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Professional Services Professional, Scientific And Technical Activities Other Professional, Scientific And Technical Activities 74.9 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 November 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
OKIN BPS, a leading provider of support services for businesses in Europe, plans to hire 500 new specialists for its Ostrava centre in 2015. The new employees will be involved in the area of customer support and telecommunication services. The knowledge of English and other languages will be required.
OKIN BPS has been operating in Ostrava since 2004 and currently employs 970 people.
Sources
21 November 2014: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2014), OKIN BPS, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 77881, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77881.
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