Essar-owned Aegis to create over 5,000 jobs in US

Essar-owned Aegis, a global outsourcing and technology services company, said it plans to create more than 5,000 jobs at its centres in the US over the next four months, PTI reported.

"We have expanded our engagements with existing clients, which will result in our hiring of more than 5,000 people. This hiring will take place in all US cities, in which we have operations," Aegis Global Chief Executive Sandip Sen said in a release here.

In 2011, the company had joined the jobs4america Coalition and pledged to hire more than 4,000 workers in the US over the next two years, he said, adding Aegis have already accomplished this goal.

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