There are new jobs coming to Chattanooga...and not just from Volkswagen.

And jobseekers need to be ready.

That's the message from local leaders.

They sought to clear up some misunderstandings about the employment currently available in the Chattanooga area.

Erron Jackson, Unemployed, "I've been looking a lot of places but volkswagen is where everybody's trying to get in right now."

And Erron Jackson and most of this room full of people are among them.

But Volkswagen isn't the only company hiring in Chattanooga.

J.Ed Marsten, Chamber, "we're very fortunate even though times are difficult as a community we've got prospects and cause for hope that many other communities don't.

J. Ed Marsten with the Chamber of Commerce explained in the last year 9 companies have announced they're bringing 3 thousand new jobs to the area...including VW supplier Gestamp, turbine maker Alstom, Chattem which manufactures Act mouthwash, Arcade and Orlandi two magazine perfume insert makers, and metal forger Dixie Industries.

 Jeff Olingy Chattanooga State, "There' s a lot of interest out there and there's also a lot of misinformation at times."Shakia Wells-Vinson, Unemployed, "I was under the impression that it was all going to be like production line work and everything."

Commissioner Warren Mackey called together representatives from Chattanooga State, the Chamber of Commerce, and Volkswagen to make sure job seekers had the right information about the skills and training needed to get the jobs available right now.

 Warren Mackey, Hamilton Co. Commissioner, "The person's who are going to fill those slots they needed skills they needed skills in hydraulics, they needed skills in electronics and so consequently there's a need to bridge that gap and let people know what's going on."

It's information jobseekers like Erron Jackson hope will land him some long-term employment.

Jackson, "I'm in the construction thing and I can work on the assembly line or whatever, whatever it takes to get in that's what I'm trying to do just get in."

Volkswagen will accept job applications online until November 15th for production jobs.

The pay starts at 14 dollars an hour.