Tennessee Reentry Employment & Job Directory
This Tennessee employment directory helps users find direct employer application routes, staffing agencies, American Job Centers, Jobs4TN, Tennessee Office of Reentry resources, apprenticeship and training options, reentry employment support, and regional workforce resources across West Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, East Tennessee, Southeast Tennessee, Northeast Tennessee, and statewide commute areas.
Search by city, employer, industry, skill level, or contact route. If you are on probation, parole, community supervision, pretrial release, diversion, or returning from incarceration, confirm background-screening, travel, shift, driving, machinery, licensing, cash-handling, overnight, school-site, healthcare-site, secure-site, union, and supervision restrictions before accepting work.
Apply directly to Tennessee employers, then use American Job Centers, Jobs4TN, training options, and staffing agencies to widen the search
Start with direct employer links when you know the industry or city you want. Use staffing agencies when you need faster placement, temp-to-hire access, warehouse work, production work, food service, event labor, construction helper roles, hospitality roles, or immediate general labor options. Use Tennessee American Job Centers, Jobs4TN, the Tennessee Office of Reentry, ApprenticeshipTN, Goodwill career services, Project Return, HopeWorks, Advance Memphis, technical colleges, and local workforce boards when you need resume help, job matching, job fairs, training referrals, employer connections, or a structured path into skilled work.
American Job Centers, Jobs4TN, Tennessee Office of Reentry, and ApprenticeshipTN resources
Tennessee job seekers can use American Job Centers, Jobs4TN, Tennessee Office of Reentry resources, regional workforce boards, training programs, job fairs, apprenticeship routes, and reentry-focused providers for job search, resume support, training referrals, employer connections, and workforce navigation.
Employers, staffing firms, and workforce partners may request or update listings
Tennessee employers, staffing firms, workforce partners, technical colleges, training providers, nonprofits, community organizations, and reentry organizations may request listing updates, submit provider information, or share employment resources that are relevant to justice-involved job seekers. OACRA reviews submitted information for clarity, relevance, and public usefulness.
Statewide Employment Options
🏢 Direct employer application routes
Warehouse, fulfillment, sortation, package handler, freight, delivery support, logistics, facility, and operations roles where posted.
Production, assembly, warehouse, quality, maintenance, logistics, materials, facilities, transportation support, and plant operations roles.
Healthcare support, patient transport, environmental services, food service, facilities, clinic support, administrative, laundry, and hospital operations roles.
Retail, grocery, stocking, overnight, receiving, cashier, cart, customer service, warehouse-adjacent, and store operations roles.
Freight, receiving, stocking, lot associate, warehouse-adjacent, customer service, cashier, merchandising, building-supply, and agriculture-supply roles.
Food service, dishwashing, janitorial, facilities, hospital dining, campus dining, warehouse support, laundry, and event-support roles where posted.
🤝 Workforce, staffing, and reentry support
Job search, resume tools, workshops, job placement, recruitment, training referrals, digital labor market information, and access to Jobs4TN.
Statewide reentry information, direction, planning, and connections to workforce and community resources for justice-involved Tennesseans.
Reentry employment support, job-readiness training, transitional work, employer referrals, and wraparound support for eligible participants.
Career coaching, resume help, job-readiness classes, digital skills, training programs, and employer connections where available by region.
Work-based learning model with supervised on-the-job training, wage progression, and job-related education through participating employers.
Warehouse, production, office, skilled trades, light industrial, administrative, customer service, construction helper, event labor, and temp-to-hire roles.
Best searches: warehouse, package handler, production, patient transport, housekeeping, food service, retail stocker, construction helper, forklift, maintenance helper, sanitation, hotel support, machine operator, and material handler.
Memphis / West Tennessee
West Tennessee has strong employer routes in logistics, warehousing, healthcare, manufacturing, food production, retail, hospitality, airport support, public-sector support, workforce programs, and reentry employment support.
🏢 High-volume direct employers
Package handler, sortation, warehouse, fulfillment, freight, delivery support, ramp support, logistics, and operations roles where posted.
Hospital support, housekeeping, patient transport, food service, clinic support, facilities, laundry, environmental services, and administrative roles.
Manufacturing, warehouse, battery production, quality, maintenance, materials, logistics, facilities, and operations support roles where posted.
Airport support, custodial, food service, retail, ramp support, baggage, parking, facilities, and transportation support roles where posted.
Retail, grocery, stocking, overnight, freight, receiving, customer service, cashier, auto-parts, and store operations roles.
🤝 Workforce, training, and reentry support
Job search, training referrals, career coaching, hiring events, employer connections, and workforce services across the Memphis region.
Job readiness, reentry support, career development, employment support, and stabilization resources for eligible participants.
Work readiness, employment development, neighborhood-based support, staffing connections, resume help, and interview preparation.
Skilled trades, healthcare support, manufacturing, logistics, IT, business support, and workforce certificate options.
Warehouse, logistics, production, office, light industrial, administrative, customer service, construction helper, general labor, and temp-to-hire roles.
Best searches: package handler, warehouse associate, logistics, food production, hospital housekeeping, patient transport, forklift, maintenance helper, retail stocker, and sanitation.
Nashville / Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee has strong employer routes in healthcare, logistics, automotive manufacturing, hospitality, customer service, higher education, public-sector support, retail, construction, food service, workforce programs, and reentry employment support.
🏢 Regional employer routes
Hospital support, housekeeping, patient transport, food service, clinic support, facilities, laundry, environmental services, and administrative roles.
Production, assembly, warehouse, quality, maintenance, logistics, materials, facilities, and plant-support roles where posted.
Fulfillment, package handler, sortation, warehouse, freight, receiving, inventory, material handling, logistics, and operations roles where posted.
Airport support, custodial, food service, retail, ramp support, baggage, parking, facilities, and transportation support roles where posted.
Custodial, dining, facilities, grounds, maintenance, administrative support, warehouse, transportation, and campus operations roles.
Retail, grocery, stocking, overnight, freight, receiving, warehouse-adjacent, customer service, cashier, hotel, and food service roles.
🤝 Workforce, training, and reentry support
Job search, workshops, training referrals, resume support, job placement, employer connections, and Jobs4TN assistance.
Reentry employment support, job-readiness classes, transitional work, employer referrals, and wraparound support for eligible participants.
Free job-readiness classes, career coaching, digital skills, resume help, and employer connections for job seekers with barriers.
Skilled trades, healthcare support, manufacturing, IT, business support, logistics, welding, and workforce certificate options.
Warehouse, production, office, skilled trades, light industrial, administrative, customer service, construction helper, hospitality, and temp-to-hire roles.
Best searches: warehouse associate, production worker, hospital housekeeping, patient transport, food service, forklift, maintenance helper, retail stocker, janitorial, and material handler.
Knoxville / East Tennessee
East Tennessee has strong employer routes in healthcare, advanced manufacturing, federal-contractor support, tourism, hospitality, retail, food service, warehouse work, higher education, technical training, workforce programs, and community employment support.
🏢 Regional employer routes
Healthcare support, housekeeping, patient transport, food service, clinic support, facilities, maintenance, laundry, and administrative roles.
Facilities, maintenance, logistics, warehouse, administrative, skilled trades, custodial, food service, and operations roles where posted.
Manufacturing, assembly, production, warehouse, quality, maintenance, materials, machine operation, and plant-support roles where posted.
Custodial, dining, facilities, grounds, maintenance, administrative support, warehouse, transportation, and campus operations roles.
Hotel housekeeping, food service, dishwashing, laundry, maintenance, grounds, guest services, event support, attractions, and seasonal operations roles.
Retail, grocery, stocking, overnight, freight, receiving, warehouse-adjacent, customer service, cashier, and food service roles.
🤝 Workforce, training, and support routes
Career coaching, job search, resume help, employer connections, training referrals, and Jobs4TN assistance across East Tennessee.
Job readiness, supported employment, vocational evaluation, career coaching, training programs, and placement support for people with barriers.
Skilled trades, healthcare support, manufacturing, welding, business support, IT, and workforce certificate programs.
Hospitality, warehouse, production, manufacturing, light industrial, administrative, customer service, construction helper, general labor, and temp-to-hire roles.
Best searches: warehouse associate, hospital housekeeping, patient transport, hotel housekeeping, production worker, food service, forklift, maintenance helper, retail stocker, and janitorial.
Chattanooga / Southeast Tennessee
Southeast Tennessee has strong employer routes in automotive manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, public-sector support, higher education, food service, retail, hospitality, workforce programs, technical training, and reentry employment support.
🏢 Regional employer routes
Production, assembly, warehouse, materials, quality, maintenance, logistics, facilities, and plant-support roles where posted.
Healthcare support, housekeeping, food service, patient transport, clinic support, facilities, maintenance, laundry, and administrative roles.
Warehouse, distribution, package handler, freight, receiving, inventory, material handling, logistics, and operations roles where posted.
Custodial, dining, facilities, grounds, maintenance, administrative support, warehouse, transportation, and campus operations roles.
Retail, grocery, stocking, overnight, freight, receiving, warehouse-adjacent, customer service, cashier, and food service roles.
🤝 Workforce, training, and reentry support
Job search tools, workshops, training referrals, employer connections, resume help, and workforce services across the Southeast region.
Reentry employment program with job readiness, transitional work, employer referrals, and long-term placement support for eligible participants.
Opportunity Centers, career coaching, job search help, training programs, and connections to employers for people with barriers to employment.
Manufacturing, automotive, welding, healthcare support, IT, business support, skilled trades, and workforce certificate options.
Warehouse, manufacturing, logistics, production, light industrial, administrative, customer service, construction helper, and temp-to-hire roles.
Best searches: warehouse associate, production worker, assembly, hospital housekeeping, patient transport, food service, forklift, maintenance helper, retail stocker, and material handler.
Northeast Tennessee
Northeast Tennessee job search often includes healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, retail, grocery, food service, public-sector support, higher education, technical training, regional American Job Centers, and staffing agencies.
🏢 Regional employer routes
Hospital support, housekeeping, food service, patient transport, clinic support, facilities, laundry, maintenance, and administrative roles.
Manufacturing, warehouse, maintenance, materials, production, quality, logistics, facilities, and operations support roles where posted.
Custodial, dining, facilities, grounds, maintenance, administrative support, warehouse, transportation, and campus operations roles.
Retail, grocery, stocking, overnight, freight, receiving, warehouse-adjacent, customer service, cashier, and food service roles.
🤝 Workforce, training, and staffing options
Career counseling, job search, labor market information, training referrals, supportive services for eligible individuals, and Jobs4TN support.
Manufacturing, healthcare support, welding, skilled trades, IT, business support, logistics, and workforce certificate options.
Warehouse, production, office, light industrial, administrative, customer service, construction helper, general labor, and temp-to-hire roles.
Best searches: warehouse associate, production worker, hospital housekeeping, patient transport, retail stocker, food service, forklift, maintenance helper, janitorial, and material handler.
Rural / Regional Tennessee
Rural Tennessee job search often requires combining local employers, American Job Centers, Jobs4TN, technical colleges, county school systems, healthcare employers, public-sector jobs, manufacturing, construction, food service, retail, agriculture-adjacent work, staffing agencies, and regional commute planning.
🏢 Rural and regional employer routes
Custodial, food service, maintenance, grounds, transportation support, classroom aide, and administrative support roles where posted.
Housekeeping, food service, patient transport, laundry, maintenance, clinic support, facilities, and administrative support roles.
Production, sanitation, packaging, warehouse, maintenance helper, forklift, materials, cold storage, and plant-support roles in rural and regional markets.
Retail, stocking, freight, receiving, cashier, customer service, grocery, store operations, building-supply, and warehouse-adjacent roles.
🤝 Workforce, training, and support routes
Use local and mobile American Job Centers, Jobs4TN, and regional workforce boards to identify nearby employers, training options, job fairs, and supportive services.
Short-term and certificate training options in welding, industrial maintenance, healthcare support, transportation, IT, business support, and skilled trades.
Registered apprenticeship options with participating employers, on-the-job training, wage progression, and related instruction.
National job search, training finder, apprenticeship information, local career center search, and reentry program finder by location.
Best searches: school custodian, clinic support, food service, retail stocker, warehouse associate, maintenance helper, grounds, production worker, sanitation, delivery helper, and construction helper.
Statewide / Regional Tennessee
Tennessee job search usually works best when users combine several routes at the same time: direct employer applications, American Job Centers, Jobs4TN, Tennessee Office of Reentry, staffing agencies, hospital systems, public-sector employers, food service, hospitality, retail, warehouse work, manufacturing, technical colleges, apprenticeship routes, and practical commute searches across nearby cities.
🏢 Statewide and regional employer routes
Facilities, maintenance, transportation, food service, custodial, administrative support, parks, operations, agency support, and public-service roles statewide.
Healthcare support, housekeeping, laundry, food service, patient transport, facilities, grounds, maintenance, administrative support, and clinic operations roles.
Retail, stocking, freight, receiving, cashier, customer service, grocery, store operations, building-supply, and warehouse-adjacent roles.
Dishwashing, prep, hotel housekeeping, laundry, event support, grounds, maintenance, warehouse-adjacent, and seasonal operations roles.
Production, sanitation, cold storage, packaging, warehouse, maintenance helper, forklift, materials, and plant-support roles in rural and regional markets.
🤝 Statewide support, training, and search guidance
Job search, resume support, training referrals, employer connections, career navigation, job listings, workshops, and workforce support across Tennessee.
Reentry information, direction, planning, and workforce connection for justice-involved Tennesseans.
Training options through regional technical colleges and community colleges, including healthcare support, manufacturing, industrial maintenance, welding, CDL-related, IT, logistics, and business support programs.
Registered apprenticeship options with supervised on-the-job training, wage progression, job-related education, and employer participation.
Warehouse, production, office, skilled trades, light industrial, administrative, customer service, construction helper, general labor, event labor, and temp-to-hire roles through local offices.
National job search, training finder, apprenticeship information, local career center search, and occupation research tool.
Best searches: warehouse associate, production worker, food service, hospital housekeeping, grocery stocker, hotel support, maintenance helper, material handler, forklift, sanitation, event labor, truck shop helper, construction helper, and general labor.
OACRA note: OACRA is an independent resource directory and is not a government agency, court, law firm, employer, staffing agency, treatment provider, or supervision authority. This page is for educational and organizational purposes only and does not provide legal advice, employment advice, or a guarantee of hiring, eligibility, program acceptance, employer approval, compliance credit, or supervision approval.
If you are under supervision, follow your court orders, supervision conditions, officer instructions, curfew rules, travel rules, treatment rules, reporting rules, and any job-type restrictions that apply to your case. Before accepting work, confirm whether the job involves cash handling, driving, secure facilities, schools, healthcare sites, vulnerable populations, overnight travel, weapons, alcohol service, controlled substances, machinery, union requirements, licensing, or background-screening issues.
For employers and providers: Tennessee employers, staffing firms, workforce partners, training providers, reentry programs, and community organizations may request listing updates, apply to be listed, or share relevant employment resource information through OACRA’s provider and sponsorship forms.
