Transportation Career Opportunities Featured on News Channel 5 + Inside Workforce Development

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development and Titan Transfer, Inc. are teaming up to bring Tennesseans up-to-date information on jobs, trends and what it takes to be hired in the transportation industry this week on Inside Workforce Development.

“The trucking transportation industry in Tennessee has nearly 1,800 annual openings and a growth rate of 1.4 percent,” Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips said. “Each month on Inside Workforce Development we want to focus on industries that are growing and show Tennesseans what opportunities are available.”

Titan Transfer, Inc. is a growing, thriving company looking to recruit individuals that are highly motivated and have a proven track record in being professional and safe. The company founded in 2000, is a for-hire truckload company headquartered in Shelbyville. They currently have 575 tractors, and employ more than 680 trucking families. Please visit www.titantransferinc.com for more information.

“Titan Transfer, Inc. is honored to be a part of Inside Workforce Development,” Phillip Edwards, President of Titan Transfer, said. “It is great to be a part of a partnership where state departments and employers are working together to ensure that Tennessee thrives and continues to lower the unemployment rate so that families can prosper.”

Hosted by Melinda Kelsey, Government Relations and Communications Administrator, for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Inside Workforce Development is a monthly series highlighting major Tennessee employers in different industry sectors. Some of the industries the show will focus on are healthcare, retail, transportation, information technology, manufacturing and technical services.

Inside Workforce Development is available to more than 650,000 homes in middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky and reaches more than 230,000 viewers each week. It will be shown on Comcast Cable channel 250, Charter Cable channel 182 and over-the-air digital channel 5.2, as well as other cable systems throughout the viewing area. The show will air on Thursdays from 9:30-10:00 a.m. and will have an encore airing on Saturdays from 7:30-8:00 a.m.

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