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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.02 - Computer consultancy activities
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
The French IT consultancy group Devoteam announced that it will recruit 600 employees by the end of 2016. The group has already recruited 400 new employees since the beginning of the year. 80% of the new positions have been created in the region Ile-de-France. Devoteam needs to hire employees experienced in SMACS (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud, Security), although it has stated that it will also take some recent graduates. Devoteam has seen it workforce increase by about 12% in 2015 and currently employs 4,000 people worldwide. Its turnover reached €485 million in 2015.
Sources
18 May 2016: Le Monde Informatique
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Devoteam, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 87619, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87619.
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