56% of jobs in Louisiana require skills training— more education than high school but less than a four-year degree. CareerWaves2 is a central portal with access to CTE jobs, internships, and career opportunities. Leverage job search resources including job postings, career advice from experts, and resources to maximize your search.
For decades, the general school of thought has been that in order to land a secure, high-paying role, you needed a college degree. But things are changing. Many organizations are realizing that a four-year degree is not a prerequisite for …
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, it quickly disrupted every aspect of work. Offices shut down. Those lucky enough to keep their jobs found themselves working from home, clicking into video meeting after video meeting, some while caring …
The time for urgent change is needed in order to reverse the damage that’s been inflicted on the environment. Leading climate scientists have warned that we’re just decades away from extreme droughts, floods, heat, and rises in sea levels. Currently, we’re …
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Employment Trends
Top Employers
Education Levels
Annual Earnings
Technical Skills
Core Competencies
Job Titles
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
Decades of manufacturing expertise, the nation’s best state workforce development program, and highly competitive incentives are putting Louisiana at the …