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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
31 January 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
Telefónica CR, part of Spanish provider of broadband and telecommunication services Telefónica, is to create 150 new jobs at its call centre in Ostrava in 2012. The number of employees will increase by 14 percent, the workforce will reach a total of 1,100 people. It has been announced that the recruitment of new employees will be carried out gradually.
Telefónica CR operates nearly seven million mobile and fixed lines in the Czech Republic. It employs over 6,700 core staff and about 2,000 temporary agency workers.
Sources
31 January 2012: Lidové Noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Telefónica CR, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 73031, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73031.
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