Top 15 High Demand Jobs in Fort Mill SC

In mid-March 2010, well over 21,000 job openings gathered across all Internet sources within 25 miles of the center of Fort Mill, South Carolina. Additional jobs not listed on the web usually include the hidden job market or are listed within individual company HR departments, on physical job boards in county employment offices, or in newspapers-only listings.

The job market of Fort Mill straddles part of both North and South Carolina . Approximately 2/3 of job listings found offer a salary of over $40,000 per year, with approximately 1/3 of the total positions offering salaries of $60K or more. While some entry level jobs are listed, many others require some experience and greater educational levels.

The abundance of job listings and the proximity of Fort Mill to the larger city of Charlotte NC help to attract new businesses and residents to make the suburb the fastest growing city in South Carolina. Other suburbs offering wuite a number of jobs within the 25-mile limit are Gastonia SC, Rock Hill SC, Mathews NC, Monroe NC, Pineville NC, and Waxhaw NC. Rock Hill is an especially popular place for Fort Mill residents to work.

Fort Mill is located in the far north part of the State of South Carolina, just east if I-77 and about 15 miles south of Charlotte. Lake Wylie is on the other side of I-77, opposite Fort Mill, an a popular water sports and recreation area. Approximately 9,400 residents live within Fort Mill city limits, with 35,000 people in the full Township as of early 2010.

Major companies and organizations in the Fort Mill area include Wells Fargo, HSBC, a large part of the Paramount Carowinds theme park, Muzak, Knights Stadium (AAA Charlotte Knights baseball), and the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps. Drum and bugle corps are popular in the South and gaining an audience throughout the nation. Young people can march with the corps for several years and gain a variety of resume-building leadership and arts/musical skills through participation. State, regional, and larger drum and bugle corps performances incompetion are very entertaining and exciting to watch.

Historically, Fort Mill was location of the final Confederate States Cabinet meeting. Confederate Park features the first and only monument, to date, in America that commemorates Black slaves that fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.

Fort Mill began as a gift from Native Americans in the 1700s to whites that were passing through the area. Before the Revolutionary War, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spratt spent a night among the friendly Catawba Nation, were invited to live there, and given a large tract of land. Spratts of this line still live in Fort Mill, according to the City website and a government building on Main Street is called the Spratt Building.

In the video below, the Carolina Crown stages a complete horse race and below that is a link for some close ups of that show, in which members of the corps portray jockies, horses, and a realistic photo finish. Fot Mill is proud of this group and their families.

1. Business Analysts - Many businesses are starting up or relocating to this area and current businesses seek expansion as Fort Mill continues to grow.
2. Project Managers
3. Registered Nurses (RNs)
4. Sales Representatives
5. Java Developers
6. Physical Therapists
7. Cashiers
8. Sales Representatives
9. Coding Specialists
10. Software Developers - Other than Java.
11. Assistant Managers
12. Sales People -
13. Sales Managers)
14. Store Managers- Small retail and grocery related outlets, coffee shops, and similar.
15. Occupational Therapists

Additional job titles substanially in demand include:

1. Account Executives
2. IT Auditors
3. Lisenced Practical Nurses (LPNs)
4. Administrative Assistants
5. Financial Advisors
6. Taco Bell Shift Supervisors and Crew Workers

The largest employers, based on size of employee pools, in Charlotte are those found in a survey done by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in the summer of 2008.

Entries in bold text denotes top job listers found above, right.

1. Carolinas Healthcare System
2. Wells Fargo/Wachovia Corp
3. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
4. Bank Of America
5. Wal-Mart Stores Inc
6. Presbyterian Regional Healthcare Corp
7. Food Lion LLC
8. Duke Energy Corp
9. North Carolina State Government
10. Us Airways
11. Lowe's Companies Inc - Hardware and home centers
12. City Of Charlotte
13. Us Postal Service
14. Adecco
15. Union County Public Schools
16. Harris Teeter Inc

Downtown Fort Mill is a surprising place. Many features of this attractive central area unexpected. Ongoing development and new shopps and other businesses keep the area alive around the surprises that intrigue visitors.

First, Downtown features a City Bandstand where several events take place, including music and a Candidates' series of speeches and interaction during election years. Downtown also offers a Confederate Park that covers 25% of the Downtown Area. It hosts four unusual statues that one might not expect to see.

The first figure was erected in 1891, featuring Confederate soldier atop a base with names of 170 veterans from Fort Mill TWP. Two other monuments were unveiled in 1895 - one dedicated to women of the Confederacy, the other of expensive Italian marble to honor Black slaves that not only stayed in the South but also fought in the Confederate Army. This is all unexpected, perhaps, but not the totality of surprises. In 1896, a final figure arrived, this one for the Catawba Nation members that fought in the Confederate Army as well. A speaker on this public occasion reminded attendees that the Catawba Chief, King Haigler, had sent the first Prohibition petition of record to State Supreme Court. People of all hertiage attended and spoke at this unveiling.

Surprise after surprise makes Fort Mill exciting and rich in history. Many people do not know that Black and Native Americans fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, makking Fort Mill unique. According to the essay Catawba Memorial in Fort Mill’s Confederate Park by Louise Pettus, one of the inscriptions on the Catawba statue base reads "Erected to the Catawba Indians by Sam’l Elliott White (a military man) and John McKee Spratt." The descendants of these two gentleman remain in the Fort Mill area.