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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.19 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 June 2013
Employment effect (start)
7 June 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
The retail chain Carrefour has announced plans to create 300 new jobs in the region Midi-Pyrénées by the end of 2013. The job creation is under the framework of a collaborative partnership with the public employment service (Pôle emploi), aiming to provide jobs for unskilled young workers. The company is offering various types of contracts (including apprenticeships) and also plans to recruit 250 seasonal workers for a period of 3 months.
These job creations are part of Carrefour plans to employ 6000 new workers in France in 2013.
In 2012, Carrefour already recruited 200 employees in Midi-Pyrénées.
For previous restructuring see here.
Sources
3 June 2013: Toulemploi
6 June 2013: La Dépêche
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Carrefour, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 75494, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75494.
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