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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.02 - Computer consultancy activities
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
The IT company ITS group and its subsidiaries in France will recruit about 300 employees in 2017 to reinforce its teams. According to its website, "ITS Group offers specialised added-value solutions and services and provides IT managers with an approach based on the optimisation and industrialisation of infrastructures and software". The group participates in many job fairs events at engineers institutes to find new employees and has built links with some of these institutes. ITS group supports companies in their digitalisation. Its turnover reached €188 million in 2016.
Sources
2 March 2017: Edubourse
1 March 2017: ITS Group press release
Citation
Eurofound (2017), ITS Group, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 90421, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90421.
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