The annual Paychecks for Patriots job fair will soon be held in four cities across Tennessee, including locally in Knoxville, featuring employers with full time positions available for veterans.
Tennessee’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development is hosting Paychecks for Patriots 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Oct. 18, 2016 in the cities of Memphis, Nashville, Clarksville and Knoxville. Dozens of employers are participating, each one vetted to ensure they have available full-time jobs for veterans. Job-seeking veterans can register before the event by going to Jobs4TN.gov, or they can do so at the door on the day of the event. Interviews will take place at the event and many positions will be filled on the spot.
Employers are encouraged to apply to sign up prior to Oct. 14. There is no fee to participate in the event.
“Since Paychecks for Patriots started in 2012, veteran unemployment in Tennessee has steadily declined,” the agency said in a release. “While there are fewer veterans currently looking for work, there are still American heroes in the state without jobs and the Agency will continue to work towards finding them jobs.”
Paychecks for Patriots 2016 Locations:
Knoxville
Wallace Memorial Baptist Church
701 Merchant Drive Knoxville, TN 37912
Nashville
Bridgestone Arena
501 Broadway Nashville, TN 37203
Memphis
American Job Center – Memphis
3040 Walnut Grove Road Memphis, TN 38111
Clarksville
American Job Center – Clarksville
523 Madison Street Clarksville, TN 37040
Veterans attending the Knoxville event will have the opportunity to apply for positions with:
- Sertoma Center
- Gem Care
- CVS Health
- Heavy Equipment College of Georgia
- Five Star Food Service
- First Tennessee
- Denso
- R.E. West
- Answer Financial
- The University of Tennessee Knoxville
- Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union
- Alcoa
- Walden Security
- U.S. Cellular
- JTV Jewelry Television
- Aramark
- Choices in Senior Care
- Covenant Health
- Enterprise Holdings
- Liberty National
- Meritor
- Nyrstar
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Shoffner Kalthoff
- Team Technologies
- Sitel
- Corrections Corporations of America
- Walgreens
- City of Knoxville
- Knoxville Utilities Board
- Tennessee National Guard
- SL America
Click here for a complete list of employers and positions available at each event.