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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.0 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
24 April 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
The French-owned engineering and technology consulting company Alten has announced it will create 500 new positions at its centres in Bucharest, Timișoara, Cluj and Iași by 2020. The open positions are for engineers.
Alten counts approximately 1,000 employees in Romania, which includes the recently opened second centre in Bucharest.
Alten employs more than 28,000 people in 20 countries.
In 2017, the company advertised 200 new jobs for its centre in Iasi.
Sources
24 April 2018: company official press release
25 April 2018: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Alten, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 93914, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93914.
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