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Education Education Other Education 85.59 - Other education n.e.c.
67 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 September 2018
Employment effect (start)
18 September 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The Swedish coaching, training and matching company AlphaCE is reducing staff because of reduced cooperation with the Swedish public employment service Arbetsförmedlingen.
Arbetsförmedlingen has, over the last year, significantly reduced its collaboration with external partners which directly affects AlphaCEs business opportunities. Statistics from 2017 and 2018 show that the number of customers directed to AlphaCE from Arbetsförmedlingen has dropped by 50% over the one-year period. This trend is reoccurring for the whole industry.
The CEO of AlphaCE comments: 'In a service company wages are the main cost, and when revenue falls quickly, we need to adapt our organisation according to the new state even if there are many job seekers who would need our help'.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), AlphaCE, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 95468, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95468.
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