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The Internal Revenue Service this month is holding virtual and in-person information events in support of its effort to hire more than 4,000 customer service representatives. The effort comes as the the ability of the IRS to provide service declined during the pandemic.
Both English and English/Spanish positions are available full-time with no need for prior tax experience. A schedule of virtual events is available on the IRS website.
Interested job seekers are encouraged to bring resumés and two forms of identification, such as state driver's license and/or state identification card, birth certificate, U.S. passport, military ID or Social Security card. Qualified applicants will receive tentative job offers at the in-person events.
In-person events will be held in Andover, Mass.; Atlanta, Ga.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Fresno and Oakland, Calif.; Brookhaven, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Memphis, Tenn.; and Caguas, Puerto Rico, with registration available on the IRS careers page.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind