Published December 20, 2015
The University of Louisiana Monroe’s Office of Career Connections and the Office of
Admissions have launched Louisiana CareerPath, a job search tool to assist current
students, future students, and alumni.
Roslynn Pogue (left) with Kristin Chandler,
assisant director of ULM's Office of Career
Connections
Louisiana CareerPath, by using job projection data from the Louisiana Department of
Labor and www.laworks.net, allows users to search for how many Louisiana jobs are available.
“Louisiana CareerPath is another tool the university has developed to provide its
students with the ability to determine the number of statewide jobs available in their
chosen profession. It’s important for our students – both current and future – as
well as alumni, to know there are good paying jobs in Louisiana, and they don’t have
to leave the state to find one,” said ULM President Nick J. Bruno.
“For example, the top job in demand across all eight Regional Labor Market Areas (RMLA)
is for registered nurses. ULM’s Kitty DeGree School of Nursing helps meet that demand,”
Bruno continued.
Users can filter job results across Louisiana’s eight RMLAs by job title, salary range,
RLMA, or by which ULM major would match a particular job title.
Louisiana CareerPath was developed after the Louisiana Department of Labor published
state job projections for the years 2010-2020. Data relating to jobs requiring a 4-year
degree were extracted and placed into a searchable database, then paired with ULM
majors. Since the data spans a 10-year period, the data is annualized to reflect current
job projections.
Roslynn Pogue, Director of ULM’s Office of Career Connections, views Louisiana CareerPath
as a valuable resource for those seeking employment info and related salary data.
“As the Career Center on campus, we are often asked by both students and alumni about
potential job opportunities in Louisiana,” Pogue said. “Now, with this interactive
job search tool available on our website, that information is centralized and is easily
accessible for them to gather important career and salary data information. We continually
strive to provide our students and alumni the most efficient resources readily available
and this is another example of how ULM exceeds the benchmark.”
“Any student who is considering enrolling at ULM will find Louisiana CareerPath a
useful tool to see what ULM degree matches into a particular career field. Knowing
that there are very good, well-paying jobs available in the state and a ULM major
related to that eventual job is often a deciding factor students use to choose to
come to ULM,” said Lisa Miller, Assistant Vice President of Marketing, Recruitment
and Community Engagement.
The program was developed in-house by ULM by lead developer Amir Shrestha, who is
himself a graduate of ULM.
Louisiana CareerPath can be found at ulm.edu/careerconnections and clicking on the Louisiana CareerPath link.’
