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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 February 2020
Employment effect (start)
7 February 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
The French information technology and business consultancy company Capgemini has announced that it will create 200 new jobs at its unit in Katowice in 2020. The company is looking for IT specialists, including programmers, IT developers and architects, as well as specialists in AI, automation, robotics and machine learning, with knowledge of foreign languages, especially English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Finish and Swedish.
Capgemini operates in 40 countries and employs 220,000 people worldwide. The company has been operating in Poland since 1996 and has seven offices across the country (Wrocław, Kraków, Katowice, Warszawa, Poznań, Lublin and Opole). The Polish branches provide services in nearly 20 languages. Previous restructurings took place in November 2018 (100 jobs created), and December 2017 (500 jobs created), January 2019 (100 jobs created) and May 2019 (200 jobs created).
Eurofound (2020), Capgemini, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 99831, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99831.
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