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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
28 June 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Swedish bank Swedbank has commenced with a major recruitment. About 500 digital specialists will be recruited by 2019. This includes programmers, software engineers and app specialists. About 100 people will be recruited on a monthly basis. Digital banking manager Lotta Lovén says that Swedbank needs to position itself in terms of the digital transformation to pave way for the future. Lotta Lovén adds there is a competence shift at the bank due the need for a new type of digital competences. The investments are expected to fit the bank's cost ceiling, also because many retiring employees used to have high wages.
There is no information regarding in which part of the country the new positions will be opened.
Sources
28 June 2018: Breakit
28 June 2018: Dagens Industri
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Swedbank, Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 94478, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94478.
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