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Louisiana Workforce Commission
 www.laworks.net
Career Builder
 www.careerbuilder.net
Louisiana ePortal
 www.laeportal.com
America’s Job Bank – nationwide job posting service
 http://www.ajb.dni.us
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Everything you need to:
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 make career choices develop skills select the right school
Get:
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Information
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Guidance and counseling
Training referrals
Computer access or other services provided by their knowledgeable staff who are eager to help you succeed in achieving your goals
 http://www.lwia20.org/
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Tangipahoa Parish Workforce Center
1745 SW Railroad Ave.
Hammond, La 70403
Ph. 985-345-4134
Ph. 1-800-257-0270
Fax: 985-542-0491
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact: Belinda Cason
Pt. Coupee Parish Satellite Center / WIA Office
305 East Main St.
New Roads, La. 70760
Ph. 225-638-6852
Fax: 225-638-4825
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact: Ronald Bellezaire
St. Helena Parish Satellite Center / WIA
Courthouse Square Hwy 10
Greensburg, La. 70441
Ph. 225-222-6962
Fax 225-222-4962
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact: Janice King
Washington Parish Workforce Center / Job Center
438 Avenue B
Bogalusa, La. 70427
Ph. 985-735-2006
Ph. 985-732-2007
Ph. 985-732-2008
Fax: 985-735-0934
8a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact: Tammy Crain
Iberville Parish Workforce Center / WIA Office
23425 Railroad Ave. Ste. 1
Plaquemine, La. 70764
Ph. 225-687-0969
Fax: 225-687-9113
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact: Lan D'Albor / Mary Young
Ascension Parish Satellite Center / WIA Office
204 Mississippi St. Ste. B
Donaldsonville, La. 70346
Ph. 225-437-5712
Fax: 225-635-4529
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact: Edrice Thomas / Edna Alexander
East and West Feliciana Parishes Satellite Center / WIA
Office
5681 Commerce St
St. Francisville, La. 70775
Ph. 225-635-6635
Fax: 225-635-4529
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact: Greta Scales
Livingston Parish Workforce Center
9384 Florida Blvd, Ste. B
Walker, La. 70785
Ph. 225-667-1874
Fax: 225-667-1840
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact: Bryan Taylor
Ascension Parish Workforce Center / Job Center
1827 BS. Burnside
Gonzales, La. 70737
Ph. 225-647-7394
Ph. 225-644-1113
Fax: 225-647-9350
8 a.m. - 4:30 Monday - Friday
Contact: Brendalen T. Scott
West Baton Rouge Parish Satellite Center / WIA Office
1643 Louisiana Ave.
Port Allen, La. 70767
Ph. 225-343-5919
Fax: 225-387-5930
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact: Joyce Hawkins
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River Center Branch of the East Baton
Rouge Parish Library
 http://www.careercenterbr.com/
Louisiana Jobs & Career Center
 http://lajacc.state.lib.la.us/
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Service Locator:
 http://www.laworks.net/ServiceLocator.asp
Workers Resources:
 https://www.voshost.com/default.asp
Online Services:
 http://www.laworks.net/OnlineServices.asp
Career Solutions:
 http://www.laworks.net/CareerSolutions.asp
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 http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/LMI/
LouisianaCareerPlanningGuide.pdf
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https://www.voshost.com/careers.asp
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Career Tips - View a guide to the steps you should take to follow the path of selecting the ideal career or occupation.
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Career Explorer - If you do not have a specific career in mind, select this option to learn what career or type of job best suits you as well as areas for which you might want to receive more training and education.
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Career Informer - If you have a career in mind, select this option to highlight a specific occupation and display information on wages, employers and jobs that are available as well as the details of available education and training, the job requirements and the nature of the work involved.
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Job Market Explorer - Choose a career or occupation by analyzing the current labor market trends where you want to work, including wages, employment projections and educational requirements.
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Simple self-tests
No wrong answers
Helps you discover your “career personality”
Identifies jobs you might enjoy
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Part of your personal portfolio
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Says a lot about YOU
Shows a potential employer that you have developed a career plan, etc.
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Interests grouped into clusters
Describeds knowledge, skills & interests that connect with industries, jobs & educational programs
Louisiana has 16 Career Clusters
› Go to the Louisiana Career Planning Guide for more information
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Check activities that you like
Add up your scores
Evaluate yourself
Think about the future
You will use your results to select a career that you will research
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Refer to pages 4-7 of the Louisiana Career Planning Guide
( http://www.lctcs.edu/assets/docs/WorkforceDevelopment/
LA_CareerPlanningGuide.pdf
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Helps you describe yourself
Identifies clusters & careers that match YOU
Assists with preparing for the interview process
You will use your results to select a career that you will research
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LA ePortal
› https://www.laeportal.com/main.aspx?stg=module_explore&item=assess yourself_takeassessments
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Explore Careers tab
( https://www.laeportal.com/main.aspx?stg=modul e_explore&item=assessyourself_gettingstarted )
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Getting Started
Take Assessments
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Self Appraisal Questions
Know What You Want
Ask for Help
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 www.laeportal.com
Sign in
Access the Assessment Center
Assessment takes approximately 1 hour
Report with results provided
› Sample report: https://www.laeportal.com/docx/user_assessments/pdf/p athway_ready_sample_report.pdf
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 http://www.ioscar.org/la/
Quick Trip
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Search by Work Value
› Work Importance Locator self-assessment helps you find occupations based on your work values o
› Work Values Scores – if you have already taken the Work
Importance Locator, you may enter your work values scores no
Search for similar attributes o Best Match – uses the characteristics of your current (or most recent) occupation to find similar occupations o Advanced Best Match – lets you select which characteristics of your current or most recent occupation are more important in your search of similar occupations
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Full Flight
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Assessment - explore career options using the Work
Importance Locator of the Interest Profiler
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I enjoy – find occupations based upon things that you enjoy doing at home or away from your job
Clusters – see occupations within each cluster.
Search – find new occupations based upon selected knowledges, skills & abilitiies
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Best Match – match the knowledges, skills & abilities you use in your current occupation to new occupations
Compare – compare your current or most recent occupation to a chosen occupation
Profile – produce a profile for one occupation of your choice
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High School Diploma
› A diploma awarded for the completion of high school
› Considered the minimum education required for government jobs and higher education
General Equivalency Diploma (GED)
› A group of five subject tests which, when passed, certify that the taker has high school-level academic skills
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High School Diploma Endorsementsgraduating seniors who meet certain requirements for a College & Career diploma & satisfy performance indicators
› Career Endorsement
Academic Endorsement ›
Requirements
 http://www.doe.state.la.us/topics/grad_req s.html
http://www.doe.state.la.us/topics/grad_req s.html
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Industry-Based Certifications (IBCs)
 tangible evidence that an individual has successfully
 demonstrated skill competencies in a specific set of work related tasks, single occupational area, or a cluster of related occupational areas.
http://www.lctcs.edu/assets/docs/WorkforceDevelop ment/IB_web.pdf
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Currently there are 51 IBCs available to Louisiana high school students
Bulletin 741, Chapter 3115, B, 3 (May 2010)
 http://www.docstoc.com/docs/23745424/Industry-
Based-Certification
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Provides recognized employment credentials
IBC courses may result in dual enrollment or articulated credit
Provides a “jump start” for postsecondary pursuits
Gives students a sense of accomplishment
Helps students become more employable with higher starting salaries
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International
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National
State
51 IBCs approved by
BESE
Program Areas
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Agriscience
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Business
Family & Consumer
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Health Science
Marketing
Technology Education
Trade & Industrial
General CTE
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Allow and high school students to earn college credit and acquire higher-level knowledge and skills by enrolling in college-level courses at local technical or community colleges and four year universities http://www.lctcs.edu/assets/docs/Workf orceDevelopment/DualEnrollment_LOWr es.pdf
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Eases the high school to college transition
Students who participate in dual enrollment in high school have had significantly higher cumulative college GPAs three years after high school graduation than their peers who did not participate in dual enrollment programs
Dual enrollment students earned more college credits than non-participating peers
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KeyTrain
› A comprehensive, easy-to-use system for improving the basic skills measured by the
WorkKeys® Assessment System
› http://www.keytrain.com/keytrain/ktn_over.
asp
WorkKeys
› A job skills assessment system that helps employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce
› http://www.act.org/workkeys/
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Licensing
 formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession
Trade Certificates
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 a document attesting to the fact that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorized to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma
Source: dictionary.com
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