SUMMARY
In addition to online job resources like Career Builder (http://www.careerbuilder.com/) and Monster (http://www.monster.com/) – jobs in Greenville, SC can be searched either online or in print with the Greenville News. Major employers in the Greenville, SC area also provide easy to access job listings on their company web sites for residents of the area as well as employees thinking of relocating to the Greenville area.
ARTICLE
With the growth of the Upstate region in recent years, jobs in Greenville, SC are growing as well. Once the textile capital of the world – Greenville began making a transition in the 1980’s to more of a manufacturing based economy. Now, with the arrival of numerous international companies investing in the region, Greenville has a wide range of jobs based in manufacturing, automotive, health care, and research.
A number of companies have made Greenville a base of operations. Michelin’s North American headquarters is located in Greenville and BMW’s only automotive manufacturing plant in the Americas – the Greenville/Spartanburg BMW plant – is based in Greenville. Other companies like Lockheed Martin, 3M, and Honeywell also have major operations in Greenville.
One great place to research jobs in Greenville, SC is The Greenville News. Greenville’s major daily newspaper – it has a circulation of over 100,000 papers daily. Most major companies and many of the smaller employers in the area post their job listings in the Greenville News. In addition to the print addition – the Greenville News has partnered with the online employment specialist Career Builder to list their job postings online. This makes access to the Greenville job market easy with only a computer and internet connection needed.
Other ways to search for jobs in Greenville, SC is to look at individual employers from the region. The single largest employer in the Greenville area is the Greenville Hospital System which employs almost 8,000 employees. Not far behind them is the Greenville Public School System which employs over 7,000 Upstate residents as teachers and faculty as well as support and administrative staff.
Outside of the public service areas are the private employers. With BMW’s major investment in the area by bringing their manufacturing plant to Greenville where they produce a number of their car lines, they have created over 5,000 jobs in the area. In addition to creating jobs directly for BMW – BMW’s investment in the area has indirectly produced over 23,000 jobs through the more than 40 automotive parts suppliers that have set up shop in the area to work with BMW and Michelin who also employs over 7,000 people in the Greenville area.
Jobs for a number of these major companies can be accessed by looking at the job listings on their company web sites. Career Builder and Monster both contain a large number of listings for jobs in Greenville, SC as well. In addition to these great online resources, the Greenville News provides a fantastic print resource for job listings in the Upstate region.
Update: January, 2010