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Randstad, a human resources company, is to recruit 100 employees for call centre assistance at Altices' customer service unit in Castelo Branco by the end of this year with a possible further 100 in 2016. According to the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training (Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional - IEFP) there are 3,000 unemployed persons in Castelo Branco. This new contact centre will provide services to Altices' French customers.
Sources
10 July 2015: Noticias ao minuto
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Randstad, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 84281, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84281.
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