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Retail Wholesale And Retail Trade And Repair Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Trade Of Motor Vehicle Parts And Accessories 45.32 - Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
The management of Carglass, the largest company in the replacement and automobile repair of glazing, announced the recruitment of 400 technicians by the end of 2017 to support its development. Carglass has increased the number of its centres the last four years from 230 in 2012 to 450 in 2016. 40 were opened in 2016. There is no required diploma to be recruited and each hired employee will receive at least a four-weeks training to reach the required qualification. A former recruitment plan was recorded in 2006 with 200 job creations.
Sources
25 January 2017: Décision atelier
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Carglass, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 89958, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89958.
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