PITTSFIELD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Unemployed people in Pittsfield may get an early Christmas gift this year: a job.
When the Global Contact Services call center in the Somerset Plaza in Pittsfield closed in October, over 60 people lost jobs.
Now, they have a chance to get them back.
Argo Marketing is moving into the old call center's spot, hiring 20-30 immediately.
Argo CEO Jason Levesque said the long-term plan is to fill the call center with around 100 employees.
"They've seen other call centers come and go here, but we're different," said Levesque.
"We're a family operated call center. I live in Maine, our employees live here in Maine," he said.
Argo Marketing, a Lewiston-based company, is expanding to Pittsfield because of the already trained and dedicated work-force, according to Levesque.
Job seekers in town are already expressing interest in the jobs, according to Town Manager Kathryn Ruth.
"There has definitely been excitement since the news broke," said Ruth.
"We've had people calling the town office during the day, and sometimes during the night, too."
The company is accepting job applications on its website, argomarketinggroup.com.
The deadline to apply is Dec. 23. The first training meeting is Dec. 26.
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