Many of us who live on Amelia Island, in Fernandina Beach and in Nassau County work for companies in Duval County and since many of our neighbors are out of work, they may want to take a look at Lender Processing Services.
Yes, there was nearly $3 million in city and state incentives used to bring these jobs to Jacksonville. Those jobs could easily have gone to any one of LPS’ 30 other campuses nationwide, whose municipalities were likely bidding and negotiating for those jobs to come to their cities, but the River City came out on top.
The following was taken from an article published in the Jacksonville Business Journal, “Thanks to the (Jacksonville) City Council, the JEDC, Mayor (John) Peyton and the state representatives, LPS’ request for incentives to hire 350 people in Jacksonville were approved,” said Michelle Kersch, LPS’ senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. “We plan to begin filling these during the second quarter of 2010.”
Salaries for these new positions average nearly $45K plus benefits. LPS plans to hire 175 people by the end of 2010 and the rest throughout 2011.
Are you out of work and looking for a job?