Help Wanted in Shelbyville
Looking for work, a trade, a new skill, or a way to start something of your own? Here’s where folks around Shelbyville and Bedford County find jobs, training and a helping hand. Every link goes to the source itself: the job center, the county, the school, or the employer’s own careers page.
Never pay to apply. A real employer won’t ask you for money, a starter kit, your bank details or your Social Security number before you’re hired. We review every listing but don’t vouch for employers.
Find a JobThe state job board, your nearest job center, public jobs and the big employers’ own careers pages.
STATEWIDE JOB SEARCH6
JOB CENTER NEAR YOU2
CITY, COUNTY AND PUBLIC JOBS3
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE JOBS2
HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE3
MAJOR EMPLOYERS (THEIR OWN CAREERS PAGES)12
UTILITIES4
Learn a Skill: trades and careersApprenticeships pay you while you learn. TCAT, colleges, school programs and union training.
START HERE4
COLLEGES AND TCAT4
UNION TRAINING2
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE2
Learn a Skill: everyday and heritage skillsSewing, canning, gardening, first aid and more. Often free, always close to home.
UT EXTENSION CLASSES4
SEWING, CROCHET AND CRAFTS7
- Let's Sew Shelbyville (Shelbyville-Bedford library) – 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 3–4:30
- Fleece on the Duck crafting group (library) – Wednesdays 1:30–4:30
- Crochet Club (Shelbyville-Bedford library) – Thursdays 5–7
- Shelbyville-Bedford library – all programs
- Bedford County 4-H Line & Design sewing club (full for 2025–26)
- Tennessee 4-H clothing and textiles
- Whittling for Cub Scouts (Scouting America)
ADULT EDUCATION (FREE)2
SAFETY AND FIRST AID3
SENIOR CENTERS1
Start a BusinessStart with a free advisor. Then the forms, licenses and local folks who can help.
This is a list of free public resources, not legal, tax or financial advice. Talk with a free advisor about your own situation.
START WITH A FREE ADVISOR8
- Tennessee Small Business Development Center – Murfreesboro office (serves Bedford, Giles, Lincoln and Moore counties)
- TSBDC – free and low-cost classes
- NOVA Entrepreneur Center (Pulaski) – Launch Tennessee's Southern Middle Tennessee partner
- Launch Tennessee – about the Southern Middle Tennessee entrepreneur center
- SCORE – free volunteer business mentors (Nashville chapter; online mentoring available)
- SBA Tennessee District Office
- SBA – 10 steps to start your business
- SBA Learning Platform – free online courses
REGISTER WITH THE STATE3
LOCAL LICENSES AND ZONING4
CHAMBER AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT1
FARM AND FOOD BUSINESSES5
FUNDING INFORMATION4
Help Wanted rulesPlain and simple. They apply to every post.
Who can post
Local businesses, nonprofits, churches, farms and public agencies in or near Shelbyville. Organizations only: we don’t take posts from individuals. Posting is free.
What you can post
- A real, paid job (full-time, part-time or seasonal).
- An apprenticeship, internship or pre-apprenticeship that is paid or earns school credit and has a real training plan.
- A class or workshop that is free or clearly priced.
What we won’t post
- Anything illegal, or work that needs a license you don’t have.
- Adult content, gambling, or jobs selling alcohol, tobacco, vapes or cannabis.
- “Pay to start,” starter kits, multi-level marketing, or commission-only pitches.
- Work-from-home, crypto, reshipping or check-cashing offers.
- Posts without a real business behind them, or too vague to tell what the job is.
- Anything that asks applicants for money, a Social Security number or bank details before hiring.
- Wording that shuts people out because of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin or disability.
- Political campaign jobs.
- Unpaid “training” that is really free labor.
- Classes on medical treatments or remedies, firearms classes other than official courses (like TWRA hunter education), or get-rich seminars.
How it works
- Fill in the form below. Tell us how people should apply: a business email, website or address. We don’t publish personal cell numbers.
- We review every post by hand before it’s listed. We check that your organization is real and the job is what it says. We may call or email the contact you give us; that contact is never published.
- Nothing posts automatically. If it passes, it goes up with the date we posted it, and it comes down on its own after 30 days.
- We can say no or take a post down at any time.
Young people
Jobs and programs for anyone under 18 are listed only through schools or official programs. We never publish a young person’s name, photo or contact.
See a problem?
If a listing looks wrong or a link is broken, report it to us. We look at every report.
Post a job or offer a classFree for local businesses, nonprofits, churches, farms and public agencies.
Free to post. Every post is reviewed by hand before it’s listed, and nothing posts automatically. Approved posts come down after 30 days. Real jobs and classes only: no fees to apply, no work-from-home schemes, nothing illegal.
Links checked Oct. 23, 2026. Jobs and programs change; please confirm with the employer or school before you apply. Spot a broken link? Please report it to us.