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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
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 May 2015
Employment effect (start)
7 May 2015
Foreseen end date
31 May 2015
Description
The Portuguese subsidiary of call centre operator Teleperformance is to create 400 new sales jobs in May. The centre is located in ‘Parque das Nações’ area of Lisbon and provides multilingual services to international clients. According to the company, the acquisition of new customers is the main reason behind this new recruitment drive.
The ERM has reported on other business expansions announced by the company in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
Sources
7 May 2015: Dinheiro Vivo
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Teleperformance, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 79916, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79916.
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