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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 September 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Affiliated Computer Services of Poland will invest on the area of Kraków Special Economic Zone.
ACS Poland will construct an innovative business processes outsourcing centre, servicing external clients. The services will include call centres, IT and financial outsourcing. ACS Poland will create 500 jobs, employing people with finance or IT-related educational background, with the knowledge of foreign languages. The company will employ workers with little experience, who want to improve their qualifications, as well as professionals who will hold managerial positions.
Eurofound (2005), Affiliated Computer Services of Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 62193, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62193.
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