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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Architectural And Engineering Activities; Technical Testing And Analysis 71.20 - Technical testing and analysis
1,400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 November 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
The Bureau Veritas group, the French leader in procedures to ensure product compliance, is continuing its growth and development and plans to recruit 1,400 people in France in 2020. The group already has 8,500 employees in France. This recruitment campaign concerns all professions and in particular the most qualified functions in the certification professions. The group has a turnover of €5 billion. In 2019 Bureau Veritas hired 1,000 people in France as wel as in 2016.
Eurofound (2019), Bureau Veritas, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 99117, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99117.
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