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Utilize our online tools, job placement services and paid training to get quick staff replacement, reduced training periods, less turnover and lower YOUR state unemployment insurance tax rates.

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Research the current and future workforce data in YOUR area by industry, occupation and education. Let our information drive YOUR sound business decisions when it comes to YOUR company s hiring needs.

  • Compare wages and earnings

  • Industry-specific staffing needs

  • Fastest-growing occupations

  • Available labor force

  • Employment and wage data

  • Projections by occupation and industry

  • Demographics (income, population and commuting patterns)

Learn more by visiting the Labor Market Information (LMI) or Louisiana Occupational Information System (LOIS).

Save time and money by working with Louisiana Works to find the skilled applicants YOU need to fill YOUR companys job vacancies.

Check out Helping Individuals Reach Employment (HiRE)

  • Post a job

  • Virtual recruiter

  • Search r sum s

  • Receive prescreened job applicants

  • Hire target populations (potential tax credits available)

    • Unemployed and/or recently laid-off workers

    • Individuals with disabilities

    • Veterans

    • Youths

    • Foreign workers

    • Ex-offenders

  • Participate in free local job fairs in YOUR area

    • WORK PAY$ Job Fairs job seekers are individuals with disabilities who are job-ready and seeking employment

    • Veterans job fair these events are generally held in the fall and spring of each year for veterans

  • For more details, please check the Louisiana Works job fair and event calendar web page for a listing of these events and others.

Try our Virtual Recruiter component, which offers YOU the convenience to set search criteria and save r sum s of applicants who fit YOUR criteria at any time. YOU choose how YOU receive YOUR search results. Options include YOUR message box, YOUR email address or even YOUR cell phone.

Take advantage of this comprehensive program, which provides a diverse pool of qualified and trained individuals with disabilities to fill YOUR job vacancies.

  • Benefits of using Louisiana Rehabilitation Services flagship Vocational Rehabilitation program include:

    • Wage reimbursement

    • On-the-job training

    • Prescreened applicants

    • No-cost placement services

    • Minimal paperwork

    • Placement services

Statistics have shown that workers with disabilities generally have a lower rate of turnover, absenteeism, and tardiness.

Tap into an applicant pool that can hit the ground running and who possess the leadership qualities YOUR company seeks. United States military veterans are team players with built-in drive and a goal-oriented approach that can help your business succeed. Allow Americas Best to become a value-added component of your company's team.

Give Louisiana Works an opportunity to show you how to identify and hire a veteran.

Looking to add valuable depth to YOUR workforce while building YOUR company s future capacity hiring youth can be a cost effective way for YOU to achieve these goals. The Minor (Child) Labor Programs Unit at the Louisiana Works can help YOU save money and resources by proactively advising YOUR company on how to safely and efficiently incorporate minors into YOUR existing workplace environment.

  • Youth Employment Certificate Form (PDF)

  • Minor Labor Law Placard (PDF)

  • Labor Law Information

  • Minor (Child) Labor Law

  • Private Employment Service Law

  • Child Labor Enforcement Declaration of Hazardous Occupations Ruling - Sept. 14, 2011 (PDF)

Considering foreign workers as a useful supplement to YOUR workforce the Louisiana Works Foreign Labor Certification Unit provides value-added services to employers looking to hire a non U.S. citizen. Our professional team can provide solutions for YOUR company that will allow YOU to secure foreign labor employees for job openings while still ensuring that U.S. citizens have an opportunity to compete for the positions.

Concerned about hiring employees allow our workforce professionals to show YOU how the Fidelity Bonding Program can provide a bonded insurance guarantee for hiring hard-to-place job seekers so YOU can feel good about YOUR decision to hire. It only takes a few minutes to certify an applicant and our team can issue bonds on-site. Let Louisiana Works help make YOU feel comfortable about filling hard-to-fill positions.

Issued during times of natural disaster, NEGs provide one-time funding to assist in economic recovery. The money may be used for worker training and small business capitalization, which can save businesses time and money while working to recover from disaster.

Let our team explore the availability of trained workers ready for YOU to hire.

We can arrange, set up, advertise and take the lead on a hiring or recruiting event, such as a job fair, to get the type of job candidates that YOU need to fill your company's job openings. Prior to the interview process, we will recruit and prescreen the applicants to focus on their competencies knowledge, skills, experience, and track record to ensure a compatible fit with your company so you can make the best possible hiring decisions.

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YOUR company can receive one-on-one services from an experienced Louisiana Works business services professional to meet the individualized workforce needs of your organization. Louisiana Works has a network of American Job Centers located across the state. Whether you are looking to fill one job opening or 100, we have the resources to grow your business. Best of all, you've already paid for our services.

Connect with Louisiana Works today!

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