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NEW Job Growth for Central Louisiana - Thursday, August 12, 2010

N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, Inc. (NEW), the nation’s leading provider of extended service plans and buyer protection programs for consumer products, together with Louisiana’s Governor Bobby Jindal today announced plans to hire as many as 200 customer service employees in the central part of the state depending upon applicant flow to support a Work-at-Home call center program.

Central Louisiana boosters see some success, much opportunity - Monday, August 23, 2010

Reprinted from The Alexandria Town Talk
A Virginia-based customer-service company announced earlier this month that it will hire 200 people in Central Louisiana to work from home. N.E.W. Customer Service Companies handles service plans for retail giants such as Walmart, Toys R Us and Kmart. It is hiring people for work-at-home, customer-service jobs.

It's the kind of announcement some in Central Louisiana don't think comes frequently enough."It's definitely 'What have you done for me lately?'" said Rick Ranson, vice president of economic development for the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce. "If you get a Union Tank Car [which located to the area in 2006], they get off you for a while. Then it's back to 'What are you guys doing over there?'"