Louisiana
Workforce Success Stories
WORKFORCE EXPERTS
Workforce Investment Council
Claudeidra Minor, Director of the Workforce Investment Council
P.O. Box 94094
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9094
KEY WORKFORCE PRIORITIES
1.
Strengthen and prioritize community and technical colleges to match workforce needs, meet market demand, and fill available jobs.
2.
Immediately respond to urgent workforce opportunities and challenges.
3.
Maximize the input of business and industry to realign and integrate Louisiana’s workforce strategy at the statewide and regional levels.
4.
Expand career options of high school students
FAST FACTS
- In Louisiana the education and health care industries added more payroll jobs than any other industry outpacing the job vacancies in this industry cluster.
- The healthcare industry was one of the top paid reported occupations.
- Louisiana had an increase in all 22 occupation groups with the exception of sales and sales related industries.
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