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Région Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijke Gewest;
Location of affected unit(s)
Schaarbeek
Sector
Information / Communication Information Communication Services Telecommunications 61.10 - Wired telecommunications activities
212 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Proximus, a Belgian mobile-phone service provider, has said that it intends to hire over 200 new employees in the first half of 2015. There may also be new hires in the second half. In the period since the beginning of 2015, the company has hired around 50 people. Another 162 hires are planned in the short term in Belgium. They will include 72 technicians, 24 salespeople, 44 IT experts and project managers, and 22 management trainees.
Total employment in the group has fallen from around 15,500 to 14,000 since the beginning of 2014 primarily as a result of divestments.
Sources
26 March 2015: La Libre Belgique
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Proximus, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 79160, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79160.
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