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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Information And Communication Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.4 - Retail sale of information and communication equipment in specialised stores
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 November 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Chinese telecommunication equipment producer Huawei announced that it will create around 100 jobs at its units across Poland. The company will be looking for sales specialists, and the recruitment process begins on 1 December 2017 in 11 cities in Poland (Warszawa, Kraków, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Katowice, Lublin, Rzeszów, Bydgoszcz and Białystok). The Decision to increase employment capacity has been encouraged by the fact that the company's sales in the Polish market continues to grow. At the end of September 2017, Huawei had the share of 23% of smartphone sales in the country. Huawei is a leading global provider of ICT equipment and services.
Sources
30 November 2017: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Huawei, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92834, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92834.
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