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Adminstrative / Support Services Employment activities Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions 78.2 - Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 April 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
Norwegian consulting firm Techconsult is hiring between 100 and 150 new employees, primarily engineers. The recruitment process has already started, and the new positions will be filled before the end of the year.
The reason for the expansion is the largest new contract in the company's 15-year history. Techconsult has been hired to supply ABB with engineers, technical assistance and administrative personnel to all divisions in the ABB corporation.
Sources
5 April 2014: Budstikka
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Techconsult, Business expansion in Norway, factsheet number 76829, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76829.
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