Those looking for full-time employment who have a limited education can often find success with call centers. In California, Advanced Call Center Technologies is looking to bring on 500 new workers by the end of the year, according to the Sacramento Bee.
The Pennsylvania-based firm is seeking to hire workers at a starting salary of approximately $9 an hour and place them at a work site in Sacramento next month. Over the next few years, the company is seeking to hire as many as 2,000 new employees, bringing some much-needed opportunities to the area.
The leadership of the firm said that it was attracted by the advantageous tax credits and the type of talent available.
"We really liked the area a lot, we like the employee base there," said Jimmy Griffiths, chief financial officer.
While the new opportunities are considered positive for California's capital city, the unemployment rate of 10.8 percent is higher than the national average. According to the Employment Development Department, there were 4,400 jobs added during the month of May, showing that progress was being made.