Top 10 Hot Jobs, Internships and Travel in Myrtle Beach

Near the end of this article, you will find a Live Feed of some current jobs open in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. For additional openings, check Indeed Myrtle Beach for nearly 2,000 listings.

Myrtle Beach, in Horry County on the eastern side of South Carolina at the Atlantic Ocean, is the center of the Resort and Vacation Industry in South Caolina. As of 2008, the metro area enjoyed a populaton of around 300,000 permanent residents as well.

Before the Revolutionary War, the lands around Myrtle Beach were inhabited by the Waccamah Nation. After European settlement, the area economy depended upon agriculture, primarily the plantation system.

After the American Civil War, lumber workers from surrounding communities began to come to Myrtle Beach (called New Town until 1938) for relaxation and then the Tourist Industry bloomed and grew signifcantly after World War II.

Local industries expected to expand include the following sectors.

• Accommodation and Food Services - Conferences, Travel and Tourism. Tourism is already Number 1 Industry in Myrtle Beach. Theme Parks include Broadway at the Beach Mall and Park, Freestyle Music Park, and the Family Kingdom Amusement Park. Several malls and outlet stores add to Tourism strength. Downtown revitalization boosts this sucess even further (see below).
• Health Care and Social Assistance
• Educational Services
• Retail Trade
• Construction
• Waste Management/ Remediation & Administration

The Pavilion Area Master Plan for Myrtle beach includes at least five areas for revitalization of the Downtown area to bring new residences and business success to the city and Horry County. The Entry District is a formal Gateway to the city, like an official greeting are and front door. Elements to be improved in an ongoing plan for development are traffic flow and parking, landscaping, sidewalks, sidewalk cafés, a Visitor Center and other features,

A North Entertainment District is planned to increase the level of energy Downtown with multi-family residences, more retail stores, professional offices, and numerous arts and entertainment venues. A Central Amusement District circles the city's Pavilion Amusement Park. Elements there are planned with taller buildings, pedestrian-friendly businesses, cafés, and boutiques. An oceanfront atmosphere is another goal of this particular part of revitalization in the central district.

Myrtle Beach has a South Mixed Use District to be refurbished in an ongoing plan to focus on beachfront properties with small shops and other businesses. Historic preservation is supported in this areas as well. related to this, a Beach District overlaps the other districts to bring together a sense of the waterfront. Beachfront parks and street access to the ocean provide many opportunities for entertaining and relaxing venues.

For over 45 years, Myrtle Beach has sponsored the week-long Canadian American Days each spring in honor of Canadian friends to the north that love Myrtle Beach.

Evetns often include dance championships, marching bands, Candian military units and their bands, a retreat, wildlife appreciation days, car shows, St. Patrick's Day celebrations, and dozens of other events, plus lieve entertainment every day and night.

What this city website each year in the spring, because Employment Interships are available yearly for the celebrations at CanAm Days.

• Cathedral Bible College
• Coastal Carolina University
• Fortune Academy, Inc.
• Horry County Adult Education
• Horry-Georgetown Technical College: Grand Stand Campus
• Howard Adult Education Center
• Golf Academy Of The Carolinas
• Strand College Of Hair Design
• Williamsburg Tech College
• Williamsburg County School District - Adult Education

• Myrtle Beach Pengins - minor league baseball (Atlanta Braves farm team).
• Myrtle Beach Thunderbotz Hockey (ECHL)
• Myrtle Beach Speedway
• Myrtle Beach High School

• Whispering Pines Golf Course

The BOLD occupations below are in high demand in the midstream of the timeline for these Employment Projections.

1. Retail Sales 22% increase projected - Increasing well into 2011 - 2012.
2. Waitstaff 21%
3. Maids and Housekeepers 25%
4. Registered Nurses (RNs) 33% - Increasing further than expected at end of 2011.
5. Landscaping & Groundskeeping 25%
6. Maint/Repair Workers 27%
7. Janitors and Cleaners 26%
8. Customer Service Representatives 30%
9. Restaurant Cooks 22%
10. General/Operations Managers 23% - Continues to increase through 2011.

Data is gathered by the federal, state, and county governments regularly and published on a variety of schedules, from monthly up to biennially.

1. Medical positions in all fields and levels - Private Practice and Hospital
2. Physical and Occupations Therapists - Includes Travelers
3. Retail Salespeople and Supervisors and Cashiers
4. Shift Supervisors - Dining and Food Servioce
5. Truck Drivers - Owner Operators and salaried
6. Registered Nurses (RNs)
7. General and Assistant Managers
8. Event Specialists
9. Customer Service Positions
10. Retail Sales Representatives

Other higher demand occupations include Security Officers, Meat Cutters, Housekeepers, and Cable TV Technitions.

1. Horry County Department of Education - Public school systems.
2. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. - requires psych-related testing and background checks.
3. Burroughs and Chapin Company, Inc. - Real Estate.
4. Horry County Government
5. Grand Strand Regional Medical Center
6. Conway Medical Center
7. AVX Corporation
8. City of Myrtle Beach (Government)
9. Coastal Carolina University
10. Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Insurance and related products and services.

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Companies Listing the Most Jobs

1. Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
2. Food Lion - Grocery
3. Pizza Hut
4. HCA Healthcare
5. Amedisys
6. Georgetown Hospital System
7. Georgetown Memorial Hospital
8. Genesis Healthcare
9. JCPenney
10. Verizon

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HEALTH AND MEDICAL CAREERS

The opportunities for Travel Nursing, including nurses, physicians, allied health professionals and other health related workers are numerous in the Grand Strand area. "Travelers" receive high pay, broader benefits, rent/mortgage allowance, transportation costs and other incentives. Many work from 12 weeks to one year in a location and enjoy vacation atmospheres in the locales where they work.

1) Waccamaw Region & Horry County WIA Jobs Center

2) Georgetown County Jobs Center

3) Williamsburg County Jobs Center