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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
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 November 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
On 22 November 2006, the Capgemini group announced its plans to create 600 new jobs in Germany in 2007. Capgemini is one of the leading service providers in the sector of management and information technologies consulting. Approximately 250 of the 600 jobs to be created shall be placed within its department for consulting services. Another 350 new employees are needed for its technology services. 300 of them shall be recruited for Capgeminis affiliate sd&m. The recruiting of staff is part of the group's business expansion strategy and shall be completed by the end of 2007. The Capgemini group employs 61,000 persons worldwide, 3,732 of them in Central Europe.
Sources
23 November 2006: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Capgemini, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 64514, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64514.
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