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Information / Computing 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 62.9 - Other information technology and computer service activities 62.90 - Other information technology and computer service activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 November 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Red Hat, an American multinational software company, is expanding its Brno site and envisages to add at least 100 new jobs to the existing 900 during 2016. According to experts, the market is getting saturated and it becomes increasingly difficult to hire new IT specialists. There is a general shortage of technically educated people in the Czech Republic. Globally, the firm employs 7,900 people.
Sources
11 November 2015: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Red Hat, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 85400, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/85400.