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Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services 49.41 - Freight transport by road
360 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 March 2012
Employment effect (start)
15 May 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
On the 23rd of March 2012 Waberer's International has announced the hiring of 360 truck drivers in Northern Hungary, from which 240 will be hired in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and 120 in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. New drivers will start their work in mid-May 2012 and will be driving 24 tonne, EURO5, environmentally friendly trucks.
For these new positions, Waberer's will hire registered jobseekers which are willing to participate in and successfully complete the official truck driver training. The training will be financed by the government, as announced by the Ministry of National Economy (NGM).
Waberer's predecessor Volán Tefu has been established in 1948 and became one of the largest road freight transporters in the Central-Eastern-European region. The company has subsidiaries in Romania, Poland and Slovakia as well as in Spain and Germany.
Sources
23 March 2012: HBI
23 March 2012: HR Portal
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Waberer’s International, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 73383, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73383.