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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
900 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 December 2016
Description
Spanish IT consultancy firm, Gfi Espana, is planning to hire up to 900 workers in 2016. After this business expansion, the company will have a workforce of 2,500 employees in Spain. Workers will be hired for many different areas such as intelligence & big data, mobile, open source and middleware and SOA-BPM. Workers will be hired in the offices located in the following Spanish cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Sevilla, Alicante, San Sebastián, Zamudio, Vitoria and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Sources
12 April 2016: La Vanguardia
13 April 2016: Computing
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Gfi, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 87116, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87116.
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