A local business is hiring to fill 400 additional permanent jobs at its St. Joseph location.

Alorica, a customer service solutions business announced the job openings Tuesday.  Ken Muche, Alorica Dir. of Global Public Relations said the additional jobs are due to more business from a current client.(correction)

“Alorica is the largest provider of customer service to the U.S. market in the world,” Muche said. “With 100,000 employees and more than 102 offices in the United States we are expanding, we are growing and right here in St. Joseph we are adding 400 jobs.  Everything from vendor relations, to customer relations to trainers, supervisor jobs, etc.”

Muche said the positions offer a competitive salary.

“If I actually gave a number today then tomorrow the competition would come out and offer 10 cents more. So I can’t do that.  But I can tell you that it is competitive, there is a benefit plan in place as well,” Muche said. “These are not seasonal.  They’re also not temporary. These are new incremental, permanent jobs.  The client has come to us and said, ‘Hey, you’ve done some good work here, we would like to give you more of our business.’ They are a huge business themselves, they have a lot of customers that need help and so we’re expanding to meet the demand.”

Alorica currently employees more than 570 people at its St. Joseph office located at 4315 Pickett Road. Muche said people looking for a job need to stop by and apply in person.

“It’s a variety of different things that we’re looking for. Engaging people, people who like to help other people, or maybe you’re a good writer and you like engaging people that way. We’re looking for people who like helping others,” Muche said. “If you like helping people and interacting with folks and making a difference that way we want you on team Alorica.”

For more information on open positions at Alorica, CLICK HERE.