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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 January 2014
Employment effect (start)
30 January 2014
Foreseen end date
30 June 2014
Description
Webhelp Romania, the national branch of French call centre service provider Webhelp, announced it will recruit 400 people through an online recruitment campaign in the first half of 2014.
As reported, the majority of the jobs will be located in the Bucharest site and the company already employs approximately 1,000 people across Romania.
As announced, the roles available are for consultants, back office advisers, customer advisers, sales assistants, customer services relationship assistants and digital writers.
According to the sources, the average salary for an employee at the call centre is €200 - 300 per month.
Eurofound (2014), Webhelp Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 76524, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76524.
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