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EMBARQ job fair sees good turnout
Photo by Sue Ryan
Call center trainer
Laura Garcia, left, listens to applicant Elisa Heany during the
Embarq Job Fair Thursday at Waucoma Center in Hood River. Heany
was working on the first step of a skills assessment component
as part of the application process. The call center hosted the
five-hour event as it plans to hire an additional 60 workers for
the Hood River location by spring of 2007. |
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By SUE RYAN
News staff writer
November 15,
2006
The first step toward doubling the call center staff at the Hood
River EMBARQ center took place Thursday.
The center hosted a five-hour job fair, which had a turnout of
60 or more people. Organizers said the turnout included mostly
people from Hood River but also from The Dalles and Washington.
The company has committed to adding 60 more positions by next
spring in Hood River. The center, located at the company’s Wasco
Street Waucoma Center, serves customers in 18 states.
Thursday’s event was the first but most definitely not the last
of the hiring events. Manager Jon Krustsch said the center will
add 20 associates in November, 20 in December, and another 20
next spring.
“Because of the new EMBARQ philosophy of reducing outsourcing in
favor of having more internal agents located within our local
service areas … and also because of the strong results achieved
by our employees,” Krutsch said, of the reasons for the
decision.
At the job fair, applicants were able to test and interview on
the same day. The date for the next job fair has not been set
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