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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.2 - Management consultancy activities
185 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 July 2018
Employment effect (start)
17 July 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Sykes, an American company delivering business process outsourcing services, plans to expand its operations in Romania by recruiting 185 new employees in Cluj Napoca, Sibiu and Oradea by the end of 2018.
The company currently employs 1,364 employees in Romania.
The group has approximately 54,000 employees worldwide and operates in 23 countries.
In 2017, the company advertised 220 new positions for all its operation centers in Cluj Napoca, Sibiu and Oradea.
Sources
17 July 2018: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Sykes Entreprises Eastern Europe, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 94726, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94726.
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