Goodwill Opportunity Center To Host Spotlight Staffing Hiring Event

The Goodwill Opportunity Center at 7601 E. Brainerd Road, next to the Goodwill store in East Brainerd, will host a hiring event in conjunction with Spotlight Staffing on Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Spotlight Staffing is seeking to hire light industrial and production workers, quality inspectors, maintenance technicians, forklift operators, welders, plumbers, electricians and electrical assistants. Starting pay is $15 per hour or more, depending on the position. Multilingual interviewers will be on-site.

In addition to hosting hiring events, the Goodwill Opportunity Center offers free career services, including career assessments, job-search support, employment-readiness assistance, digital skills training and resume and interview preparation.

For more information, call the Goodwill Opportunity Center - East Brainerd at 423 757-9527 or email info@goodwillchatt.org.

Goodwill & the Chattanooga i-team

October 19, 2026

The Goodwill Opportunity Center is excited to be working alongside the Chattanooga i-team. What is an i-team, you ask? The City of Chattanooga’s Innovation Team (i-team) utilizes the Path to Public Innovation, a methodology that centers residents and their perspectives in the process to design new solutions. In alignment with the City of Chattanooga’s One Chattanooga Works strategic initiative, the i-team is tackling complex challenges through data and community engagement, and working with city leaders, residents, nonprofit organizations, and other stakeholders to test and implement new ideas focused on workforce development. As part of this initiative, the i-team hosted in-person discussions and ideation sessions at the Goodwill Opportunity Center. During these ideation sessions, Goodwill participants and community members generated ideas about how to grow professional networks, find and access information and opportunities, better understand what jobs are currently available, and what skills, knowledge, and experience are needed for key career pathways. I-team Director Liza Soydan and her team are currently prototyping new solutions to help people gain exposure to available jobs in the Chattanooga area.