This Louisiana employment directory helps justice-involved users find practical employer pathways,
staffing routes, American Job Centers, workforce boards, community and technical college training,
WorkReady U, Goodwill job centers, reentry-supportive services, and parish-level employment resources
across Louisiana’s major labor regions.
Employer entries below are practical application routes, not promises of acceptance. Hiring decisions,
background review, badge access, plant-site access, TWIC or port requirements, driving, licensing,
overnight shifts, client-site rules, and safety-sensitive restrictions vary by employer and role.
Users on probation, parole, pretrial release, bond, work release, or community supervision should confirm
travel, curfew, reporting, job-site, driving, cash-handling, tool, overnight, and supervision restrictions
before accepting work.
How to use this directoryLouisiana employment guidance
Start with employer and staffing routes, then use workforce and reentry supports to strengthen the application path
For Louisiana, the strongest workflow is: identify realistic employers by region and industry,
apply through official career portals, use staffing firms for faster entry where appropriate,
and add American Job Centers, WorkReady U, community colleges, Goodwill, Return for Good, or local reentry support
when documentation, training, résumé help, transportation planning, or barrier reduction is needed.
Keep records of applications, interviews, job offers, orientation dates, schedules, pay stubs, training attendance,
job-center appointments, and case-manager notes when proof of work search or employment is required.
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Louisiana Workforce Commission / Louisiana Works
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Louisiana Workforce Commission / Louisiana Works
Main statewide agency and portal for workforce development, public employment services, job-search support, and labor-market resources.
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana
Mission services, training, job placement, and direct Goodwill jobs for New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and southeast Louisiana users.
Mission Services
Use Goodwill jobs portal separately for direct openings
Barrier support
Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana
Job centers, placement services, and employment support for Shreveport, Monroe, and north Louisiana users facing barriers to work.
Walmart / Sam’s Club Careers
Statewide route for retail, stocking, warehouse, supply chain, distribution, maintenance, automotive, and customer-service roles.
Walmart Careers
Search Louisiana stores, clubs, and supply-chain roles
Retail + supply chain
Amazon Jobs — Louisiana warehouse and delivery stations
Route for warehouse, fulfillment, sortation, delivery-station, and operations jobs where available. Screening is role-specific and location-specific.
Amazon Jobs
Search Louisiana openings by city or ZIP code
Warehouse route
UPS Jobs — Louisiana logistics and package handling
Statewide route for package handling, warehouse, driver helper, seasonal, mechanics, operations, and logistics roles.
FedEx Careers — Louisiana package, freight, and logistics
Statewide route for package handling, warehouse, freight, airport/logistics, operations, and support roles. Screening varies by position.
PeopleReady — Louisiana Staffing
Fast-entry staffing route for general labor, warehouse, hospitality, events, cleanup, construction support, and light industrial work.
Labor Finders — Louisiana Staffing
Day labor, construction support, cleanup, warehouse, events, hospitality, and general labor staffing where local branches are available.
Performance Contractors — industrial construction route
Industrial construction and maintenance employer route for Louisiana plant corridors and major project regions.
Performance Careers
Search Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, and Louisiana project routes
Industrial construction
New Orleans / River Parishes
Coverage: Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, Plaquemines, and nearby metro / River Parishes labor corridors.
This region combines New Orleans hospitality, healthcare, public-sector, port, logistics, retail, and nonprofit work with River Parishes industrial,
plant-adjacent, maintenance, construction, and transportation routes. Users should confirm port, TWIC, plant-site, badge, driving, and shift restrictions before accepting work.
🏢 Workforce, reentry, and training support — New Orleans / River Parishes
JOB1 American Job Center — Orleans Parish
Main workforce entry point for New Orleans job seekers needing career services, referrals, job-search support, and workforce navigation.
JOB1 NOLA
1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70113 • (504) 658-4500
Orleans workforce
Jefferson Parish American Job Center
Metro workforce route for Jefferson Parish residents seeking public employment services and employer referrals.
River Parish Consortium
Regional workforce board for St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist, useful for industrial corridor job search and training referrals.
Delgado Community College — Workforce Development
Training route for IT, healthcare support, advanced manufacturing, professional development, industrial skills, and short-term workforce training.
🏭 Fair-Chance / Case-by-Case Employer & Staffing Pathways — New Orleans / River Parishes
Ochsner Health — New Orleans region
Major healthcare employer route for food service, environmental services, patient access, clerical, transport, facilities, maintenance, and healthcare-support roles.
Ochsner Careers
Search New Orleans, Jefferson, Kenner, and regional openings
Healthcare support
LCMC Health — hospital and support roles
Healthcare route for environmental services, food service, patient support, clerical, maintenance, facilities, and hospital operations roles.
City of New Orleans Jobs
Public employer route for sanitation, public works, parks, facilities, clerical, administrative, community services, and city operations.
Port of New Orleans — port and logistics route
Port, maritime-adjacent, logistics, maintenance, clerical, warehouse, and operations route. Port access or credential rules may apply.
Goodwill SELA — Direct Employment Portal
Direct employer route for Goodwill positions across Southeast Louisiana, including retail, operations, donation processing, and support roles.
Goodwill Jobs
New Orleans and southeast Louisiana jobs
Direct + mission
Turner Industries — River Parishes industrial route
Industrial employer route for construction, maintenance, turnaround, fabrication, plant-support, and industrial services.
Turner Careers
Search River Parishes and southeast Louisiana roles
Industrial route
PeopleReady / Labor Finders — New Orleans staffing route
Fast-entry route for general labor, hospitality, event support, construction, warehouse, cleanup, and short-term assignments.
Coverage: East Baton Rouge, Ascension, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, and nearby capital-region parishes.
The Baton Rouge region combines healthcare, education, government, logistics, warehouse, customer support, industrial, construction,
plant-adjacent, and technical routes. Ascension, Iberville, and West Baton Rouge require special attention to plant-site access,
safety requirements, transportation, and shift restrictions.
🏢 Workforce, reentry, and training support — Baton Rouge / Capital Region
EmployBR / Workforce Area 21
Main workforce board and public employment entry point for East Baton Rouge Parish.
Second Planning District Consortium / GeauxJobs
Regional workforce route covering Ascension, Iberville, Livingston, Tangipahoa, Washington, Pointe Coupee, and nearby parishes.
GeauxJobs
305 N. Oak St., Hammond, LA 70401 • (985) 340-0106
Multi-parish board
Baton Rouge Community College — Workforce Solutions
Training route for short courses, adult education, technical skills, transportation, business, and workforce-focused enrollment.
🏭 Fair-Chance / Case-by-Case Employer & Staffing Pathways — Baton Rouge / Capital Region
Our Lady of the Lake Health — Baton Rouge healthcare route
Healthcare employer route for environmental services, food service, patient access, clerical, transport, maintenance, and support roles.
FMOLHS Careers
Search Baton Rouge / Our Lady of the Lake openings
Healthcare support
Baton Rouge General — hospital support route
Hospital employer route for food service, environmental services, patient support, clerical, facilities, and operations roles.
State of Louisiana Jobs
Large public employer route for clerical, maintenance, administrative, transportation, facilities, health support, public service, and operations roles.
Louisiana State University — Baton Rouge campus jobs
Campus employer route for custodial, food service, grounds, housing, facilities, clerical, maintenance, and administrative support roles.
Turner Industries / Performance Contractors — industrial route
Practical route for industrial construction, maintenance, plant support, turnaround, fabrication, and project work in the capital-region corridor.
Turner Careers
Use Performance Contractors separately where preferred
Industrial construction
Amazon / UPS / FedEx — Baton Rouge logistics search lane
Warehouse, package handling, delivery-station, driver-helper, freight, logistics, and operations roles. Confirm driving and shift restrictions before accepting work.
Amazon Jobs
Use UPS and FedEx portals separately where preferred
Logistics jobs
Houma / Thibodaux
Coverage: Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption, and nearby Bayou Region labor markets.
Houma / Thibodaux mixes healthcare, campus support, maritime, shipyard, offshore support, construction, hospitality,
logistics, retail, and technical training. Users should confirm offshore, maritime, driving, TWIC, site-access, and shift restrictions before accepting work.
🏢 Workforce, reentry, and training support — Houma / Thibodaux
LAT Workforce Board 31
Regional workforce board serving Assumption, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes.
Terrebonne General Health System — Houma healthcare route
Hospital employer route for food service, environmental services, patient support, clerical, maintenance, transport, and healthcare operations.
Thibodaux Regional Health System
Healthcare employer route for support services, food service, environmental services, patient access, clerical, maintenance, and hospital operations.
Nicholls State University — campus support jobs
Campus employer route for custodial, food service, facilities, grounds, administrative support, maintenance, and education-support roles.
Edison Chouest Offshore — maritime / offshore route
Maritime and offshore-support route for eligible users. Confirm offshore, credential, background, travel, and schedule requirements before accepting work.
ECO Careers
South Louisiana maritime employer route
Maritime route
PeopleReady / Labor Finders — Bayou Region staffing
Staffing route for general labor, construction support, warehouse, hospitality, cleanup, and short-term work where local branches are available.
Coverage: Lafayette, Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion, and surrounding Acadiana labor markets.
Acadiana is one of Louisiana’s strongest mixed labor markets, with healthcare, campus support, government, retail, hospitality,
energy-adjacent work, industrial services, logistics, manufacturing, and technical training routes.
🏢 Workforce, reentry, and training support — Lafayette / Acadiana
Acadiana Workforce Solutions / LWDB #40
Official regional workforce board serving the eight-parish Acadiana region.
Acadiana Workforce
1638 Creswell Ln Ext, Suite 1, Opelousas, LA 70570 • (337) 284-0505
Regional workforce
Lafayette American Job Center Network
Public workforce route for Lafayette and surrounding parishes, including job search, referrals, and local workforce services.
AJC Contacts PDF
Lafayette main office listed in statewide AJC contacts
AJC route
South Louisiana Community College — Continuing Education
Large workforce-training lane for short-term, employer-relevant skills in Acadiana.
Ochsner Lafayette General — healthcare support
Healthcare employer route for food service, environmental services, patient access, clerical, maintenance, transport, and support roles.
Ochsner Careers
Search Lafayette General and Acadiana openings
Healthcare support
Our Lady of Lourdes — Lafayette healthcare route
Hospital employer route for environmental services, food service, patient support, clerical, facilities, and healthcare operations roles.
FMOLHS Careers
Search Our Lady of Lourdes / Lafayette roles
Hospital support
University of Louisiana at Lafayette — campus jobs
Campus employer route for custodial, food service, facilities, grounds, administrative support, maintenance, and education-support roles.
Lafayette Consolidated Government Jobs
Public employer route for public works, utilities, parks, maintenance, administrative support, clerical, and city-parish operations.
Stuller — Lafayette manufacturing, distribution, and support
Employer route for manufacturing, warehouse, distribution, customer service, operations, administrative, and technical support roles.
SLB / Halliburton — energy support route
Energy-support and technical route for eligible users in Lafayette, Broussard, Youngsville, and surrounding corridors. Confirm driving, site, and safety-sensitive requirements.
SLB Careers
Use Halliburton careers separately where preferred
Energy support
Express / PeopleReady / Labor Finders — Acadiana staffing
Staffing route for warehouse, clerical, industrial, hospitality, construction support, general labor, and temp-to-hire jobs.
Express Jobs
Use PeopleReady or Labor Finders separately where preferred
Staffing route
Lake Charles / Southwest Louisiana
Coverage: Calcasieu, Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vernon, and surrounding Southwest Louisiana labor markets.
Southwest Louisiana has major employer lanes in healthcare, hospitality, gaming, industrial services, LNG, energy, construction,
plant support, warehouse, retail, transportation, and technical training. Users should confirm plant-site, TWIC, safety, travel, and shift restrictions before accepting work.
🏢 Workforce, reentry, and training support — Lake Charles / Southwest Louisiana
Calcasieu Local Workforce Development Board #51
Official workforce board for Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vernon parishes.
LWDB 51 Contact
2424 Third St., Lake Charles, LA 70601 • (337) 721-4015 ext. 5011
Region workforce
Lake Charles American Job Center
Main public workforce access point for Region 5 job seekers.
SOWELA Technical Community College
Training route for industrial technology, healthcare support, transportation, manufacturing, welding, process technology, and workforce credentials.
🏭 Fair-Chance / Case-by-Case Employer & Staffing Pathways — Lake Charles / Southwest Louisiana
Lake Charles Memorial Health System
Healthcare employer route for environmental services, food service, patient support, clerical, maintenance, transport, and hospital operations.
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick — healthcare route
Hospital employer route for support services, food service, environmental services, clerical, transport, and healthcare operations.
McNeese State University — campus jobs
Campus employer route for custodial, facilities, grounds, food service, administrative support, maintenance, and education-support roles.
Sasol — Lake Charles industrial route
Industrial employer route for operations, maintenance, technical, logistics, and plant-adjacent support roles. Site and safety-sensitive rules may apply.
Cheniere Energy — LNG / industrial route
Energy and LNG employer route for eligible users. Confirm site-access, background, safety, and transportation rules before applying.
L’Auberge / Golden Nugget — hospitality route
Hospitality route for food service, housekeeping, facilities, guest services, kitchen, maintenance, and hotel operations. Gaming and cash-handling restrictions may apply.
Coverage: Rapides, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Winn, and surrounding Central Louisiana labor markets.
Central Louisiana should be anchored in Alexandria while still supporting rural parish routing. Strong lanes include healthcare,
public-sector work, campus support, manufacturing, wood products, retail, warehouse, transportation, technical training, and staffing.
🏢 Workforce, reentry, and training support — Alexandria / Central Louisiana
Central Louisiana / Area 60 Workforce Route
Regional workforce route for Rapides and surrounding Central Louisiana parishes needing job-center navigation and training referral.
Alexandria / Rapides American Job Center Route
Public workforce access for Central Louisiana users needing job search, office-based help, and employment-services guidance.
Central Louisiana Technical Community College
Training route for healthcare support, technical skills, manufacturing, business, transportation, welding, lineworker, and adult education.
Goodwill / local job-readiness support route
Use Goodwill, Louisiana Works, and local nonprofit support when users need résumé help, interview support, digital access, or employment-barrier navigation.
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Healthcare route for environmental services, food service, patient access, clerical, transport, facilities, and hospital support roles.
State of Louisiana Jobs — Central Louisiana
Public employer route for health support, maintenance, administrative, facility, transportation, and public-service roles across Central Louisiana.
RoyOMartin — Central Louisiana manufacturing route
Wood-products and manufacturing employer route for production, maintenance, warehouse, logistics, operations, and industrial-support roles.
Express / Labor Finders — Alexandria staffing route
Staffing route for warehouse, clerical, construction support, customer service, light industrial, and temp-to-hire roles.
Express Jobs
Use Labor Finders separately where preferred
Staffing route
Shreveport / Northwest Louisiana
Coverage: Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, DeSoto, Red River, Sabine, Natchitoches, and surrounding northwest Louisiana labor markets.
Northwest Louisiana includes healthcare, public-sector work, campus support, distribution, warehouse, defense-adjacent jobs,
manufacturing, retail, hospitality, technical training, and Goodwill job-center support. Barksdale-related jobs may involve stricter access and screening rules.
🏢 Workforce, reentry, and training support — Shreveport / Northwest Louisiana
Northwest Louisiana American Job Center Route
Public workforce access for Shreveport, Bossier, Caddo, and surrounding parishes needing job search and workforce services.
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
Training route for technical, industrial, healthcare, transportation, business, welding, and workforce credential pathways.
Bossier Parish Community College — workforce route
Training and education route for Bossier, Shreveport, and regional users seeking certificates, adult education, healthcare support, logistics, and business skills.
Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana — Shreveport Job Center
Employment support, job placement, and job-center services for people facing employment barriers.
Willis-Knighton Health System
Healthcare route for hospital support, food service, environmental services, clerical, patient services, facilities, and operations roles.
Barksdale AFB civilian-job route
Potential route for eligible users seeking maintenance, logistics, administrative, warehouse, technical, and base-support roles. Federal jobs may have stricter screening.
Amazon Jobs — Shreveport / Bossier logistics route
Warehouse, delivery-station, fulfillment, sortation, and operations route where available.
Amazon Jobs
Search Shreveport, Bossier, and northwest Louisiana openings
Warehouse jobs
Goodwill North Louisiana — jobs and placement route
Direct Goodwill job route plus job-placement support for people facing criminal-history or other employment barriers.
PeopleReady / Labor Finders — Shreveport staffing route
Fast-entry staffing for general labor, warehouse, hospitality, construction support, cleanup, and temp-to-hire work where available.
Coverage: Ouachita, Lincoln, Union, Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll, Madison, Richland, Franklin, Tensas, Caldwell, Jackson, and surrounding Northeast Louisiana labor markets.
Northeast Louisiana should be anchored in Monroe while retaining regional routing for smaller parishes. Strong lanes include healthcare,
campus support, public-sector work, packaging/manufacturing, financial services, logistics, retail, warehouse, job placement, technical training, and staffing.
🏢 Workforce, reentry, and training support — Monroe / Northeast Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana American Job Center Route
Public workforce access for Monroe, Ouachita, and surrounding northeast parishes needing job-search support and employment-services guidance.
Louisiana Delta Community College
Training route for healthcare support, technical skills, business, industrial, adult education, and workforce credentials in Northeast Louisiana.
St. Francis Medical Center — Monroe healthcare route
Hospital employer route for food service, environmental services, patient support, clerical, maintenance, transport, and healthcare operations.
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Healthcare route for support services, food service, environmental services, patient access, clerical, facilities, and operations roles.
University of Louisiana Monroe — campus jobs
Campus employer route for custodial, food service, facilities, grounds, maintenance, administrative support, and education-support roles.
Express / PeopleReady / Labor Finders — Monroe staffing route
Staffing route for warehouse, clerical, light industrial, customer service, hospitality, construction support, and temp-to-hire roles.
Express Jobs
Use PeopleReady or Labor Finders separately where preferred
Staffing route
🧭 Louisiana search strategy and supervision notes
Confirm restrictions before accepting work
Before accepting airport, port, industrial, plant-site, offshore, maritime, security, driving, warehouse, hospitality, alcohol-serving, gaming, overnight, cash-handling, weapon/tool, client-site, or out-of-parish work, confirm whether the job conflicts with supervision conditions.
Keep application records, schedules, offer letters, training records, job-center notes, and pay documentation.
Supervision check
Use support routes when direct applications stall
Employer portals and staffing firms should be the first action step. If applications stall, add Louisiana Works, American Job Centers, WorkReady U, LCTCS colleges, Goodwill, Return for Good, or local nonprofit support for résumé help, job-readiness, documentation, or training.
OACRA is designed to reduce referral friction while keeping users supervision-aware.
Employer-first workflow
OACRA is an independent educational and organizational justice-tech platform. This directory is not a government agency,
legal service, employment agency, employment guarantee, supervision authority, or substitute for court orders or officer instructions.
Employer links, job openings, hiring policies, background review practices, wages, schedules, and eligibility rules may change.
Users on probation, parole, community supervision, bond, pretrial release, work release, or court-ordered conditions should confirm travel,
curfew, job-site access, licensing, driving, weapon/tool, overnight, cash-handling, contact, and reporting restrictions with their
supervising authority before accepting employment.