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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
14 April 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Webhelp, a customer services company specialising in business process outsourcing, has announced its intention to create 200 jobs in Porto by the end of 2017. Webhelp has been operating in Portugal since 2000 and has a staff of 800 between Lisbon and Porto, of which 150 are based in Porto. According to the director of the company, the new employees do not need to have any specific experience, but must have a good knowledge of the French language.
Webhelp is currently present in 27 countries and has about 35,000 employees.
Sources
14 April 2017: Negócios
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Webhelp, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 90813, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90813.
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