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France, Spain and the United Kingdom, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Island Maurice, Mexico.
Sector
Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
2,300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
3 July 2006
Foreseen end date
31 January 2007
Description
The French group Astek (1,850 employees in the world), specialized in the consultancy business services on the information systems, has announced the creation of 2,300 new jobs in the world between July 2006 and January 2007. This jobs will be created in the 11 French agencies and in six other countries: Spain, UK, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Island Maurice and Lebanon, where the group has just opened up an agency. 95% of new employees will be engineers, 25% of which will be juniors from 'high schools' and universities.
Sources
26 June 2006: Le Figaro
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Astek, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 63682, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63682.
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