LUFKIN — Etech, a Nacogdoches-based call center company and business process outsourcer, plans to add 150 workers at its Lufkin location in the next 30 days. Director of Recruiting, Roby Somerford, said Etech\u2019s clients, which include Fortune 500 companies, are giving the company more work assisting with inbound and outbound customers service, technical support and sales lead generation.<\/p>\n
According to Somerford, the new positions are full-time, permanent entry-level positions with an hourly pay rate of $8-$9 to start. Training would last a week or two, depending on the campaign, which includes DeVry University and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicle\u2019s MyPlates. There are also higher pay opportunities for those with bilingual skills and those willing to work on weekends, he said.<\/p>\n
Applicants can go to the company\u2019s website at http:\/\/www.etechtexas.com<\/a>, he said, then receive a confirming email. Applicants will then receive a pre-screening call which could result in an on-site interview which will also include a grammar, computer and typing test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LUFKIN — Etech, a Nacogdoches-based call center company and business process outsourcer, plans to add 150 workers at its Lufkin location in the next 30 days. Director of Recruiting, Roby Somerford, said Etech\u2019s clients, which include Fortune 500 companies, are giving the company more work assisting with inbound and outbound customers service, technical support and … Continue reading Lufkin’s Etech to Add 150 Workers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-30 16:26:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158764"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159079,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158764\/revisions\/159079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}