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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Non-specialised retail sale 47.12 - Other non-specialised retail sale
474 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
In the framework of a European recruitment campaign to hire 5,000 employees, Amazon will recruit 474 people in Luxembourg. The on-line retailer has already 1,500 employees in Luxembourg, up from around a 1,000 in early 2016. The Grand-Duchy hosts the American online retailer's European headquarters. The posts on offer include a mix of high-skilled - for engineers and business graduates - and less qualified jobs.
Sources
20 February 2017: Paperjam
5 June 2017: HRone.lu
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Amazon, Business expansion in Luxembourg, factsheet number 91096, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/91096.
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