{"id":18651,"date":"2018-08-12T09:42:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T13:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18651"},"modified":"2018-08-12T09:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T13:42:59","slug":"100-former-call-center-workers-to-find-jobs-with-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/100-former-call-center-workers-to-find-jobs-with-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"100 former call center workers to find jobs with the government"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government says it will employ some people who have been displaced as a result of the close of the call center.<\/p>

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NCO closed on July 31st<\/sup> leaving close to 400 people without work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government was criticized for not doing enough for the former employees.<\/p>

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However, Chief of Staff Lionel Max Hurst says at least 100 of them will be employed by the government.<\/p>

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\u201cThe prime minister has made an arrangement to hire at least 100 of those young women because they are mainly young women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hurst said they will be employed as data entry clerks \u201cbecause we are digitizing a lot of the records; births deaths, marriages and so forth.\u201d<\/p>

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He did not give details about the application or selection process nor did he indicate when they will be hired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lionel “Max Hurst, Government’s Chief of Staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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