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EDS to add 1,000 Jobs in Winnipeg

Posted by Rob Lewis on Wed, April 9, 2008 8:39 AM · Filed under Winnipeg , Success Stories · 3 Comments

The Winnipeg Free Press reported yesterday that EDS Canada is spending $18 million to establish an information technology service centre in Winnipeg that could produce up to 1,000 new jobs over the next five years.

The global IT industry leader -- EDS generates about $20 billion in annual revenue -- is refurbishing a 100,000-square-foot Inkster Industrial Park building whose former tenants have also been in the IT sector. EDS already has about 300 employees in the province. The Texas-based company is a major supplier of IT services to the province.

The company is also in the final stages of completing negotiations for a substantial outsourcing contract of administrative services with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.

Among other things, the service centre will provide technical support for clients dealing with a full range of computer hardware and software issues, back-office customer support for financial industry clients and outsourced human resource administrative work.

EDS officials say the new service centre will not be supporting clients from Manitoba at this time. The company estimates that the new centre will contribute about $440 million to the provincial GDP over the next 10 years.

Huge news for Winnipeg.

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3 Comments

Susie Sancho said on Fri, May 16, 2008 at 5:18 AM

Do you have available positions for Administrative/Secretarial jobs? Or any position commensurate to Business administration course.

Denise Desmond said on Sat, June 28, 2008 at 9:42 PM

I was wondering if there was any available possitions for an administrative assistant. I am not sure how to go about getting my resume in to eds.

Greg Andrews said on Tue, July 1, 2008 at 2:38 AM

@Denise, Susie: A little tricky to find as it's under a separate domain, their careers site should be what you're looking for - http://www.edscareers.com/

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