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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.2 - Management consultancy activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 January 2008
Employment effect (start)
3 September 2007
Foreseen end date
1 September 2008
Description
Accenture, a management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, announced the creation of 500 new jobs. The recruitement process started in September 2007. The new posts are for engenieers. This business expansion stems from the need to strengthen Accenture’s presence in Belgium. The company is facing, however, a shortage of labour force. “It is difficult to find good management and IT counsellors”, said the management. In Belgium compared to India, the number of engineers is very low. This situation forced Accenture to extend its recruitment strategy to the university campus.
Accenture employs more than 170,000 employees in 49 countries all over the world and 1,200 in Belgium.
Sources
19 January 2008: L'Echo
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Accenture, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 66224, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66224.
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