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Professional Services 69 - Legal and accounting activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
1,350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
The Swiss auditing and advisory company KPMG International, which employs a workforce of 104,000 worldwide and of 7,214 in Germany, is the second largest auditing firm operating in the German market.
On 8 January 2007 KPMG announced plans to create 1,350 new jobs in Germany in 2007. The company points out that the number given is not to be confused with a net increase of new jobs. In 2006 KPMG signed 1,200 work contracts with new employees, out of which 470 were employed in new jobs. No figure is given on how many new jobs will be created in 2007.
Sources
9 January 2007: Financial Times Deutschland
Citation
Eurofound (2007), KPMG, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 64759, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/64759.