Overview

The quality of an area’s workforce is vitally important when considering relocation or expansion of a business. The Greer area is one of the fastest growing areas in South Carolina that offers a population that is young, diverse, educated and upwardly mobile. The metropolitan area of Upstate South Carolina has over 1 million residents and a laborforce of over 600,000. Unemployment and underemployment in the region offer new and existing businesses an available supply of workers to choose from as they grow their business.

Training the workforce for tomorrows skills is the job of the states award winning technical education system. Working in partnership with industry provides a win-win for the local technical colleges. In the Greer area, technical training and continuing education is provided by Greenville Technical College at their Greer campus and Spartanburg Technical College at their SC Hwy 290 campus. Customized training programs are provided through the Center for Accelerated Technology Training (CATT). The local Workforce Investment Board “One Stop” program also provides a constant supply of trained workers for new and existing businesses.

South Carolina is a right-to-work state, which prohibits the existence of closed union shops, maintenance of membership clauses, preferential hiring and any other stipulations mandating union membership. The Greer area is home to several of the nation’s leading labor law firms and a united community effort is made to minimize the need for unions. This includes emphasis on good management practices, employee participation, quality circles, and an emphasis on human resource programs.

The following information provides resource material on the size and composition of the local workforce, the availability of workers in the area, wage and salary information, and data on employer and employee relations in the Greer area.