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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
5,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Due to growing business, German car manufacturer BMW is to create 5,000 jobs in Germany in the course of 2015. Worldwide, a total amount of 8,000 jobs will be created.
According to BMW's chief human resources officers, specialist in the areas of alternative power units, light construction and IT will be most sought after. Moreover, the company hopes to attract more female workers. The works council chairman had already announced the job creation in Februar, now BMW has confirmed the numbers.
BMW currently employs around 110,000 people worldwide and is one of the biggest car producers in Germany.
There have been several rounds of job creations in the past years (see BMW-2010, BMW-01/2011, BMW-05/2011, BMW-2013) and staff have been increasing constantly.
Sources
2 March 2015: Handelsblatt
1 March 2015: Die Welt Online
Citation
Eurofound (2015), BMW, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 78745, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78745.
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