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The grind never stops: side hustle culture in Middle Tennessee

Elizabeth Burton

August 15, 2023

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When you think of side hustles and Nashville, you probably imagine an aspiring country singer bartending on Broadway while he hopes one of the country legends will come in and give him his big break. That is definitely a huge part of Nashville’s culture — we are Music City, after all.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: country music, inflation, job market, side hustle

Tennessee hospital chiefs huddle to address hiring crisis

Blake Farmer

October 1, 2022

Steve Cadiggan
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Tennessee hospital chiefs huddled in Franklin this weekend, largely to focus on their shared hiring crisis. The staffing shortage has not eased even as the pandemic subsides, and many hospital leaders are beginning to get used to high turnover.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: hospitals, job market, nurses, travel nursing

Is Tennessee’s Rising Unemployment Rate A Data Glitch?

Blake Farmer

July 23, 2013

Tennessee’s top labor economists are having a hard time explaining what’s going on with the state’s unemployment rate. It continues to rise even as the number of people filing for unemployment benefits drops.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: BERC, David Penn, job market, MTSU

Gradspring Founder Finds Jobs Aplenty for College Grads

Blake Farmer

December 17, 2012

Hundreds of college students in Middle Tennessee received diplomas over the weekend in mid-year graduation ceremonies. They walked across stages into an improving, but tough job market, where college grads still have a hard time finding good work. A Nashville-based web company says the jobs are there, just hard to find.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Gradspring, graduation, job market

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