Lynchburg call center to add 200 jobs

A Lynchburg call center will conduct a job fair next week to begin hiring 200 jobs.

The hiring by StarTek will nearly double its current payroll of 250. The News & Advance reports the hiring is the second expansion in the past four months.


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Human resources manager Linda Wilkinson said Thursday the new hires will work as customer service agents handling billing issues for a StarTek client. The company does not identify its clients.

The jobs will pay $9 an hour and. After 60 days on the job, employees will receive a full benefits package.

StarTek will hold the job fair on Tuesday.