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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.2 - Management consultancy activities
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 June 2017
Employment effect (start)
21 June 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Sykes, an American company delivering business process outsourcing services, plans to expand its operations in Romania by recruiting 220 new employees in Cluj Napoca, Sibiu and Oradea by the end of 2017.
The company has doubled its number of employees in the last 4 years. It currently employs 1,100 employees in Romania.
The group has approximately 54,000 employees worldwide and operates in 23 countries.
Sources
21 June 2017: produsinardeal.ro
22 June 2017: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Sykes Entreprises Eastern Europe, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 91376, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91376.
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