Tennessee Job Skills

Tennessee Job Skills (TJS) program is a work force incentive grant program focused on enhancing employment opportunities and meeting the needs of new and existing industry. Through training, the program shall give priority to the creation and retention of high-wage jobs. Focus is on employers and industries that promote high-skill, high wage jobs for emerging, demand, and high technology manufacturing occupations.

Training is a parallel component to technological advancement. TJS is a work force incentive grant program designed to assist existing employers in elevating the skills of their employees.

TJS staff helps a company plan, develop, and implement a customized training program that meets the company's initial training needs and follow up to insure each phase of the training program is effective and flexible.

Reimbursement levels for training will depend upon the source of instructors that are used; the company can be reimbursed for instruction time when a company staff member is used as an instructor. Other outside sources will demand different rate of compensation depending upon the type of training being presented.

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development can provide assistance in the recruitment of qualified job applicants. Recruitment services including accepting and screening applications, testing, and referral of qualified applicants, based upon the company prepared specifications, can be provided. Workforce Development also administers the Workforce Investment Act program, which could provide training assistance for those eligible participants.