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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 May 2012
Employment effect (start)
11 May 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
On 11 May 2012 Tesco opened its new shopping hall in Debrecen, where 200 new hires will start to work. 100 of the new employees were long-term unemployed as registered by the local employment authority. 50 of them will be receiving training and support to reintegrate after long periods of unemployment.
Tesco is the largest private employer in Hungary, having 22,000 employees across the country and training more than 1,000 pupils.
Sources
11 May 2012: A munka világa
11 May 2012: HR Portal
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Tesco Magyarország, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 73584, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73584.
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