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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
21 April 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
In April 2010, Sykes, an American company delivering business process outsourcing services, announced the creation of 300 jobs for tertiary school graduates at the new office located at Cluj. The jobs were expected to be created by the end of September 2010.
In August 2010, the company already employed 250 employees and announced the intention to create another 50 new jobs by the end of 2010 and 200 in 2011. The group has approximately 32,000 employees worldwide.
Sources
27 August 2010: Ziarul Financiar
22 April 2010: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Sykes Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 70476, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70476.
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