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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 December 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
French information technology and business consultancy company Capgemini has announced that it will recruit about 500 employees at its units across Poland in 2018. The company created approximately 500 new jobs in Poland in 2017 and plans to do the same in 2018, mainly in the area of business processes such as finance, accounting and HR. The company is looking for specialists with knowledge of foreign languages, especially English, French, German, Flemish, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
Capgemini operates in 40 countries and employs 190,000 people worldwide. Capgemini has been operating in Poland since 1996 and employs over 7,000 people in six offices across the country (Wrocław, Kraków, Katowice, Warszawa, Poznań and Opole). The Polish branches provide services in nearly 30 languages.
Sources
19 December 2017: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Capgemini, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92897, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92897.
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