Looking for employment in Middle/East TN (Knoxville, Chattanooga: job market, college)

[beerice]

Hi, I am new to these forums, I am very impressed so far with the knowledge on here! I went to college in the Chattanooga area and absolutely loved the city. My family lives in northern Mississippi and I am living here for now trying to find a higher paying job and kind of get my life started. I graduated with a degree in marketing, and as I have found out for over a year now, as well as reading on these boards, that the job market for someone like myself in Chattanooga is very rough. I am more of a smaller city kinda guy personally, which may seem somewhat ironic with my marketing/business area of "expertise".

Any suggestions out there for outlying areas in Middle or East Tennessee that I could possibly even find employment with? I'm not opposed to a larger community like Chattanooga/Knoxville, I just probably wouldnt reside in the cities themselves. I'm not asking for much money starting out, honestly I think finding a job that paid 30k a year shouldnt be as hard as it has been. I am talking to a company in Calhoun GA but would much rather move back out to Tennessee.

Thanks for some help, it is much needed and appreciated!

[tennessee girl]

You will probably have more luck in the marketing field in the Nashville, Knoxville, or Tri-Cities areas because the towns are a little larger with more and bigger companies. However, if you are looking for a smaller town to live in, I would try doing some research on the larger corporations in those towns - they typically have marketing departments. The Morritown area has a lot of industry which possibly might have a need for marketing departments or you could try the cable companies, phone companies, Verizon, etc...