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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Insurance, Reinsurance And Pension Funding, Except Compulsory Social Security 65 - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 February 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2010
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Dutch banking and insurance company ING announced the creation of 150 jobs in the new regional centre opened at Cluj Napoca. Recruitment of managers and team leaders started at the beginning of January 2010; the company will continue with the recruitment of IT specialists, and personnel for accounting and operational posts until the end of the year. The Cluj centre will provide services to Romanian companies as well as other companies based in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary.
On 7 May, the company announced the intention to hire another 150 employees in 2010 and possibly 700 employees by the end of 2013 at Cluj office.
Eurofound (2010), ING Asigurari Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 70225, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70225.
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