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Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines 49.1 - Passenger rail transport, interurban
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 September 2013
Employment effect (start)
24 September 2013
Foreseen end date
31 October 2013
Description
The Estonian state-owned passenger railway company Elektriraudtee is to create 100 new jobs by the end of 2013, increasing its total workforce up to 265 people.
As announced, the recruitment process will last till the end of October and refers to 50 train drivers and 50 customer service providers in order for the company to be able to take over long-distance train lines from January 2014.
The new employees will attend training courses during November and December 2013 and start working from the beginning of 2014.
Sources
24 September 2013: Delfi
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Elektriraudtee, Business expansion in Estonia, factsheet number 75910, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75910.
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