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AT&T to hire 600 new workers in Georgia

By David Markiewicz
June 6, 2013

AT&T said Thursday it is immediately hiring for 600 new full-time and part-time jobs across Georgia.

The positions are in network construction and maintenance, customer support and retail.

Many of the jobs come from AT&T’s Project Velocity, a three-year, multibillion dollar investment to expand its national wireless and wired IP broadband networks.

The company said wages and benefits would be competitive.

AT&T has 21,000 employees in Georgia.

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