Educated, experienced and unemployed

This Is Nashville · Mar 11, 2026 · 49m

Unemployment rates are still quite low. But they don’t tell the whole story. The face of joblessness has changed in recent years. Mid-career professionals, six-figure family breadwinners, are finding themselves laid off or downsized and seeing far fewer options than they expected. We’ll talk with some of them. Get some career coaching. And check in with a labor economist to understand what’s going on here.

This episode was produced by Blake Farmer.

Guests:

Brett Kling, human resources information systems professional and job seeker

Steve Jones, marketing and communications and job seeker…