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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.2 - Management consultancy activities
1,006 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 June 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2005
Foreseen end date
28 November 2005
Description
Accenture, which operates in Slovakia since 1992 started with providing outsourcing services for Slovnaft oil refinery in 2002. Currently the subsidiary has five global clients. According to Accenture Slovakia CEO, available qualified labour force with good language skill were decisive when deciding to choose Bratislava as a location for their new business centre. On 7 December 2005, management announced that the subsidiary doubled its staff in Bratislava in November 2005 and some further job creations is foreseen there. According to the director of Slovak subsidiary, Peter Škodný, considering the increasing demand for services provided by the subsidiary in Slovakia, there is a good perspective to employ more people. However, local labour market in not always able to offer enough qualified professionals required for these high quality services.
Sources
23 June 2005: Pravda
7 December 2005: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Accenture Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 61818, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61818.
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