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(46 - 47) Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.78 - Retail sale of other new goods
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 July 2025
Employment effect (start)
9 July 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
The Atol Les opticiens cooperative chain plans to recruit 200 new employees in 2025 to expand its business in France. The positions will be spread across its 800 shops, its logistics platform in Beaune and its head office in Antony. They include opticians, sales fitters, hearing aid technicians, order pickers and telephone advisers, as well as more specialised positions such as marketing project managers and data analysts.
Moreover, the company is also offers training through its Atol School, to enables sales people convert to new carrer as opticians. In this recruitement campaign, a wide range of contracts are on offer, including permanent and fixed-term contracts, work placements and work-study contracts.
Eurofound (2025), Atol Les Opticiens, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 203070, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203070.
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