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Call Center Expanding

Call Center Expanding

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A company which operates a call center at the Pioneer Mall in Sergeant Bluff Iowa is expanding and adding 400 new jobs. Barry Belcher is the site director of the Convergys facility.


He says they have 80 people already in training at the facility and they hope to fill the rest of the jobs by the end of the year.

Sergeant Bluff Mayor Jon Winkel help found the facility when it was owned by Long Lines Wireless.


Winkel says both Sergeant Bluff and the Siouxland area will benefit from the Convergys expansion.

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