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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
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 January 2012
Employment effect (start)
14 January 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
Eishtec, an Irish call centre company, has announced 250 new sales campaign jobs in County Waterford in 2012. The organization, which services big telecommunications companies like Orange, was launched in autumn 2011 by three Waterford locals who have substantial customer services experience.
Eishtec presently employs 30 staff, but is set to expand significantly over the next year.
Sources
14 January 2012: The Irish Independent
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Eishtec, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 73143, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73143.
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