Memphis has an ideal location for commerce among the transportation and shipping industry. The central location of the city helps develop business opportunities. Several freight railroads and two interstate highways intersect it. The International Airport of Memphis is the most happening cargo airport in the world and is the centre FedEx Express shipping and Delta Air Lines. Many fortune 500 companies are situated here. Some of them are FedEx Corporation, International Paper, AutoZone Incorporated and Thomas and Betts. Schering-Plough Corporation has its R&D department here. This gives a person, lots of choice to select Memphis jobs. Many Hollywood movies have been shot in Memphis, including Cast Away, Forty Shades of Blue, Hustle and Flow and Soul Men.

There are a lot of Memphis jobs available with temporary employment agencies, maintenance / housekeeping / janitorial, foodservice, truck drivers and sales if you are willing to take up lower level positions. But employment has always been two - step in Tennessee. In the last decade it generated 10,000 new jobs per year. Memphis by itself generated 100,000 new jobs in a few years time. But after that, not many new jobs were created in this decade and the job growth flattened. The best economic era for a city is when it creates lot of jobs. But in the city of Memphis roughly 30000 people are unemployed.

This may not sound very encouraging, but it is important for someone who is looking for Memphis jobs to know the essential facts and figures. If you are a non-resident you cannot just pack your bags, take your car and drive into Memphis looking for a job; because you might not get one. Unless you have a good offer on hand and you are sure of your employer, it is advisable that you don't leave your current ground.