Education & Workforce

Visit Baton Rouge priorities for 2023 include workforce, sports, food scene

Visit Baton Rouge is working on strategies for its first full year under new President and CEO.Jill Kidder.

How HR departments can regain employee trust 

When employees have concerns, whether it’s an issue with a toxic manager or uncivil...

Louisiana panel dives into medical marijuana workplace issues

With medical marijuana now available to Louisiana’s workforce, employees have raised concerns that they could be fired or face other job-related repercussions for testing positive for a legal drug taken on the advice of a physician. 

LSU researchers working with NASA on how to train an extraterrestrial workforce 

As NASA prepares for a late-November launch for the Artemis I Moon Mission, LSU faculty are making preparations of their own to train a future-ready construction workforce in extraterrestrial construction.

Advanced digital skills equate to higher pay and job satisfaction

Income, satisfaction and job security are correlated to workers' digital skills, according to a...

Growing number of companies charging workers for job training if they quit 

A growing number of companies are charging their employees for the cost of their training when they quit, according to Reuters.
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College football boosters helping bankroll arms race for coaches’ pay 

USA Today’s annual analysis of NCAA football found that head coaches’ pay rose 15.3% this year over last year, the greatest one-year spike since 2009.  

BRAC: Capital Region adds 5,200 jobs in August 

Baton Rouge added 5,200 jobs in August, and jobs are up 10,000 year over...

US unemployment claims rose last week 

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week but remains historically low even as the U.S. economy

Helping employees figure out their long term goals 

It’s not always possible to help the people we supervise identify and work toward their career goals.