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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 March 2012
Employment effect (start)
7 March 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
On 7 March 2012, IT services and business consultancy company Capgemini announced plans to hire 200 IT specialists in its Software Solution Center in Wroclaw. The company is looking for programmers who have foreign language skills, especially German and English. The new recruits will be graduates as well as experienced specialists.
The center has been operating for 8 years and employs 400 people. Taken as a whole, Capgemini has been operating in the country since 1996 and presently employs over 4,600 people in 5 offices across Poland (Wrocław, Kraków, Katowice, Warszawa and Opole).
The Capgemini group, headquartered in Paris, specializes in the provision of consulting, technology, outsourcing and local professional services and employs about 108,700 people in Europe, North America and Asia.
Sources
7 March 2012: Gazeta Wyborcza ()
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Capgemini, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 73249, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73249.
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