He revealed that the company is Call Center industry leader, GlobCom.

Martinez Manzueta, also stated that the company is interested in expanding its services to San Francisco de Macoris, as part of its development and growth strategy.

He said that this company’s opening constitutes a portion of CEI-RD’s institucional philosophy in attracting foreign investment to create and generate employment sources.

Martinez Mazueta informed that Globcom is currently operating a Call Center in Santiago de los Caballeros that employs more that 200 people among agents and administrative staff.

He explained that the company signed a contract with a foreign organization, allowing them to unify commercial criteria and generate more than 1,600 jobs in the country’s northern region, mainly in this city.

“The biggest challenge for agents is to recruit more 1,400 people in the months to come” he said when participating in the conference “Free Trade Agreements, Impact in Businesses” lectured by members of the Association of Public Accountants of San Francisco de Macoris.

Additionally, he expressed that the creation of new jobs and new foreign investment company openings represents the policies implemented by President Leonel Fernandez.

Source: DominicanToday.com

Each station will be staffed by at least 16 people working in maintenance and service, and each worker will have a replacement.

With sixteen stations going into service some time during the second half of the year, this means a total of 1,024 new jobs at this level. This figure does not take into consideration all the jobs that will be created in the operational and management areas, which are yet to be announced.

The OPRET office has announced a new series of tests for the Santo Domingo Metro mainline. However, according to sources close to the scene, the system will not open for business until after the 16 May elections. An engineer who is working on the elevated portion of the railway system told Listin Diario reporters that government officials and employees have been invited to the trials. The same source also confirmed that many details still needed to be fixed before the system could enter into service. Carrasco meanwhile denied rumors that the subway system would be used to transport people attending the Book Fair this month.

Source: Dr1.com