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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
20,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
30 March 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
On Thursday 30 March 2017, the Germany-based engineering and electronics company Bosch announced the plan to create 20,000 new jobs by the end of the year. New hires are planned mainly in the IT and software departments but more jobs will create also in manufacturing. Mechanical engineers and software developers will have particularly good chances.
Job creation is part of a global recruitment programme and Bosch will recruit world wide. Germany will benefit by around 3,400 new employees, India 3,100 and China 2,500.
Bosch currently employs around 375,000 employees worldwide.
Sources
30 March 2017: Stuttgarter Nachrichten (online)
4 April 2017: Just auto
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Bosch, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 90710, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90710.