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Ex-Georgia recruiter: Bid $1B for Amazon jobs

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By Matt Kempner
Sept 15, 2017

Georgia and Atlanta should offer $1 billion to convince Amazon to put a new headquarters and 50,000 jobs here, a former top recruiter for the state said.

Seattle-based Amazon sparked a nationwide stir with its proposal to locate a second headquarters campus somewhere in North America.

“You have to put lust in their hearts,” said R.K. Sehgal, a former Georgia commissioner of Industry, Trade and Tourism.

How exactly might we do that? Check his unique ideas (and mine) in my latest Unofficial Business column on MyAJC.com.

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Matt Kempner is an award-winning journalist who seeks out intriguing twists about people and subjects beyond what the AJC might typically cover. A former columnist and editor, his past assignments have included business investigations, energy, the economy, entrepreneurs, big business, consumer spending, politics, government and the environment.

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