Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Bassin Parisien; Basse-Normandie; Calvados
Location of affected unit(s)
Caen (Calvados)
Sector
Administrative Services
Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities
Activities Of Call Centres
82.2 - Activities of call centres

250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
17 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2006
Foreseen end date
29 June 2007

Description

Webhelp, a call centre company located in Caen, in the north of Paris, announced on 17 October 2006 that it will recruit 250 new employees between November 2006 and June 2007. Created in November 2005, the Webhelp Caen has experienced strong growth in its activity of data processing. The director of Webhelp Caen announced that the company will recruit young people without formal degrees and qualifications and will provide them with training. The group Webhelp, with 2,700 employees in the world, is also established in Morocco and in Romania. The number of employees in Caen is 538.


Sources

  • 18 October 2006: Ouest France

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Webhelp, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64273, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64273.