{"id":479,"date":"2008-05-14T16:28:43","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T21:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/2008\/05\/14\/350-jobs-to-come-to-anderson\/"},"modified":"2008-05-14T16:28:43","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T21:28:43","slug":"350-jobs-to-come-to-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/350-jobs-to-come-to-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"350 jobs to come to Anderson!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release <\/span><\/o:p><\/span>Contact: Kara Borie, SCDOC, 803-737-1998<\/o:p><\/span>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span>Cross Country Home Services to Locate Customer Care Facility in Anderson<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong>$3 Million Investment to Bring 350 Jobs to Anderson County<\/o:p><\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span>COLUMBIA, S.C. <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 May 13, 2008 \u2013 The South Carolina Department of Commerce and the Anderson County Office of Economic Development announced today that Cross Country Home Services (CCHS) will locate a new customer care facility in Anderson, South Carolina.\u00a0 CCHS will invest approximately $3 million and expects to create 350 new jobs.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/span>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span>\u201cAfter an extensive national search, CCHS is pleased to have found a community such as Anderson that provides access to a pool of high-quality prospective employees, an existing facility that meets our needs and a supportive state and local government,\u201d said Sandra Finn, President, CCHS.\u00a0 \u201cAt CCHS, we realize that our most important asset is our people. We believe that our friendly, family-oriented culture that develops the skills of its employees will attract the best and the brightest from the community.\u00a0 Our goal is to become an employer of choice for the residents of Anderson and its surrounding communities.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span>\u201cAs we work to compete in the global marketplace, our state\u2019s ability to attract new investment and jobs is increasingly important.\u00a0 Today\u2019s announcement of Cross Country Home Services\u2019 decision to create 350 jobs here certainly speaks to our success in that regard, as well as to our efforts to enhance the economic soil conditions to encourage business growth.\u00a0 We remain committed to continuing these efforts to keep growing the state\u2019s economy and creating opportunity throughout South Carolina,\u201d said Gov. Mark Sanford.<\/o:p><\/span>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span>\u201cCross Country Home Services is a leading provider of home warranties, service plans, and assistance programs with nearly 30 years of experience and major national and regional clients.\u00a0 Their decision to locate in Anderson County is another sign that our state\u2019s business-friendly climate is working to attract investment that will positively impact the state and local economy with new jobs.\u00a0 Thanks to the team efforts of state and local officials, Anderson County will benefit from this investment,\u201d said Joe Taylor, Secretary of Commerce. <\/o:p><\/span>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span>Heather Jones, Anderson County Director of Economic Development, remarked, \u201cI want to congratulate Cross Country Home Services on the decision to locate its customer care center in Anderson County at the Windsor Place Shopping Center.\u00a0 I\u2019m delighted at the addition of such a highly successful company and its ability to provide quality new jobs to residents of our county.\u201d <\/o:p><\/span>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/em>Dallas based consulting firm, Site Selection Group, Inc. was hired by CCHS to conduct a national site selection search to identify the community most compatible with the company\u2019s operating requirements in the areas of labor availability, real estate and economic incentives.\u00a0 \u201cThis announcement ends a two year national site selection search for our client.\u00a0 Our search results and analysis identified Anderson, S.C. as offering our client the best strategic location, favorable business climate, ample skilled workforce with low competitive saturation and an equitable incentive package.\u00a0 Placing this $3 million investment and these 350 jobs in Anderson, South Carolina is a win-win for all parties,\u201d said Christine Sullivan, V.P. Site Selection Group, Inc.<\/o:p><\/span>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span>Cross Country Home Services Inc. is the leader in helping companies drive revenue and customer loyalty through a comprehensive set of home warranties, home service plans, and homeowner emergency assistance programs.\u00a0 For nearly 30 years, CCHS has provided highly flexible, co-branded and private label service programs for major national and regional clients in the financial services, insurance, real estate and utility industries, as well as affinity groups.\u00a0 The company is focused on operational excellence — from client support, service network management and marketing, to customer service operations and brand stewardship \u2013 to ensure that its clients\u2019 programs run smoothly and deliver results.\u00a0 Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, CCHS is a member of the Cross Country Group, one of the largest privately-held providers of customer service programs in the United States.\u00a0 For more information, visit www.crosscountry-home.com. <\/o:p><\/span>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span>-###- <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release Contact: Kara Borie, SCDOC, 803-737-1998\u00a0Cross Country Home Services to Locate Customer Care Facility in Anderson$3 Million Investment to Bring 350 Jobs to Anderson County\u00a0COLUMBIA, S.C. \u2013 May 13, 2008 \u2013 The South Carolina Department of Commerce and the Anderson County Office of Economic Development announced today that Cross Country Home Services (CCHS) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2gEQ0-7J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}