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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 May 2019
Employment effect (start)
9 May 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
The French information technology and business consultancy company Capgemini has announced that it will create 200 new jobs at its two centres in Kraków and Katowice. The company is looking for graduates as well as IT specialists, finance specialists and accountants, with knowledge of foreign languages, especially English, German, French and Dutch.
Capgemini operates in 40 countries and employs 200,000 people worldwide. The company has been operating in Poland since 1996 and employs about 8,500 people in six offices across the country (Wrocław, Kraków, Katowice, Warszawa, Poznań and Opole). The Polish branches provide services in nearly 20 languages. Previous restructurings took place in November 2018 (100 jobs created), and December 2017 (500 jobs created) and January 2019 (100 jobs created).
Eurofound (2019), Capgemini Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97742, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97742.
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