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Cruise Line To Create Up To 200 Jobs In North Carolina

A Norwegian Epic cruise ship arrives in Miami in this 2010 photo. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Norwegian Cruise Line is expanding its at-home agent program in the Triad, in a move that could create as many as 200 full-time jobs.

The company is growing its work-from-home initiative, which currently has employees in Arizona and Florida.

Agents will serve in entry-level positions and will be the first point of contact for guests and travel agents looking to arrange vacations with Norwegian.

According to the cruise line, the initial hiring goal is between 30 and 45 employees, as part of a pilot group for a four-week training period that ends in August.

The hiring process is expected to begin next Wednesday and could take up to 18 months.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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