Job hunting

    Middle Tennessee has had a healthy market for job seekers in many fields for a number of years. Even during the economic slowdown that began nationally in 2008, there were many opportunties available in the greater Nashville area.
    The largest public employer in Nashville is state government, owing to the presence of the state capital. The largest private employer is Vanderbilt University. A large portion of Vanderbilt employees work at the university's medical center.
    Other large employers in the area include the U.S. government; Metro Nashville-Davidson County public schools; HCA, which is a hospital management company; Nissan North America; St. Thomas Health Services, which operates a number of local hospitals; GM Spring Hill Manufacturing; Bridgestone America Holding Inc., a manufacturer of tires; and Gaylord Entertainment Co., which operates the Opryland Hotel.
    There are a number of free resources for job seekers in the Nashville area.
    Among them:

• The state has a number of career centers around Middle Tennessee. The two offices in Nashville are located at 2200 Rosa L. Parks Blvd. and 3763 Nolensville Road. For a link to information on those and other career centers, see "external links" section below.
•  The Middle Tennessee Society for Human Resource Management sponsors a career transition group that meets every other Monday at 7:30 a.m. at Lee Hecht Harrison, One Brentwood Commons, 750 Old Hickory Blvd., Suite 115, Brentwood, TN.
• The Career Transition Group meets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. (except some holidays). at the Brentwood United Methodist Church, 309 Franklin Road, Brentwood, TN.
  
  

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External links

 State of Tennessee career centers:  http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/cc/