Education & Workforce

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today announced the launch of brworks.org, a jobs portal for the Capital Region featuring technology to match job seekers with local positions and regional training opportunities, and resources for both job seekers and employers.

If you’re looking for a job, should you advertise your availability on LinkedIn and other job search networks?

Last fall, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced an initiative intended to make Louisiana a...

Nearly two years after millions of Americans became abruptly acquainted with Zoom, questions about...

Chris Meyer, founder and CEO of New Schools for Baton Rouge for the last 10 years, is leaving the nonprofit to take over for John Davies at the Baton Rouge Area Foundation on Feb. 1. He’s setting his sights on a lot of the same goals the foundation has had for years, but also on some new areas.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber this week announced a formal partnership with Forum 225, part of an effort to induce young professionals to build their careers here. 

Enrollment in Louisiana two-year and four-year public universities fell between fall 2020 and fall 2021, but private colleges saw a significant jump.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since mid-November, but still low by historical standards.

Job growth remains strong across all sectors in the Capital Region, according to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s latest monthly economic indicator report, which examines and analyzes the state of the regional economy.  

The U.S. oil field services and equipment sector added 7,450 jobs in December, even...