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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 July 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2011
Foreseen end date
31 October 2011
Description
Call centre company Webhelp (8,600 employees) has announced to recruit 150 employees over the next three months for its new site in Montceau-les-Mines where the first site established by the company is also located and employs with 200 employees. Webhelp expects to reach 450 to 550 workers in the two sites in the future. For each recruitment, Webhelp will receive 5000 euro from public authorities. Webhelp has a strong HR policy with a high level of training.
Eurofound (2011), Webhelp, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 72194, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72194.
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