. Action wants to recruit assistant shop managers and shop employees on full-time employment contracts, as well as work-study contracts (around ten) and seasonal positions for students.
Action recruits its employees using a simulation-based recruitment method in order to measure their skills: the method allows the candidate to immerse himself in a simulation of his future work.
Action employs 14,000 people in France across 650 stores.
Eurofound (2022), Action, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 106725, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106725.
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