NEW Customer Service Companies is adding 200 new, home-based jobs in Central Louisiana. The company is seeking to hire customer care representatives in the coming two years.

"It is rewarding, especially during these economic times, to enter new markets across the U.S. and bring new jobs into communities," said NEW Vice President of Contact Center Resource Planning Mitch Carroll. "Our work-at-home program has generated outstanding results for us for the past five years. We are thrilled to work with communities like Alexandria who support the skill set and work ethic we are looking for to deliver outstanding customer care."

The close proximity to Fort Polk attracted NEW to the area. It plans to hire locals of the army base. Governor Bobby Jindal called the base's residents "an untapped work force that is a great fit for NEW's customer care representative jobs."