Workforce

NOVA Workforce Institute of Northeast Louisiana is hosting its 6th annual luncheon to update the community.

This month, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System hosted the inaugural meeting of the newly formed Workforce Opportunity and Readiness Task Force. The task force, formed during the 2022 legislative session, is comprised of state education leaders, elected officials, and business and industry representatives charged with studying workforce readiness programs and activities in the state's public schools.

In a move designed to further prepare Louisiana’s workforce for high-paying high-tech jobs, Louisiana Economic Development announced today it will engage Unity (NYSE: U), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D content, to assist higher education institutions in training and certifying students in real-time 3D (RT3D) skills.

Adults over the age of 60 possess skills that are consdered valuable to businesses, according to a retired director of a work program for older adults.…

People with disabilities sometimes need services provded to them in order to find employment. Roma Kidd, Executive Director at ARCO, believes people with…

The University of Louisiana Monroe offers the only Gerontology Graduate Program in Louisiana, and it’s preparing a workforce to work with older adults.…

The economic driver of many small communities is too often its university. A group of local businessmen came up with a progressive idea over coffee. The…

Accounting, CIS, healthcare, and manufacturing are the in-demand career sectors in north Louisiana according to workforce development experts. KEDM's…