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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.59 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 August 2014
Employment effect (start)
20 August 2014
Foreseen end date
1 July 2015
Description
Swedish company Ikea announced plans to create between 200 and 250 jobs at its new store in Bydgoszcz. The store will be operational in the second half of 2015, but the company has started already recruiting. Currently, the company is looking for interior decorators and visual communication specialists with foreign language skills, especially English. The company is also looking for salespersons, cashiers, logistics specialists, restaurant and bistro staff, HR specialists. The company will provide special trainings for the employed staff.
Sources
20 August 2014: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Ikea, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 77521, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77521.
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