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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
10 November 2016
Foreseen end date
30 November 2017
Description
The office equipment firm Xerox has announced the recruitment of about 200 employees in South-France in its new call-centre at Sofia-Antipolis. The site has opened in May 2016 and 200 employees already work there, meaning that the total workforce will reach 400 employees in the coming months. The group has already announced in February 2016 to recruit 200 employees to increase commercial workforce.
Sources
9 November 2016: France 3 Côte d'Azur
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Xerox General Services, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 89080, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89080.
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