Stream Expands in Beaverton

BEAVERTON, Ore., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stream Global Services, Inc. (NYSE Amex: SGS), a premium business process outsource (BPO) service provider specializing in customer relationship management for the Fortune 1000, today announced an aggressive hiring campaign with an aim to hire nearly 500 people in its Beaverton, Oregon site, beginning immediately.  Company executives revealed the plans to Stream personnel internally while launching an employee referral program designed to help meet the need to hire several hundred qualified candidates for the company's growing customer service platforms and offerings.  Stream recently added a new, high-profile consumer electronics client to the site and will be providing technical and customer support to its gaming platform customers, nationwide.

According to Stream Chairman and CEO, Scott Murray, "We are extremely excited to be bringing on this new, well-known consumer gaming brand to the Beaverton roster of clients.  The company has recently selected Stream's Beaverton site to support their customer service and technical support needs, and we intend to do all that we can to expeditiously accommodate their needs and build a world-class support team."  The Beaverton service center currently handles inbound customer service and technical support calls for several leading Fortune 1000 corporations including many globally recognized technology brands.

Since beginning operations in Beaverton in 1993, Stream has grown to employ approximately 500 people in the site in several unique customer service capacities.  The company's latest hiring initiative will bring the center to well over 1,000 employees making it one of the larger employers in the region.  Stream Human Resources executive Darla Bond, who leads the team responsible for sourcing, interviewing, and hiring the substantial number of personnel required to meet the aggressive hiring goal was cautiously optimistic about the challenge facing the company.  "With local unemployment exceeding the 10 percent mark, we are confident that the local community will embrace and welcome this news and Stream will be successful in securing the technical support talent required to achieve our hiring goals. In addition, we believe this is a fantastic opportunity for local jobseekers.  Not only are our initial hiring targets aggressive, but we are offering exciting short-term career growth opportunities for those showing the potential for higher-level tech support.  All advanced support teams will be hired 100 percent internally, providing career advancement opportunities as soon as ninety days after training."  

Stream executives, in both Beaverton and at their corporate offices in Wellesley, Massachusetts, confirmed that hiring will begin immediately and that the employee referral program is already underway.

About Stream Global Services:

Stream Global Services is a premium business process outsource (BPO) service provider specializing in customer relationship management services including sales, customer care and technical support for Fortune 1000 companies. Stream is a trusted partner to some of the world's leading technology, computing, telecommunications, retail, entertainment/media, and financial services companies. Our service programs are delivered through a set of standardized best practices and sophisticated technologies by a highly skilled workforce of approximately 30,000 employees based out of 50 locations in 22 countries supporting more than 35 languages. Stream continues to expand its global presence and service offerings to increase revenue, improve operational efficiencies and drive brand loyalty for its clients. To learn more about the company and its complete service offering, please visit www.stream.com.

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