Company Hiring In Mobile For About 200 Jobs

A national company has the "Help Wanted" sign out for about 200 people here in the Mobile area.
Its an opportunity to talk to and help people from around the country.
A large building on Demetropolis Road houses a national phone call center for Sears, one of only about twenty the company has in the United States.
And Sears is hiring customer service and sales representatives in Mobile to answer calls from people around the country.
Sheila Baudy with Sears said, "Some of them will service our customers who are calling in for parts to service their appliances and/or their lawn and garden equipment. We also have customer service positions open to handle complaints as well as support the stores."
Christopher Duncan has been working here for almost a year.
Duncan said, "Its a good environment. Every day it's a different customer. You interact with a lot of people every day."
Baudy said, "We're ramping up for our lawn and garden season starting April the first, so we're really starting to hire right now in February and March."
A government agency in Mobile is hiring, too.
The Mobile County Personnel Board hires for city and county departments.
Donald Dees, the director of the Mobile County Personnel Board, said those groups include "the Mobile County Racing Commission, the Mobile County Emergency Management Association, and the Mobile County Health Department, so we have jobs available for most if not all of those agencies."
If you're interested in applying for the call center jobs, you can apply in person at 3412 Demetropolis Road.