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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

Did it say that they would be in the UK, or overseas?

Lets hope they aren't overseas, for the sake of both jobs in the UK, and also for the sanity of customers.

The new recruits will join Virgin Media over the coming weeks and will be based in a number of locations across the country, with the majority in Manchester and Swansea.

The company is looking to fill 500 customer service positions in its call centres and will provide on the job training for all the roles. The agents will spend six weeks undergoing extensive training and will learn about Virgin Media’s market leading products as well as the skills for delivering excellent customer service.

Virgin Media is also on the look out for 120 people they can train up as engineers as part of its apprenticeship scheme. The programme is now in its fourth year and has already placed 530 people into roles within the company. The successful scheme is focused on attracting young people, particularly school leavers, and allows them to gain qualifications whilst earning money