For the people jobless right now, NEW is the focus to be. NEW is a leading provider of extended service plans and buyer protection programs for consumer products. They have announced today at a press conference with Gov. Edward G. Rendell plans that they will be opening a new customer service call center in Altoona by May of this year that will bring up to 481 new jobs to the area.

With the addition of the new call center jobs, NEW will become one of the area’s top fifteen largest employers. Last July, NEW established a Work-at-Home Training Center that currently employs 60 people from the Altoona region.

“At a time when too many companies are laying off too many employees, it’s extremely good news that a company, like NEW has chosen Pennsylvania to grow its business and to give hundreds of the region’s hardworking men and women the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families,” Governor Rendell said. “Our investments in the creation and growth of businesses in the commonwealth are vitally important, and our efforts have paid off.”

(Source) Press