Qwest to add 275 jobs in Idaho Falls – will begin hiring immediately

Qwest Communications International Inc. will add 275 new jobs for its sales center here.

About 95 percent of the jobs will be entry-level customer service positions earning about $11.50 per hour, while the remainder will be management positions, spokesman Mike Reynoldson said Thursday.

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The company is expanding its 5-year-old sales center, which now employs about 225 workers.

Qwest will begin hiring immediately.

When fully staffed, the Idaho Falls operation will be Qwest´s largest single consumer service center in its 14-state region.

“The creation of these jobs is a testament to Idaho´s ongoing efforts to attract quality jobs, along with valuable business investment,” Gov. Dirk Kempthorne said in a statement.

The center will continue to handle calls from Qwest customers throughout the company´s 14-state service region.