More than 1,500 resumes flooded into the Tri-Town Strategic Economic Development Unit by mid-June to fill between 250 and 300 positions for a proposed call centre development.
Applicants from the Tri-Town area, Latchford, Temagami and Kirkland Lake responded to a public call by the development agency to keep the municipality in the running for the opportunity to secure a customer relations management centre.
Watts Communication Inc. of Toronto wants between 1,000 and 1,500 applicants before it considers locating a centre in the community. The Tri-Towns are reportedly in competition for the facility with a number of other communities, whose identities are being withheld. A decision is expected in the coming weeks. Meetings have been held between Watts' representatives and various funding agencies.
Watts Communication Inc. of Toronto operates nine centres in three provinces, employing 1,200.
