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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.02 - Computer consultancy activities
2,300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Steria, an IT consultancy company, has announced its plan to recruit 2,300 employees in 2017 on permanent employment contracts. 30% of the workforce will be recruited in Ile-de-France and the rest in different sites all over France. The company is also offering 350 work-study contracts (concluded for over 6 months) and 1,000 internships with the possibility of future employment for the half of them.
Steria, founded in 1969, provides consulting services for its clients' core business processes in different fields as software publishing, consulting, security, infrastructure management and technology service. It develops and operates information systems for its clients. The company has 38,000 employees working in 20 countries. It is listed on the Euronext Paris market.
Sources
12 October 2016: Zone Bourse
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Sopra Steria Group, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 88960, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88960.
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