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Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana said yesterday that Northrop has told the state that the yard in Avondale near New Orleans risks being shut because it lacks orders beyond 2012, putting about 5,000 employees out of work. Louisiana is in talks with possible buyers and tenants, Jindal said in a statement.
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The unemployment rate in New Orleans was the lowest among the nation's largest metropolitan statistical areas for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Houma had the lowest rate among all areas nationwide, at 4.6 percent...
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Like most things in New Orleans, looking for professional employment can be a unique experience, and newcomers are finding they need to adjust their job-hunting tactics to suit the more traditional approaches New Orleans firms expect...
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The U.S.'s largest online job site and the largest private university in North America are teaming up to bring New Orleans job seekers a career fair that goes above and beyond just offering job opportunities. CareerBuilder and University of Phoenix are putting New Orleans job seekers in touch with professional resume writers, image consultants and networking experts to help them retool their job-hunting approach and make themselves more marketable to employers.
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A line forms Wednesday in the parking lot of Christ United Methodist Church in Shreveport before the start of one of nine job fairs Louisiana is holding for citizens with disabilities. (Greg Pearson/The Times)
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A new study indicates that per capita income in New Orleans has grown at a faster pace than in any other U.S. metropolitan area. Figures for all of 2008 put the average income in the city now at $44,136.
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State loses 2,500 positions; down 32,100 from year ago
Two engines of the economy — manufacturing and the trade-transportation-utilities sectors — accounted for most of the annual job losses in Louisiana, showing the broad impact of the national recession that began in late 2007.
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Home Depot laid off an unspecified number of employees at some New Orleans area stores this week, saying it needs fewer workers as post-hurricane rebuilding efforts taper. Which metro area stores were affected or how many individuals lost their jobs were not specified.
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New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner area employers expect to hire at a slow pace during the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
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Entergy is moving about 200 of its transmission workers from New Orleans to the Jackson area.
Entergy Mississippi spokeswoman Mara Hartmann said more than half the workers have arrived in Jackson, but others will move to the area into 2010.
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