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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 August 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2014
Foreseen end date
31 July 2015
Description
Call centre company Webhelp has announced the recruitment of 200 employees for its site in Étrelles. The job expansion is due to an increased demand for outsourcing services. Webhelp will recruit on permanent employment contracts and on short-term contracts of over 6 months.
The recruitments will be done directly by the company and also through the public employment service Pôle Emploi with the use of a simulation method (méthode de recrutement par simulation).
Sources
28 August 2014: Ouest-France
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Webhelp, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 77507, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77507.
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