The following is a reprint from Mergermarket, the leading provider of forward-looking M&A intelligence and data to M&A professionals and corporates. by Jeff Sheban Pearl Interactive Network, a Columbus, Ohio-based contact center company, would like to sell itself in two pieces beginning as early as 2019, but would entertain serious offers for the whole company …
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Reprint from The Zanesville Times Recorder. ZANESVILLE – In Muskingum and Coshocton counties, unemployed veterans and others who face barriers to employment might soon be able to earn a living from home. The Pearl Interactive Network (Pearl) connects insurance companies in need of employees with employees who might have trouble finding work with a focus …
Pearl Interactive Network of Winchester received the Employer of the Year award from Goodwill Industries of Kentucky. The award was presented to Pearl at Goodwill’s annual awards ceremony, held February 28 at Gheens Foundation Lodge in Louisville. Pearl Interactive Network delivers contact center services, offering excellent customer service while providing job opportunities for people with …
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Merry Korn, MSW, is president & CEO of Pearl Interactive Network (Pearl), a virtual home-based business process outsourcing firm and social enterprise which brings B-to-B outsourcing solutions to federal agencies and insurance companies. The company’s success is credited to Korn’s practices of knowing the “why” (vision/points of distinction), the “how” (mission), and the “who” (support …
By Merry P. Korn, CEO, Pearl Interactive Network In 1979 I was enrolled at the Ohio State University School of Social Work. Following in my sister’s footprints, I thought a Master’s Degree in Social Work would prepare me for my destiny, a career as a clinical social worker. When one of my graduate school colleagues …
Merry Korn, CEO of Pearl Interactive Network answers questions about hiring service-disabled veterans on the Federal News Radio website. Click here to listen to the interview.
Merry Korn, CEO of Pearl Interactive Network, completed the 2012 Tuck-WBENC Executive Program, an intensive week-long executive learning experience held at IBM’s Learning Center in Armonk, NY, along with 50 other women entrepreneurs earlier this month. The Tuck-WBENC Executive Program, which was established in 2003 and has been sponsored by IBM since then, stemmed from …
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How can a company combine a social mission with a lucrative business model? Entrepreneur Merry P. Korn asked herself that question six years ago. She found her answer when she created Pearl Interactive Network. Pearl Interactive Network (Pearl) provides topnotch virtual staff solutions to businesses and government agencies nationwide. Its workforce provides everything from call …
When Merry Korn started her company in 2004, little did she know she’d be providing well-paying jobs to dozens of people with disabilities, especially veterans. From the start, as a former social worker and rehab counselor, she was passionate in her goal to help people with disabilities find work and that passion continues today. Yet …
Columbus, Ohio – Pearl Interactive Network (Pearl), a social enterprise specializing in virtual call center services, received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). In addition to the WBENC certification, Pearl Interactive was awarded the Employer of the Year Award by the Ohio Governors Council on People with Disabilities. Merry Korn, founder …
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