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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Intermediation service activities for retail sale 47.91 - Intermediation service activities for non-specialised retail sale
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 August 2017
Employment effect (start)
18 August 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Internet retailer eMag, which is part of the South-African group Naspers, will create 100 new jobs at its Bucharest centre by the end of 2017. The new positions are for data scientists and business intelligence specialists. The company currently employs about 1,400 people in Romania and another 2,400 people in Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland.
Previously in 2016, eMag recruited hundreds of people. eMag recruits continuously throughout the year due to the high number of online orders.
Sources
18 August 2017: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2017), eMag, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 91863, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91863.
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