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Oct. 9--Telemarketer West Corp. has landed Harrah's casino hotels as a new client and plans to hire 200 new employees for its Universal City service center to handle the increased workload.
Starting pay for the jobs will be $9 an hour, with an additional 50 cents an hour paid to employees who arrive at work on time.
"Growth at West's Universal City location continues to be very robust," said Vanessa J-Douglas, West's divisional director of human resources. The Universal City location has 600 employees now, part of West's 2,600 employees in the San Antonio area.
The new employees will handle incoming telephone calls from customers wanting ...