1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:09,567 ** 2 00:00:11,467 --> 00:00:12,900 >>> SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS 3 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:14,900 PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR 4 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:16,133 EXLENGTHS IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC 5 00:00:16,133 --> 00:00:17,367 BROADCASTING. 6 00:00:17,367 --> 00:00:22,167 AND FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 7 00:00:23,733 --> 00:00:42,333 ** 8 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:45,167 >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 9 00:00:45,167 --> 00:00:46,300 "LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE," I'M 10 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:47,467 BETH COURTNEY, PRESIDENT OF THE 11 00:00:47,467 --> 00:00:50,267 LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING. 12 00:00:50,267 --> 00:00:51,367 >> AND I'M ROBERT TRAVIS SCOTT, 13 00:00:51,367 --> 00:00:52,700 PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS 14 00:00:52,700 --> 00:00:55,567 RESEARCH COUNCIL OF LOUISIANA. 15 00:00:55,567 --> 00:00:57,500 THE MONTH OF MAY BRINGS WITH IT 16 00:00:57,500 --> 00:00:59,133 THE END OF THE SCHOOL SEMESTER, 17 00:00:59,133 --> 00:01:00,433 AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CAREER 18 00:01:00,433 --> 00:01:02,800 SEARCH FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 19 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:03,700 LOUISIANA GRADUATES. 20 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:05,333 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT TODAY'S 21 00:01:05,333 --> 00:01:07,533 JOB HUNTERS HAVE MUCH LESS NEED 22 00:01:07,533 --> 00:01:09,800 TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE STATE FOR 23 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:10,867 EMPLOYMENT THAN THEIR 24 00:01:10,867 --> 00:01:13,100 COUNTERPARTS FROM JUST A DECADE 25 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:13,633 AGO. 26 00:01:13,633 --> 00:01:16,333 >> LOUISIANA NOW HAS MORE PEOPLE 27 00:01:16,333 --> 00:01:18,900 WORKING AND A HIGHER PER CAPITA 28 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:20,533 INCOME LEVEL THAN EVER BEFORE. 29 00:01:20,533 --> 00:01:23,100 WHAT ARE THE HOT CAREERS AND HOW 30 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:24,833 WELL ARE OUR COLLEGES AND 31 00:01:24,833 --> 00:01:26,133 UNIVERSITIES PREPARING GRADUATES 32 00:01:26,133 --> 00:01:26,833 FOR THEM? 33 00:01:26,833 --> 00:01:28,067 AND WHAT TOOL RESOURCE AVAILABLE 34 00:01:28,067 --> 00:01:29,800 FOR THE STATE'S JOB SEEKERS. 35 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,200 PLUS, THE HUNDREDS OF LOUISIANA 36 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,000 VETERANS RETURNING TO THE 37 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:34,433 WORKFORCE. 38 00:01:34,433 --> 00:01:35,167 TONIGHT "LOUISIANA PUBLIC 39 00:01:35,167 --> 00:01:36,467 SQUARE" LOOKS FOR ANSWERS TO 40 00:01:36,467 --> 00:01:39,233 THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE AS IT 41 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:46,633 EXPLORES "JOB MARKET 2014". 42 00:01:46,633 --> 00:01:48,100 >>> FROM BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY 43 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:54,167 COLLEGE GRADUATE JOHN CULOTTA, 44 00:01:54,167 --> 00:01:55,900 MAJORING WAS AN EASY CHOICE. 45 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:57,533 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE OIL 46 00:01:57,533 --> 00:01:59,667 INDUSTRY I KNOW WORKED WITH 47 00:01:59,667 --> 00:02:01,700 PROCESS GUYS, THEY RECOMMENDED 48 00:02:01,700 --> 00:02:04,967 TO ME TO LOOK AT IT AND TO 49 00:02:04,967 --> 00:02:05,700 PURSUE IT. 50 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:07,800 >> AFTER TWO YEARS OF HANDS ON 51 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,667 TRAINING SIMULATED PROCESSING 52 00:02:11,667 --> 00:02:14,267 UNITS, CULOTTA IS EAGER TO BRING 53 00:02:14,267 --> 00:02:17,400 HIS SKILLS TO A REAL PLANT. 54 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,167 >> WAVE P.M. ON 610. 55 00:02:19,167 --> 00:02:20,633 >> THE WHOLE THING ABOUT BEING 56 00:02:20,633 --> 00:02:22,667 AN OPERATOR, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE 57 00:02:22,667 --> 00:02:23,167 DOING. 58 00:02:23,167 --> 00:02:24,933 WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE 59 00:02:24,933 --> 00:02:26,300 UNIT YOU'RE THERE TO CORRECT IT 60 00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:29,033 AND KEEP THE PLANT RUNNING AT 61 00:02:29,033 --> 00:02:31,633 FULL EFFICIENCY. 62 00:02:31,633 --> 00:02:33,600 >> CULOTTA HAS BEEN JOB HUNTING 63 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,733 ONLINE, ACCESSORYING THE 64 00:02:35,733 --> 00:02:38,367 INTERNET FOR JOBS. 65 00:02:38,367 --> 00:02:40,033 ONE PLACE HIS SEARCH WON'T TAKE 66 00:02:40,033 --> 00:02:42,033 HIM IS OUT OF STATE. 67 00:02:42,033 --> 00:02:43,600 >> I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. 68 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,333 I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR 69 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:47,933 LOUISIANA AND THE AMOUNT OF 70 00:02:47,933 --> 00:02:49,033 JOBS, HERE, TOO. 71 00:02:49,033 --> 00:02:50,600 I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO 72 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:51,467 GO ANYWHERE. 73 00:02:51,467 --> 00:02:52,933 I THINK MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE 74 00:02:52,933 --> 00:02:53,467 COMING HERE. 75 00:02:53,467 --> 00:02:55,533 >> MORE THAN 37,000 GRADUATES IN 76 00:02:55,533 --> 00:02:57,933 THE STATE WILL BE RECEIVING 77 00:02:57,933 --> 00:02:59,933 TWO-YEAR, FOUR YEAR AND ADVANCED 78 00:02:59,933 --> 00:03:00,967 DEGREES THIS YEAR. 79 00:03:00,967 --> 00:03:03,200 THEY FACE A LOUISIANA JOB MARKET 80 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:04,967 THAT HAS BEEN EXPANDING FOR MORE 81 00:03:04,967 --> 00:03:06,233 THAN THREE YEARS. 82 00:03:06,233 --> 00:03:08,867 >> FOR THE LAST CONSECUTIVE 42 83 00:03:08,867 --> 00:03:10,600 MONTHS PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES 84 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,900 HAVE BEEN GAINING, ADDING JOBS 85 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:14,633 INTO THE ECONOMY. 86 00:03:14,633 --> 00:03:16,400 RIGHT NOW AT AN UNEMPLOYMENT 87 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,067 RATE OF 4.5% WE ARE THE LOWEST 88 00:03:20,067 --> 00:03:23,533 IN THE SOUTH, AND 10th LOWEST 89 00:03:23,533 --> 00:03:25,767 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE ENTIRE 90 00:03:25,767 --> 00:03:26,267 NATION. 91 00:03:26,267 --> 00:03:28,100 >> BRYAN MOORE IS THE DIRECTOR 92 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:29,900 OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 93 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:31,767 LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION. 94 00:03:31,767 --> 00:03:33,567 HIS AGENCY PROJECTS LOUISIANA 95 00:03:33,567 --> 00:03:36,267 WILL GAIN 103,000 NEW JOBS 96 00:03:36,267 --> 00:03:38,600 ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT TWO 97 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,467 YEARS. 98 00:03:40,467 --> 00:03:42,367 >> SOME FIELD WE HAVE MOSTLY MEN 99 00:03:42,367 --> 00:03:45,433 IN LOUISIANA WOULD INCLUDE THE 100 00:03:45,433 --> 00:03:47,200 PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY WITH $60 101 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,667 BILLION OF ANNOUNCED ECONOMIC 102 00:03:49,667 --> 00:03:51,500 EXPANSION THAT'S TAKING PLACE. 103 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:53,000 THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD IS IN 104 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,967 GREAT DEMANDING PARTICULARLY 105 00:03:54,967 --> 00:03:56,600 CARPENTERS AND ELECTRICIANS AND 106 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:57,367 PIPE FITTERS. 107 00:03:57,367 --> 00:03:58,567 BUT ALSO THE HEALTH CARE 108 00:03:58,567 --> 00:04:00,333 INDUSTRY, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A 109 00:04:00,333 --> 00:04:02,800 LARGE NEED FOR REGISTERED NURSES 110 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:03,800 AND OTHER HEALTH CARE 111 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,000 PRACTITIONERS AS WELL. 112 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,800 >> THE SHALE GAS INDUSTRY WILL 113 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,567 GENERATE OVER 4,000 JOBS AND HAS 114 00:04:11,567 --> 00:04:13,067 ATTRACTED INVESTMENT FROM 115 00:04:13,067 --> 00:04:15,867 COMPANIES LIKE REGENCY ENERGY 116 00:04:15,867 --> 00:04:17,833 INTO SHREVEPORT, COOL PLANET 117 00:04:17,833 --> 00:04:21,467 INTO ALEXANDRIA, SOUTH AFRICA 118 00:04:21,467 --> 00:04:24,933 BASED SASOL INTO LAKE YOURS AND 119 00:04:24,933 --> 00:04:29,800 OTHERS INTO HACKBERRY. 120 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,300 JOBS WILL BE INCLUDING COMPUTER 121 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:35,567 SCIENTIST CORPORATION IN BOSSIER 122 00:04:35,567 --> 00:04:37,400 STUDY, GE CAPITOL SOFTWARE IN 123 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,900 NEW ORLEANS, CGI I.T. SERVICES 124 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:44,933 IN LAFAYETTE AND IBM IN BATON 125 00:04:44,933 --> 00:04:45,400 ROUGE. 126 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,433 >> AT IBM, I'M IN THE ORACLE 127 00:04:47,433 --> 00:04:47,967 FIELD. 128 00:04:47,967 --> 00:04:50,933 WE'RE DEALING WITH DATABASES. 129 00:04:50,933 --> 00:04:54,467 >> THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 130 00:04:54,467 --> 00:05:00,367 CENTER LEAH KIGHT IS INTERNING 131 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:01,567 IN BATON ROUGE. 132 00:05:01,567 --> 00:05:03,100 >> THE THING ABOUT COMPUTER 133 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:05,067 SCIENCE IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS OUR 134 00:05:05,067 --> 00:05:06,300 TEACHERS, THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD 135 00:05:06,300 --> 00:05:07,633 THAT EXPERIENCE IN THE CORPORATE 136 00:05:07,633 --> 00:05:09,133 WORLD OR THE RESEARCH WORLD, 137 00:05:09,133 --> 00:05:10,833 WHICH MAKES IT EASY FOR THEM TO 138 00:05:10,833 --> 00:05:14,233 TEACH US THINGS TO HELP US 139 00:05:14,233 --> 00:05:14,800 SUCCEED. 140 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,767 >> WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF 141 00:05:16,767 --> 00:05:19,367 TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 142 00:05:19,367 --> 00:05:20,867 STATE, KIGHT IS RECONSIDERING 143 00:05:20,867 --> 00:05:21,833 HER CAREER SEARCH. 144 00:05:21,833 --> 00:05:23,167 >> AT FIRST I WAS THINKING I 145 00:05:23,167 --> 00:05:25,067 WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO MOVE. 146 00:05:25,067 --> 00:05:27,167 NOW WITH IBM MOVING TO 147 00:05:27,167 --> 00:05:30,133 LOUISIANA, IT'S A 90% CHANCE I 148 00:05:30,133 --> 00:05:32,833 WILL BE WHERE I GREW UP AT. 149 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:35,733 >> WITH THE DEMAND FOR SCIENCE, 150 00:05:35,733 --> 00:05:37,300 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH 151 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,033 FIELDS OR S.T.E.M. FIELDS IS 152 00:05:39,033 --> 00:05:43,067 MUCH HIGHER THAN THE STATE 153 00:05:43,067 --> 00:05:43,500 SURPRISE. 154 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:44,733 THEIR THREE STEM OPENINGS FOR 155 00:05:44,733 --> 00:05:46,500 EVERY UNEMPLOYED WORKER. 156 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:48,000 >> THE PROBLEM WE ARE TRYING TO 157 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,567 SOLVE IS WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY 158 00:05:49,567 --> 00:05:51,000 GOOD NEWS IN ECONOMIC 159 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:51,467 DEVELOPMENT. 160 00:05:51,467 --> 00:05:52,867 WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD JOBS 161 00:05:52,867 --> 00:05:54,100 COMING INTO LOUISIANA. 162 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:56,233 WE DON'T HAVE THE TRAJECTORY TO 163 00:05:56,233 --> 00:05:58,733 BE ABLE TO FILL ALL OF THOSE JOB 164 00:05:58,733 --> 00:06:00,300 GAPS WITH GRADUATES FROM THE 165 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:02,467 TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND FOUR-YEAR 166 00:06:02,467 --> 00:06:03,133 COLLEGES. 167 00:06:03,133 --> 00:06:06,167 >> SANDRA WOODLEY, PRESIDENT OF 168 00:06:06,167 --> 00:06:08,467 THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 169 00:06:08,467 --> 00:06:09,767 SYSTEM JOINS THE SESSION TO 170 00:06:09,767 --> 00:06:12,533 SUPPORT THE WORKFORCE AND 171 00:06:12,533 --> 00:06:15,433 INNOVATION FOR A STRONGER 172 00:06:15,433 --> 00:06:19,267 ECONOMY, OR WISE FUND. 173 00:06:19,267 --> 00:06:23,067 THEY SET ASIDE $40 MILLION THAT 174 00:06:23,067 --> 00:06:25,467 PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 175 00:06:25,467 --> 00:06:26,433 COMPETE FOR BY PRODUCING 176 00:06:26,433 --> 00:06:28,867 GRADUATES IN HIGH-DEMAND FIELDS. 177 00:06:28,867 --> 00:06:31,500 SCHOOLS ARE ALSO REWARDED FOR 178 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:33,767 INCREASING RESEARCH 179 00:06:33,767 --> 00:06:35,500 POSSIBILITIES. 180 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:40,567 >> FOR ME TO -- I JUST CAME 181 00:06:40,567 --> 00:06:42,300 THROUGH THAT PROCESS SO I KNOW 182 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:44,900 ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY 183 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:46,133 ENCOUNTER. 184 00:06:46,133 --> 00:06:47,733 >> KENNY LYNCH RETIRED FROM THE 185 00:06:47,733 --> 00:06:49,067 AIRPORT LAST JUNE AFTER SERVING 186 00:06:49,067 --> 00:06:49,933 25 YEARS. 187 00:06:49,933 --> 00:06:51,667 HE INITIALLY APPROACHED THE 188 00:06:51,667 --> 00:06:53,100 LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION 189 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:54,767 FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND 190 00:06:54,767 --> 00:06:57,700 ENDED UP BEING OFFERED JOB AS 191 00:06:57,700 --> 00:06:58,500 COUNSELOR IN THE VETERANS 192 00:06:58,500 --> 00:06:58,833 PROGRAM. 193 00:06:58,833 --> 00:07:00,267 HE HELPS THE HUNDREDS OF 194 00:07:00,267 --> 00:07:01,500 SOLDIERS RETURNING TO THE 195 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:03,833 WORKFORCE CONQUER THEIR BIGGEST 196 00:07:03,833 --> 00:07:06,500 CHALLENGE: MAKING EMPLOYERS 197 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:07,733 UNDERSTAND THEIR SKILL SET. 198 00:07:07,733 --> 00:07:09,067 >> THE MILITARY, THE MILITARY 199 00:07:09,067 --> 00:07:12,200 USE AS LOT OF JAR GONE. 200 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,600 IN THE CIVILIAN SECTOR IT 201 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,600 DOESN'T TRANSLATE AS WELL. 202 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,167 >> THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF 203 00:07:19,167 --> 00:07:22,633 LOUISIANA VETERANS IS 4.9%, 204 00:07:22,633 --> 00:07:23,600 SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE STATE 205 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,167 RATE OF 4.5%. 206 00:07:25,167 --> 00:07:27,433 LYNCH ENCOURAGES HIS CLIENTS TO 207 00:07:27,433 --> 00:07:29,700 MAKE EMPLOYERS AWARE OF TAX 208 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:31,133 INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR HIRING 209 00:07:31,133 --> 00:07:32,033 70s. 210 00:07:32,033 --> 00:07:35,233 CREDITS RANGE FROM $24 TO 9600 211 00:07:35,233 --> 00:07:37,233 DOLLARS PER HIRE. 212 00:07:37,233 --> 00:07:38,600 >> MOST EMPLOYERS WHEN YOU FIND 213 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:39,933 OUT I CAN GET MONEY BACK FROM 214 00:07:39,933 --> 00:07:42,500 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR 215 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:44,233 HIRING 92 THEY TONED, WELL, LET 216 00:07:44,233 --> 00:07:46,900 ME HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. 217 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:49,400 >> FOR BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE 218 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,100 LOUISIANA JOB SEEKERS, MOORE 219 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:54,400 ENCOURAGING THEM TO VISIT THE 220 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,000 COMMISSION'S WEBSITE TO PERUSE 221 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,433 JOB LISTING, EXPLORE HIGH-DEMAND 222 00:07:59,433 --> 00:08:01,800 FIELD AND LEARN THE EDUCATIONAL 223 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,733 PATHWAYS TO THOSE CAREERS. 224 00:08:03,733 --> 00:08:08,767 >> WE HAVE MORE JOBS THAN PEOPLE 225 00:08:08,767 --> 00:08:10,133 WHO QUALIFY FOR THEM. 226 00:08:10,133 --> 00:08:11,433 IT'S UP TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO 227 00:08:11,433 --> 00:08:12,733 UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO 228 00:08:12,733 --> 00:08:14,567 TODAY TO HAVE A BETTER TOMORROW. 229 00:08:14,567 --> 00:08:16,700 >> JOINING ME IN OUR STUDIO 230 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:18,533 AUDIENCE TONIGHT TO EXPLORE 231 00:08:18,533 --> 00:08:19,933 LOUISIANA'S JOB MARKET ARE 232 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:21,400 RESIDENTS FROM THE GREATER BATON 233 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,367 ROUGE AREA. 234 00:08:22,367 --> 00:08:25,100 THEY INCLUDE RECENT TWO- AND 235 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:27,533 FOUR-YEAR GRADUATES, CAREER 236 00:08:27,533 --> 00:08:29,267 COUNSELORS, A VETERAN, AND 237 00:08:29,267 --> 00:08:32,233 MEMBERS OF A LEGISLATIVE YOUTH 238 00:08:32,233 --> 00:08:35,900 ADVISORY COUNCIL. 239 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:39,367 LSU'S PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH LAB 240 00:08:39,367 --> 00:08:41,533 SURVEYED PEOPLE ON TONIGHT'S 241 00:08:41,533 --> 00:08:42,033 TOPIC. 242 00:08:42,033 --> 00:08:43,533 >>> WHEN ASKED IF GRADUATES OF 243 00:08:43,533 --> 00:08:44,833 LOUISIANA'S UNIVERSITY RESOURCE 244 00:08:44,833 --> 00:08:46,367 ADEQUATELY PREPARE FOR THE JOB 245 00:08:46,367 --> 00:08:48,933 MARKET 61% OF RESPONDENTS SAID 246 00:08:48,933 --> 00:08:52,367 YES, 30% SAID NO AND 9% WERE 247 00:08:52,367 --> 00:08:52,867 UNSURE. 248 00:08:52,867 --> 00:08:54,033 AND WHEN ASKED IF LOUISIANA 249 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:55,967 VETERANS ARE ADEQUATELY PREPARE 250 00:08:55,967 --> 00:08:58,833 FOR THE CIVILIAN JOB MARKET, 41% 251 00:08:58,833 --> 00:09:02,567 SAID NO, 37% SAID YES, AND 22% 252 00:09:02,567 --> 00:09:04,600 WERE EITHER UNSURE OR DIDN'T 253 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:05,100 ANSWER. 254 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:07,000 >> WHEN ASKED THEIR OPINION ON 255 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,067 CURRENT BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN 256 00:09:08,067 --> 00:09:09,867 THE STATE, COMPARED TO A YEAR 257 00:09:09,867 --> 00:09:12,700 AGO, 47% OF THOSE SURVEYED THINK 258 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:15,600 CONDITIONS ARE ABOUT THE SAME. 259 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,500 27% THINK THAT THEY ARE WORSE. 260 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:20,267 AND JUST 23% SAY THEY ARE 261 00:09:20,267 --> 00:09:21,467 BETTER. 262 00:09:21,467 --> 00:09:23,533 3% WERE UNSURE. 263 00:09:23,533 --> 00:09:27,300 DESPITE THESE OPINIONS 63% OF 264 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:28,533 RESPONDENTS WOULD FIZER REENTS 265 00:09:28,533 --> 00:09:29,300 COLLEGE GRADUATES TO LOOK FOR 266 00:09:29,300 --> 00:09:30,733 JOBS IN THE STATE. 267 00:09:30,733 --> 00:09:33,267 29% WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING 268 00:09:33,267 --> 00:09:34,600 OUTSIDE LOUISIANA FOR 269 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,133 EMPLOYMENT. 270 00:09:35,133 --> 00:09:37,700 AND 8% WERE UNSURE. 271 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:40,133 SO LET'S LAUNCH OFF FROM THAT 272 00:09:40,133 --> 00:09:40,633 POINT. 273 00:09:40,633 --> 00:09:42,267 WE'VE HAD A LOT OF BIG BOOMING 274 00:09:42,267 --> 00:09:45,500 JOBS A LOT OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES. 275 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:46,833 HOW ABOUT THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE 276 00:09:46,833 --> 00:09:49,567 EITHER FELT THE IMPACT OF THIS 277 00:09:49,567 --> 00:09:51,600 YOURSELF OR KNOW SOMEBODY WHO 278 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,200 HAS FELT THE IMPACT OF ALL OF 279 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,367 THESE DEVELOPMENTS? 280 00:09:55,367 --> 00:09:57,500 WHO WANTS TO START OFF? 281 00:09:57,500 --> 00:09:58,933 HOW ABOUT YOU, LEASE SKID MARKS 282 00:09:58,933 --> 00:10:01,400 TELL US ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. 283 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,600 YOU'RE A BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY 284 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,667 COLLEGE COUNSELOR, IS THAT NOT 285 00:10:04,667 --> 00:10:05,167 RIGHT? 286 00:10:05,167 --> 00:10:05,767 >> YES. 287 00:10:05,767 --> 00:10:07,867 WELL, IN MY POSITION AT BATON 288 00:10:07,867 --> 00:10:09,467 ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE I GET TO 289 00:10:09,467 --> 00:10:11,900 SEE STUDENTS ENTERING THE JOB 290 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:12,500 MARKET. 291 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,100 AND IN MY EXPERIENCE -- MY 292 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:16,467 EXPERIENCE IS THAT THOSE 293 00:10:16,467 --> 00:10:17,967 STUDENTS WHO HAVE WORK 294 00:10:17,967 --> 00:10:19,733 EXPERIENCE ALONG WITH THE 295 00:10:19,733 --> 00:10:22,600 EDUCATION ARE FINDING 296 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:23,233 EMPLOYMENT. 297 00:10:23,233 --> 00:10:26,700 IT'S KIND OF A SPECIAL MIXTURE. 298 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:28,067 THE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE AND OF 299 00:10:28,067 --> 00:10:29,233 COURSE THE DEGREES. 300 00:10:29,233 --> 00:10:31,033 SOME OF OUR DEGREES THAT WE 301 00:10:31,033 --> 00:10:33,233 OFFER ARE IN HIGHER DEMAND, AND 302 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:34,767 THE STUDENTS IN THOSE ALMOST 303 00:10:34,767 --> 00:10:36,833 STEP INTO A JOB RIGHT AFTER 304 00:10:36,833 --> 00:10:37,433 GRADUATION. 305 00:10:37,433 --> 00:10:38,500 >> THAT'S REALLY GREAT. 306 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:40,300 HOW MUCH TROUBLE DO YOU HAVE 307 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:41,500 GETTING STUDENTS CHANNEL INTO 308 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:43,600 THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS? 309 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,900 >> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY IF SOME 310 00:10:46,900 --> 00:10:49,433 OF THAT HAPPENS BEFORE THEY GET 311 00:10:49,433 --> 00:10:52,000 TO US AT THE COLLEGE, SO THEY 312 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,333 ARE NOT ALWAYS AWARE THAT A 313 00:10:54,333 --> 00:10:56,867 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEGREE IS A 314 00:10:56,867 --> 00:10:58,600 VIABLE OPTION, WHEREAS IN THE 315 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,300 EMPLOYMENT WORLD, IT IS A VERY 316 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:02,767 VIABLE OPTION. 317 00:11:02,767 --> 00:11:04,567 SO COMMUNICATING THAT MESSAGE TO 318 00:11:04,567 --> 00:11:06,200 THE PARENTS AND TO THE STUDENTS 319 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,800 AT A YOUNGER AGE IS REALLY 320 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,100 IMPORTANT, BECAUSE ONCE THEY GET 321 00:11:10,100 --> 00:11:12,567 TO US, A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT 322 00:11:12,567 --> 00:11:14,800 AWARE THAT THEY COULD GO INTO A 323 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,200 WORKFORCE TYPE DEGREE. 324 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:17,033 >> RIGHT, RIGHT. 325 00:11:17,033 --> 00:11:19,400 AND YOUR COLLEAGUE AT BATON 326 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:20,500 ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS 327 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:20,900 KERRY. 328 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:23,200 ARE YOU SEEING THE SAME TYPE OF 329 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,633 TREND THERE? 330 00:11:25,633 --> 00:11:26,100 >> 72. 331 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:27,133 AND THE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS THAT 332 00:11:27,133 --> 00:11:30,000 I BELIEVE LISA'S REFERRING TO 333 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,200 ARE APPLIED SCIENCE PROGRAMS. 334 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,767 THE STUDENTS HAVE A BUILT-IN 335 00:11:34,767 --> 00:11:36,067 INTERNSHIP COMPONENT TO THEIR 336 00:11:36,067 --> 00:11:37,500 STUDIES, SO THEY ARE GETTING 337 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:39,400 WORK ALONGSIDE OF THEIR 338 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:39,867 EDUCATION. 339 00:11:39,867 --> 00:11:41,933 AND THAT IS DEFINITELY PREPARING 340 00:11:41,933 --> 00:11:44,067 THEM TO ENTER FULL TIME WORK IN 341 00:11:44,067 --> 00:11:45,933 THEIR FIELD, RIGHT AFTER 342 00:11:45,933 --> 00:11:47,400 GRADUATION. 343 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,100 >> LET'S TALK TO SOME OF THESE 344 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:50,533 STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY ARE 345 00:11:50,533 --> 00:11:51,233 FACING. 346 00:11:51,233 --> 00:11:52,467 AUSTIN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT 347 00:11:52,467 --> 00:11:54,200 ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU ARE 348 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,200 RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT'S YOUR 349 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:57,833 CAREER OUTLOOK. 350 00:11:57,833 --> 00:12:00,400 >> WELL, I'M JUST NEWLY 351 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,333 GRADUATED, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE 352 00:12:02,333 --> 00:12:03,500 FROM ST. MICHAEL HIGH SCHOOL 353 00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:04,433 HERE IN BATON ROUGE. 354 00:12:04,433 --> 00:12:05,967 I CURRENTLY WORK AT A LAW FIRM 355 00:12:05,967 --> 00:12:08,000 RIGHT NOW WORKING FULL TIME. 356 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,933 BUT I THINK FOR, YOU KNOW, 357 00:12:10,933 --> 00:12:12,633 TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS COMING 358 00:12:12,633 --> 00:12:14,567 OUT OF THE -- AFTER GRADUATING 359 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,000 GOING INTO THE WORKFORCE, I 360 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,133 THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF 361 00:12:18,133 --> 00:12:19,100 WORK YOU'RE GOING INTO. 362 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:21,567 WE SEE A LOT OF HIGH-TECH 363 00:12:21,567 --> 00:12:23,367 INDUSTRY COMING IN BUT I THINK 364 00:12:23,367 --> 00:12:25,633 IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT CAREER 365 00:12:25,633 --> 00:12:28,033 FIELD YOU'RE WANTING TO GO INTO. 366 00:12:28,033 --> 00:12:29,833 I KNOW FOR SOMEONE WANTING TO GO 367 00:12:29,833 --> 00:12:32,567 INTO A LAW FIELD, FOR A CITY 368 00:12:32,567 --> 00:12:34,033 WITH TWO LAW SCHOOLS, IT'S VERY 369 00:12:34,033 --> 00:12:36,967 HARD TO FIND WORK HERE IN BATON 370 00:12:36,967 --> 00:12:38,967 ROUGE, IN THE WIDER LOUISIANA 371 00:12:38,967 --> 00:12:39,400 COMMUNITY. 372 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:40,733 A LOT OF PEOPLE TYRONN LUE HAVE 373 00:12:40,733 --> 00:12:42,967 TO GO OUT OF STATE FOR LAW 374 00:12:42,967 --> 00:12:43,700 SCHOOLS -- 375 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:45,067 >> FOR LAWYERS, MAYBE THERE SEEM 376 00:12:45,067 --> 00:12:47,500 TO BE A LOT IN THAT FIELD. 377 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:49,167 >> BUT YOU'VE CHOSEN IN ANYWAY. 378 00:12:49,167 --> 00:12:51,167 >> I HAVE CHOSEN IT ANYWAY. 379 00:12:51,167 --> 00:12:52,667 >> GOOD LUCK TO YOU ON THAT 380 00:12:52,667 --> 00:12:53,200 AREA. 381 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,467 >> THANK YOU. 382 00:12:54,467 --> 00:12:55,967 >> HOW ABOUT 92. 383 00:12:55,967 --> 00:12:58,733 >> YES, SIR, I'M TYRONN LUE 384 00:12:58,733 --> 00:13:00,500 STUDYING JOURNALISM AND 385 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:01,567 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. 386 00:13:01,567 --> 00:13:03,833 I GO TO LSU RIGHT NOW AND I HAVE 387 00:13:03,833 --> 00:13:05,433 BECOME DEFINITELY MORE INVESTED 388 00:13:05,433 --> 00:13:06,367 IN THE STATE. 389 00:13:06,367 --> 00:13:08,100 BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT WHEN I 390 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:10,400 GRADUATE, I'M INTERESTED IN 391 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:11,400 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM. 392 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:12,533 I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE JOBS 393 00:13:12,533 --> 00:13:13,733 FOR THAT IN LOUISIANA. 394 00:13:13,733 --> 00:13:16,400 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS 395 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:17,100 INTERNATIONAL. 396 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:18,500 >> WELL, DEFINITELY A 397 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:19,633 CHALLENGING INDUSTRY THESE DAYS. 398 00:13:19,633 --> 00:13:22,367 BUT HOW ABOUT YOU, WALLACE? 399 00:13:22,367 --> 00:13:23,967 >> YES, I'LL BE A SENIOR AT HIGH 400 00:13:23,967 --> 00:13:26,400 SCHOOL THIS COMING UP SPRING. 401 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,433 I THINK THERE ARE PLENTY OF JOBS 402 00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:30,333 AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHWEST 403 00:13:30,333 --> 00:13:32,567 LOUISIANA WITH SASOL, BUT THE 404 00:13:32,567 --> 00:13:33,867 PROBLEM WE ARE SEEING IS A LACK 405 00:13:33,867 --> 00:13:35,700 OF EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE JOBS. 406 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:37,533 I THINK THEY ARE TRYING HARDER 407 00:13:37,533 --> 00:13:38,867 TO PROVIDE THE EXPERIENCE, BUT 408 00:13:38,867 --> 00:13:40,800 THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO 409 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:41,767 RIGHT NOW. 410 00:13:41,767 --> 00:13:42,700 >> HOW ABOUT THAT. 411 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:44,433 ARE YOUR FRIENDS GEARING UP FOR 412 00:13:44,433 --> 00:13:46,300 ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO 413 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:48,667 BE TAKING PLACE IN THE LAKE 414 00:13:48,667 --> 00:13:49,600 CHARLES AREA? 415 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,867 IS THIS A COMMON CONVERSATION 416 00:13:51,867 --> 00:13:52,300 POINT? 417 00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:55,067 >> YES, SIR, IT HAS BACK COMMON 418 00:13:55,067 --> 00:13:55,733 CONVERSATION. 419 00:13:55,733 --> 00:13:58,100 OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ARE 420 00:13:58,100 --> 00:13:59,533 LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT THERE 421 00:13:59,533 --> 00:14:01,467 IS GROWTH GOING ON IN OUR AREA. 422 00:14:01,467 --> 00:14:03,867 FOR THE LONGEST TIME I'VE WANTED 423 00:14:03,867 --> 00:14:05,600 TO LEAVE THE STATE AND GO 424 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,067 FURTHER, BUT NOW I'M THINKING 425 00:14:07,067 --> 00:14:08,467 ABOUT STAYING HOME BECAUSE OF 426 00:14:08,467 --> 00:14:10,467 THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. 427 00:14:10,467 --> 00:14:10,967 >> OKAY. 428 00:14:10,967 --> 00:14:12,533 YOU'RE TRYING TO BE THE POSTER 429 00:14:12,533 --> 00:14:14,500 KID FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO 430 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:15,033 HERE. 431 00:14:15,033 --> 00:14:17,933 I GUESS WE'LL SEE IF THAT WORKS 432 00:14:17,933 --> 00:14:18,467 OUT. 433 00:14:18,467 --> 00:14:20,867 JERRY, YOU ARE A MOM OF A VET, 434 00:14:20,867 --> 00:14:22,333 THAT IS NOT RIGHT? 435 00:14:22,333 --> 00:14:23,200 >> YES, I AM. 436 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:24,867 >> TELL US ABOUT THAT AND WHAT 437 00:14:24,867 --> 00:14:26,967 YOUR SON IS EXPERIENCING. 438 00:14:26,967 --> 00:14:29,967 >> I'M A PROUD MOM OF A VET AND 439 00:14:29,967 --> 00:14:31,767 A NEW ATTORNEY IN THE STATE. 440 00:14:31,767 --> 00:14:32,833 IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR 441 00:14:32,833 --> 00:14:35,200 HIM MAKING THE TRANSITION BACK. 442 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,233 >> WHAT DID HE RETURN HOME FROM? 443 00:14:37,233 --> 00:14:38,900 >> HE DID SERVE IN IRAQ. 444 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:40,200 WHEN HE CAME HOME AND CAME OUT 445 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:41,833 OF THE MILITARY, IT WAS 446 00:14:41,833 --> 00:14:45,700 DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO MAKE 447 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:46,267 ADJUSTMENTS. 448 00:14:46,267 --> 00:14:47,267 BUT THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION 449 00:14:47,267 --> 00:14:50,200 TYRONN LUE OF THE WORKFORCE 450 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,400 WEBSITE, HE WAS INTRODUCED TO 451 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,200 CAREER FIELDS THAT HE HAD NOT 452 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,800 EVEN FATHOMED BEFORE. 453 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:56,733 >> WHAT WEBSITE ARE YOU 454 00:14:56,733 --> 00:14:57,533 REFERRING TO? 455 00:14:57,533 --> 00:14:59,233 >> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE 456 00:14:59,233 --> 00:15:01,300 WORKFORCE, THE STATE WORKFORCE 457 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:01,767 WEBSITE. 458 00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:03,400 FROM THERE WE STARTED TALKING 459 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,133 ABOUT THOSE FILMS AND 460 00:15:05,133 --> 00:15:05,800 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE 461 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,267 AVAILABLE BASED ON THE INDUSTRY 462 00:15:08,267 --> 00:15:09,933 NEED IN THE STATE. 463 00:15:09,933 --> 00:15:13,767 AND HE HAS SETTLED ON GOING INTO 464 00:15:13,767 --> 00:15:15,367 ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTION 465 00:15:15,367 --> 00:15:16,767 MANAGEMENT FIELDS E. SAW THAT, 466 00:15:16,767 --> 00:15:19,133 YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT 467 00:15:19,133 --> 00:15:21,200 WANT TO GO ON TO COLLEGE AND GET 468 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,633 A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE, HE COULD GET 469 00:15:23,633 --> 00:15:25,167 RIGHT TO WORK WITH THE SUPPORT 470 00:15:25,167 --> 00:15:26,833 OF INDUSTRY AND GETTING A 471 00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:28,133 COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION THAT 472 00:15:28,133 --> 00:15:30,333 WAS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO 473 00:15:30,333 --> 00:15:30,833 HIM. 474 00:15:30,833 --> 00:15:31,900 >> HOW ABOUT THAT. 475 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:33,300 YOU'RE ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY 476 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:33,800 COLLEGES. 477 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:34,900 >> YES, I AM. 478 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:36,467 >> MAYBE YOUR SON NEEDS TO TALK 479 00:15:36,467 --> 00:15:37,333 TO MATT. 480 00:15:37,333 --> 00:15:38,700 YOU JUST HEARD WHAT SHE SAID. 481 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:40,967 ARE YOU READY FOR A RESUME? 482 00:15:40,967 --> 00:15:44,567 >> WELL A LOT OF OUR ABC MEMBER 483 00:15:44,567 --> 00:15:45,600 CONTRACTORS -- 484 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,000 >> MY NAME IS MATT CAMPBELL, I 485 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,767 WORK WITH THE BIDDING AND 486 00:15:50,767 --> 00:15:53,333 CONTRACTORS PELICAN CHAPTER HERE 487 00:15:53,333 --> 00:15:54,500 IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. 488 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:56,400 A LOT OF OUR MEMBER CONTRACTORS 489 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:57,833 FOR THE SASOL PROJECT ARE 490 00:15:57,833 --> 00:15:59,500 WORKING WITH VETERANS, WORKING 491 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:00,433 TO HIRE THEM. 492 00:16:00,433 --> 00:16:01,767 WE'VE HEARD ABOUT TAX INCENTIVES 493 00:16:01,767 --> 00:16:04,267 AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR HIRING 494 00:16:04,267 --> 00:16:04,967 VETERANS. 495 00:16:04,967 --> 00:16:09,367 IT'S A VERY ATTRACTIVE OFFER FOR 496 00:16:09,367 --> 00:16:09,800 EMPLOYERS. 497 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,233 THEY HAVE THE REGIMENTED 498 00:16:11,233 --> 00:16:12,733 TRAINING, THEY WORK AS A TEAM 499 00:16:12,733 --> 00:16:15,467 AND KNOW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. 500 00:16:15,467 --> 00:16:16,933 IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE TO 501 00:16:16,933 --> 00:16:17,567 EMPLOYERS. 502 00:16:17,567 --> 00:16:19,633 THEY MAKE A PERFECT FIT A LOT OF 503 00:16:19,633 --> 00:16:21,133 TIMES INTO OUR INDUSTRY. 504 00:16:21,133 --> 00:16:24,100 OUR INDUSTRY IS RECRUITING THEM 505 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:25,833 HARD AND WE ARE VERY INTERESTED 506 00:16:25,833 --> 00:16:28,633 IN GETTING THEM STARTED WORKING. 507 00:16:28,633 --> 00:16:30,067 >> THE PUBLIC HE DOES INDICATION 508 00:16:30,067 --> 00:16:31,400 SYSTEM IS NOT FILLING THE NEED 509 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,267 YOU THINK THEY DO, AND THAT'S 510 00:16:33,267 --> 00:16:35,567 WHY THE INDUSTRY ITSELF HAS AN 511 00:16:35,567 --> 00:16:36,433 EDUCATIONAL ARM. 512 00:16:36,433 --> 00:16:38,667 IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 513 00:16:38,667 --> 00:16:39,167 SNEER. 514 00:16:39,167 --> 00:16:40,867 >> I THINK RIGHT NOW WITH THE 515 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:42,067 BOOM IN INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, 516 00:16:42,067 --> 00:16:44,567 ALL OF US COULD TRAIN AND THERE 517 00:16:44,567 --> 00:16:46,467 STILL WON'T BE ENOUGH. 518 00:16:46,467 --> 00:16:47,567 THERE WILL BE ENOUGH FOR 519 00:16:47,567 --> 00:16:48,967 EVERYBODY TO REACH OUT THERE AND 520 00:16:48,967 --> 00:16:51,100 GET A PIECE OF THE PIE. 521 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:52,433 >> JEREMY, I BELIEVE, JEREMY, 522 00:16:52,433 --> 00:16:56,267 YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL? 523 00:16:56,267 --> 00:17:00,000 >> I'M A RECENT GRADUATE. 524 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,100 >> THIS PAST MAY I'VE GRADUATED 525 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:05,333 FROM ABC PELICAN CHAPTER. 526 00:17:05,333 --> 00:17:08,200 I WAS WORKING THROUGH AN 527 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,700 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, MY 528 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:12,400 COMPANY, JACOBS STEEL SERVICES. 529 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,000 THROUGH THAT I'VE HAD A LOT OF 530 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 OPPORTUNITIES OPEN UP FOR ME. 531 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,000 I WENT TO THE NATIONAL CRAFT 532 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,533 OLYMPICS AND WON THIRD PLACE AND 533 00:17:20,533 --> 00:17:24,400 THE SAFETY AWARD AND ALL THAT. 534 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:25,400 MY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND 535 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,000 TRAINING HAS HELPED ME COME A 536 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,000 LONG WAYS. 537 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 IT GAVE ME A CAREER, SOMETHING I 538 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:30,733 CAN BUILD UPON. 539 00:17:30,733 --> 00:17:32,533 >> AND YOU'RE TALKING TO FRIENDS 540 00:17:32,533 --> 00:17:34,000 ABOUT THIS? 541 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,200 >> DEFINITELY, I'M RECRUITING 542 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,000 THEM IN, TRYING TO GET A BUNCH 543 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,300 OF PEOPLE IN. 544 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:40,000 >> YOU'RE VERY OWN HEADHUNTER 545 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:40,567 HERE. 546 00:17:40,567 --> 00:17:42,700 LET'S GO BACK TO LEE I CAN'T. 547 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:45,600 LEAH, YOU DID A FINE JOB ON THE 548 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,267 NEWS PROGRAM AS WE STARTED OFF 549 00:17:47,267 --> 00:17:49,367 OVER THERE TELL US A LITTLE MORE 550 00:17:49,367 --> 00:17:50,567 ABOUT YOUR SITUATION AND WHAT 551 00:17:50,567 --> 00:17:52,700 YOU SEE AHEAD OF YOU AND HOW 552 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:55,300 YOU'RE TRYING TO MATCH UP YOUR 553 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:57,900 CAREER WITH YOUR EDUCATION. 554 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:00,233 >> WELL, RIGHT NOW I AM 555 00:18:00,233 --> 00:18:02,300 INTERNING AT IBM. 556 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:04,267 I'VE BEEN THERE FOR THE SPRING 557 00:18:04,267 --> 00:18:05,133 AND THE SUMMER. 558 00:18:05,133 --> 00:18:06,933 RIGHT NOW, OTHER THAN ENHANCING 559 00:18:06,933 --> 00:18:08,600 MY TECHNICAL SKILLS, I'M LEARN 560 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,000 IF YOU GO TAKE THE INITIATIVE 561 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,400 ALL THE TIME, YOU WILL SUCCEED. 562 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,500 AND WHEN I SAY THAT, I SAY THAT 563 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:18,833 IT IS -- WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO 564 00:18:18,833 --> 00:18:20,100 TECHNOLOGY THERE'S ALWAYS 565 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:21,067 SOMETHING NEW COMING. 566 00:18:21,067 --> 00:18:23,233 AND DON'T ALWAYS BASE IT ON 567 00:18:23,233 --> 00:18:25,667 CURRICULUM, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE 568 00:18:25,667 --> 00:18:27,633 GOING LEARN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 569 00:18:27,633 --> 00:18:31,133 AND C, PLUS, PLUS. 570 00:18:31,133 --> 00:18:33,633 BY BEING A COMPUTER SCIENCE 571 00:18:33,633 --> 00:18:35,300 STUDENT, I CAN HONESTLY SAY 572 00:18:35,300 --> 00:18:37,367 THROUGH DEDICATION AND LATE AT 573 00:18:37,367 --> 00:18:39,233 NIGHT YOU'RE STUDYING, LEARNING 574 00:18:39,233 --> 00:18:40,533 A NEW PROGRAM LANGUAGE. 575 00:18:40,533 --> 00:18:44,033 DURING THE SUMMERTIME, I'M NOT 576 00:18:44,033 --> 00:18:46,100 RELAXING U I'M RETURNING OUR 577 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,933 CLOUD IS NEVER A SITTING POINT 578 00:18:48,933 --> 00:18:49,567 FOR ME. 579 00:18:49,567 --> 00:18:51,667 >> CAN YOU COME TALK TO MY 580 00:18:51,667 --> 00:18:53,733 TEENAGERS AT HOME? 581 00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:54,833 [LAUGHTER] 582 00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:56,133 >> WELL, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE 583 00:18:56,133 --> 00:18:57,367 HAVE FOR THIS PORTION OF OUR 584 00:18:57,367 --> 00:18:57,833 SHOW. 585 00:18:57,833 --> 00:18:58,933 WHEN WE RETURN WE'LL BE JOINED 586 00:18:58,933 --> 00:19:02,167 BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS TO FURTHER 587 00:19:02,167 --> 00:19:05,733 EXPLODE LOUISIANA'S JOB MARKET. 588 00:19:07,467 --> 00:19:11,033 ** 589 00:19:12,933 --> 00:19:14,067 >>> WELCOME BACK TO "LOUISIANA 590 00:19:14,067 --> 00:19:15,367 PUBLIC SQUARE." 591 00:19:15,367 --> 00:19:17,433 TONIGHT WE'RE DISCUSSING 592 00:19:17,433 --> 00:19:19,333 LOUISIANA'S "JOB MARKET 2014". 593 00:19:19,333 --> 00:19:21,400 JOINING US NOW IS OUR PANEL OF 594 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:21,900 EXPERTS. 595 00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:23,867 THEY INCLUDE THE HEAD OF THE 596 00:19:23,867 --> 00:19:25,633 STATE'S WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND 597 00:19:25,633 --> 00:19:26,933 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THREE OF 598 00:19:26,933 --> 00:19:29,400 THE STATE'S BURGEONING FIELDS. 599 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,867 KURT OCCUR IS THE EXECUTIVE 600 00:19:31,867 --> 00:19:33,467 DIRECTOR OF THE LOUISIANA 601 00:19:33,467 --> 00:19:34,533 WORKFORCE COMMISSION, APPOINTED 602 00:19:34,533 --> 00:19:36,033 TO THE POSITION BY GOVERNOR 603 00:19:36,033 --> 00:19:38,867 JINDAL IN 2009, MR. EYSINK HAS 604 00:19:38,867 --> 00:19:40,633 INCREASED WORKFORCE 605 00:19:40,633 --> 00:19:41,867 PARTICIPATION AND TRANSFORMED 606 00:19:41,867 --> 00:19:43,267 WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT 607 00:19:43,267 --> 00:19:46,600 OF LABOR INTO A WORKFORCE 608 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:47,500 DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT STRIVES TO 609 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:49,433 MEET THE NEEDS OF BUSINESS AND 610 00:19:49,433 --> 00:19:50,067 INDUSTRY. 611 00:19:50,067 --> 00:19:51,867 DR. TINA HOLIDAY LAND WAS 612 00:19:51,867 --> 00:19:53,367 SELECTED IN APRIL AS THE NEW 613 00:19:53,367 --> 00:19:54,500 PRESIDENT OF OUR LADY OF THE 614 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:57,467 LAKE COLLEGE IN BATON ROUGE. 615 00:19:57,467 --> 00:19:59,967 THE INSTITUTION HAS RECENTLY 616 00:19:59,967 --> 00:20:02,767 EXPANDED PROGRAM OFFERINGS TO 617 00:20:02,767 --> 00:20:05,700 EXPAND THE OVERWHELMING PROGRAM 618 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:13,367 FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. 619 00:20:13,367 --> 00:20:15,600 DR. HOLLAND PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS 620 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,133 AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN THE 621 00:20:18,133 --> 00:20:20,167 MARINE CORPS GREGORY BOWSER IS 622 00:20:20,167 --> 00:20:21,467 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 623 00:20:21,467 --> 00:20:22,500 LOUISIANA CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION 624 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:23,800 WHICH REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS 625 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,100 OF MORE THAN 60 CHEMICAL 626 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:26,967 MANUFACTURING COMPANIES ALL OVER 627 00:20:26,967 --> 00:20:28,367 THE STATE. 628 00:20:28,367 --> 00:20:30,200 HE ALSO SERVES AS VICE PRESIDENT 629 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,300 OF THE LOUISIANA CHEMICAL 630 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:32,700 INDUSTRY ALLIANCE A PARTNERSHIP 631 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:35,833 OF LOUISIANA'S CHEMICAL PLANTS, 632 00:20:35,833 --> 00:20:37,267 THEIR SURPRISER, CONTRACTORS AND 633 00:20:37,267 --> 00:20:37,833 VENDORS. 634 00:20:37,833 --> 00:20:39,267 NOAH BOUDREAUX IS THE CHIEF 635 00:20:39,267 --> 00:20:41,567 OPERATING OFFICER OF SPARKHOUND, 636 00:20:41,567 --> 00:20:42,733 ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING 637 00:20:42,733 --> 00:20:44,767 TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN THE 638 00:20:44,767 --> 00:20:45,233 COUNTRY. 639 00:20:45,233 --> 00:20:48,167 AS COO MR. BOUDREAUX OVERASSESS 640 00:20:48,167 --> 00:20:49,533 OPERATION OF SPARKHOUND'S 641 00:20:49,533 --> 00:20:51,900 OFFICES IN BATON ROUGE, HOUSTON 642 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:53,367 AND DALLAS AS WELL AS NATIONAL 643 00:20:53,367 --> 00:20:57,633 I.T. SUPPORT FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. 644 00:20:57,633 --> 00:20:59,967 HE RECEIVED HIS DEGREE IN 645 00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:02,000 COMPUTER SCIENCE FROM 646 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,367 SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA 647 00:21:03,367 --> 00:21:03,867 UNIVERSITY. 648 00:21:03,867 --> 00:21:04,967 >> I WONDER IF YOU COULD TELL US 649 00:21:04,967 --> 00:21:06,400 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST 650 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:07,867 CHALLENGES YOU ARE SEEING FROM 651 00:21:07,867 --> 00:21:09,367 YOUR PARTICULAR PERSPECTIVES ON 652 00:21:09,367 --> 00:21:10,900 ALL THIS BIG JOB MARKET, AND 653 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:13,333 TRYING TO GET THE WORKFORCE IN 654 00:21:13,333 --> 00:21:14,533 SYNC WITH THE JOBS THAT ARE 655 00:21:14,533 --> 00:21:15,400 COMING AVAILABLE. 656 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,433 I'LL GO RIGHT DOWN THE LINE AND 657 00:21:17,433 --> 00:21:20,800 START WITH YOU, MR. EYSINK. 658 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,233 >> I SEE THE CHALLENGE TODAY AS 659 00:21:23,233 --> 00:21:24,800 BEING TWOFOLD. 660 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,533 FIRST, IT'S MAKING SURE PEOPLE 661 00:21:26,533 --> 00:21:28,533 IN LOUISIANA ARE AWARE OF 662 00:21:28,533 --> 00:21:29,533 EXACTLY WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES 663 00:21:29,533 --> 00:21:30,900 ARE AND WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES 664 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:33,900 ARE, AND REALLY, THE LIFELONG 665 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:34,933 OPPORTUNITIES IN THE STATE WE 666 00:21:34,933 --> 00:21:36,100 HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE. 667 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:37,700 THE SECOND PART OF THE CHALLENGE 668 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:41,967 IS MAKING SURE THE EDUCATION AND 669 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:44,900 TRAINING FACILITIES ARE IN LINE 670 00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:45,600 WITH THAT. 671 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,800 >> WE'RE THE DOG THAT CAUGHT THE 672 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,100 CAR, YOU KNOW? EVERYBODY I THINK 673 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:50,367 IN THE STATE HAS BEEN WORKING 674 00:21:50,367 --> 00:21:51,433 HARD TO CREATE THESE 675 00:21:51,433 --> 00:21:53,500 OPPORTUNITIES AND WE REALLY WANT 676 00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:54,933 TO THANK PRIVATE INDUSTRY FOR 677 00:21:54,933 --> 00:21:56,300 COMING OUR WAY. 678 00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:58,400 NOW WE'VE GOT MAKE THE MOST OF 679 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:58,767 IT. 680 00:21:58,767 --> 00:22:00,267 >> DR. HOLLAND, WELCOME TO 681 00:22:00,267 --> 00:22:00,867 LOUISIANA. 682 00:22:00,867 --> 00:22:02,533 WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF US SO FAR? 683 00:22:02,533 --> 00:22:04,100 >> I LOVE THE STATE AND BATON 684 00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:05,067 ROUGE IN PARTICULAR. 685 00:22:05,067 --> 00:22:07,133 THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID 686 00:22:07,133 --> 00:22:08,867 ABOUT SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY, 687 00:22:08,867 --> 00:22:09,600 THAT'S FOR SURE. 688 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,467 >> TELL US HOW THINGS LOOK FROM 689 00:22:11,467 --> 00:22:13,233 YOUR END. 690 00:22:13,233 --> 00:22:15,033 >> WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE 691 00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:17,100 IS THAT WE DIRECTLY PREPARE 692 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:19,733 STUDENTS FOR MEETING THE GROWING 693 00:22:19,733 --> 00:22:22,733 NEED FOR WHAT ARE CALLED 694 00:22:22,733 --> 00:22:24,867 PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS, THOSE FOLKS 695 00:22:24,867 --> 00:22:27,533 THAT SERVE IN HEALTH CARE BEFORE 696 00:22:27,533 --> 00:22:29,067 YOU NOT THEMSELVES DOCTORS. 697 00:22:29,067 --> 00:22:30,767 THE WHOLE TEAM APPROACH THAT WE 698 00:22:30,767 --> 00:22:32,733 ARE EXPECTING TO SEE AS THE 699 00:22:32,733 --> 00:22:35,900 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT GAINS ITS 700 00:22:35,900 --> 00:22:38,300 MOMENTUM, WE'LL SEE MORE AND 701 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:46,767 MORE OF THESE ANSWER LATERAL 702 00:22:46,767 --> 00:22:48,433 APPROACHEDS, HEALTH CARE BEING 703 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:50,733 RETIRED ON THESE. 704 00:22:50,733 --> 00:22:52,033 >> Ron: PROVISION TEAMS. 705 00:22:52,033 --> 00:22:54,900 PEOPLE IN HEALTH LIT RAS, HEALTH 706 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:59,933 COACHES, LOTS OF AREAS THAT ARE 707 00:22:59,933 --> 00:23:01,500 TANGENTIAL TO THE ACTUAL 708 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:02,433 CLINICAL PROFESSIONS IN HEALTH 709 00:23:02,433 --> 00:23:02,867 CARE. 710 00:23:02,867 --> 00:23:04,400 THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE REALLY 711 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,867 QUITE NUMEROUS WITH THE COLLEGE 712 00:23:05,867 --> 00:23:07,467 AND WE'RE KEEPING UP BY 713 00:23:07,467 --> 00:23:10,700 EXPANDING OUR PROGRAMS AT 714 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:14,533 DOCTORATE LEVEL FOR DMPs, 715 00:23:14,533 --> 00:23:16,033 DOCTORATES OF NURSING. 716 00:23:16,033 --> 00:23:19,200 AND ONE OF OUR FASTEST GROWING 717 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,033 AREAS IS IN PHYSICIAN 718 00:23:21,033 --> 00:23:21,667 ASSISTANTS. 719 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,233 >> NOT ONLY NEW JOBS AND 720 00:23:23,233 --> 00:23:24,900 TECHNOLOGIES BUT A DIFFERENT 721 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:26,200 WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE 722 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,900 WAY THE HEALTH TEAMS WORK. 723 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:29,467 >> YES. 724 00:23:29,467 --> 00:23:30,233 >> VERY INTERESTING. 725 00:23:30,233 --> 00:23:33,167 >> MR. BOWSER, HOW ABOUT 92. 726 00:23:33,167 --> 00:23:34,167 >> WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO 727 00:23:34,167 --> 00:23:35,900 GET A NUMBER OF EXPANSION THINGS 728 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:37,233 COMING DOWN THE ROAD TO 729 00:23:37,233 --> 00:23:38,400 LOUISIANA. 730 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,233 MAKING SURE WE HAVE A READY 731 00:23:40,233 --> 00:23:41,100 WORKFORCE. 732 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:44,100 ONE, TO HELP BUILD THOSE 733 00:23:44,100 --> 00:23:47,100 FACILITIES, YOU'LL NEED PIPE 734 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:48,167 FITTERS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE 735 00:23:48,167 --> 00:23:49,467 WILLING TO DO THAT. 736 00:23:49,467 --> 00:23:51,100 SOMEONE HAS TO OPERATE THOSE 737 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:52,667 FACILITIES AND WE HAVE TO MAKE 738 00:23:52,667 --> 00:23:54,200 SURE THEY ARE TRAINED AND 739 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,667 THERE'S A WORKFORCE READY THERE. 740 00:23:57,667 --> 00:23:59,867 THERE'S A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE 741 00:23:59,867 --> 00:24:01,600 WORKFORCE THAT ARE GOING TO BE 742 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,667 RETIRING IN THE NEXT FIVE TO 743 00:24:04,667 --> 00:24:06,133 EIGHT YEARS. 744 00:24:06,133 --> 00:24:09,600 WE HAVE A THREE-PRONGED 745 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:10,033 APPROACH. 746 00:24:10,033 --> 00:24:11,967 WE THINK IT'S A CHALLENGE OUR 747 00:24:11,967 --> 00:24:13,833 STATE AND INDUSTRY CAN LIVE UP 748 00:24:13,833 --> 00:24:14,233 TO. 749 00:24:14,233 --> 00:24:16,033 >> IS IT THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, 750 00:24:16,033 --> 00:24:18,267 OR IN TWO OR THREE OR FOUR 751 00:24:18,267 --> 00:24:18,867 YEARS? 752 00:24:18,867 --> 00:24:20,167 >> PROBABLY IT'LL START TO RAMP 753 00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:21,933 UP THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. 754 00:24:21,933 --> 00:24:23,200 YOU'LL SEE THE CONSTRUCTION END 755 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,233 OF IT START TO REALLY TAKE OFF. 756 00:24:25,233 --> 00:24:26,367 YOU'LL SEE THE ENGINEERING PART 757 00:24:26,367 --> 00:24:27,967 OF IT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 758 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:29,600 PROBABLY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR 759 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,233 YOU'LL SEE THE CONSTRUCTION END 760 00:24:31,233 --> 00:24:34,400 OF IT'LL TAKE OFF AND WE'LL GO 761 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,067 FROM THERE. 762 00:24:35,067 --> 00:24:37,600 >> WE'LL HAVE TIME TO GET AHEAD 763 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:42,300 OF IT WHY YOU IF YOUR JOB. 764 00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:43,000 >> SPARKHOUND. 765 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:43,900 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 766 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:45,600 >> WHAT IS SPARKHOUND? 767 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,033 >> IT'S AN I.T. SERVICES AND 768 00:24:48,033 --> 00:24:49,233 CONSULTING FIRM OUT OF BATON 769 00:24:49,233 --> 00:24:50,300 ROUGE, LOUISIANA. 770 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:52,600 WE HAVE HEADQUARTERED HERE ABOUT 771 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,100 200 EMPLOYEES. 772 00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:57,267 WE MOSTLY SERVE BUSINESSES IN 773 00:24:57,267 --> 00:24:59,567 ORDER TO BE ABLE TO REALLY 774 00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:03,267 PROVIDE CONSULTING ON HOW TO 775 00:25:03,267 --> 00:25:07,167 BEST WRENCH TOCK NOL WITHIN YOUR 776 00:25:07,167 --> 00:25:07,767 ORGANIZATIONS. 777 00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:09,333 ALSO TO IMPLEMENT THOSE 778 00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:10,800 TECHNOLOGIES AND SUPPORT THEM 779 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,033 LONG TERM. 780 00:25:12,033 --> 00:25:15,400 DO YOU HAVE MORE JOBS OPEN THAN 781 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,000 PEOPLE TO FILL THEM? 782 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,533 >> WE ABSOLUTELY DO. 783 00:25:19,533 --> 00:25:22,433 THE CHALLENGE FOR US, WHICH MAY 784 00:25:22,433 --> 00:25:28,733 SEEM PRETTY I GUESS COMMON, THAT 785 00:25:28,733 --> 00:25:31,067 IS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES VERY 786 00:25:31,067 --> 00:25:31,533 RAPIDLY. 787 00:25:31,533 --> 00:25:32,933 WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND 788 00:25:32,933 --> 00:25:34,167 PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS OF THE 789 00:25:34,167 --> 00:25:35,800 LATEST TECHNOLOGY. 790 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,967 ALSO, BEING IN CONSULTING, IT'S 791 00:25:37,967 --> 00:25:39,733 DIFFICULT TO FIND PEOPLE WITH 792 00:25:39,733 --> 00:25:41,700 THE SOFT SKILLS, AS WELL AS THE 793 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:42,633 TECHNICAL SKILLS. 794 00:25:42,633 --> 00:25:44,033 >> TELL US WHAT YOU MEAN BY 795 00:25:44,033 --> 00:25:45,133 THAT. 796 00:25:45,133 --> 00:25:46,400 >> COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, 797 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,733 BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH 798 00:25:48,733 --> 00:25:49,967 CUSTOMERS AND REALLY CONSULT 799 00:25:49,967 --> 00:25:52,433 WITH THEM ON THE BEST USE OF THE 800 00:25:52,433 --> 00:25:54,633 TECHNOLOGY, AND NOT JUST BE ABLE 801 00:25:54,633 --> 00:25:56,067 TO HAVE THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO 802 00:25:56,067 --> 00:25:57,567 GO AND IMPLEMENT. 803 00:25:57,567 --> 00:25:59,733 >> ALL THESE, SO THAT'S AN ISSUE 804 00:25:59,733 --> 00:26:01,167 OUT THERE. 805 00:26:01,167 --> 00:26:06,000 >> O THAT'S WHY I SAID THE CORE 806 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,533 CURRICULUM AT ANY COLLEGE IS 807 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:09,100 GOING TO BE KEY REGARDLESS OF 808 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:10,667 WHAT THE TECHNICAL PREPARATION 809 00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:12,733 1ST THAT STUDENT SO, THAT THEY 810 00:26:12,733 --> 00:26:16,900 WOULD REMAIN FLEXIBLE AND ABLE 811 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:19,933 TO FUNCTION IN A WORKPLACE AND 812 00:26:19,933 --> 00:26:21,367 PARTICULARLY IN A LEADERSHIP 813 00:26:21,367 --> 00:26:22,467 POSITION. 814 00:26:22,467 --> 00:26:23,533 >> RIGHT, RIGHT. 815 00:26:23,533 --> 00:26:25,133 NOW, GEORGIA, YOU HAD A QUESTION 816 00:26:25,133 --> 00:26:27,000 FOR THE PANEL ABOUT THAT, AND I 817 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,100 WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD AN 818 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:32,667 OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THAT. 819 00:26:32,667 --> 00:26:33,167 >> THANKS. 820 00:26:33,167 --> 00:26:35,567 I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT PROVISIONS 821 00:26:35,567 --> 00:26:37,667 ARE BEING MADE FOR VETERANS WHO 822 00:26:37,667 --> 00:26:39,333 CURRENTLY WORK IN THE WORKFORCE 823 00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:41,067 IN LOUISIANA E AND VETERANS 824 00:26:41,067 --> 00:26:43,367 COMING INTO THE WORKFORCE. 825 00:26:43,367 --> 00:26:44,900 >> I'LL TAKE A STAB AT THAT. 826 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:46,967 BUT I THINK THE GUYS ARE TYRONN 827 00:26:46,967 --> 00:26:48,967 LUE -- THAT DO MOST OF THE 828 00:26:48,967 --> 00:26:50,467 HIRING COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU A 829 00:26:50,467 --> 00:26:51,733 GREAT TUNES THIS, TOO. 830 00:26:51,733 --> 00:26:54,133 EVERY COMPANY WE WORK WITH IS 831 00:26:54,133 --> 00:26:55,733 INTERESTED IN HIRING VETERANS. 832 00:26:55,733 --> 00:26:59,733 WE HAVE A UNIT DEDICATED JUST TO 833 00:26:59,733 --> 00:27:00,100 THAT. 834 00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:02,833 WE HAVE A FOLKS AROUND THE STATE 835 00:27:02,833 --> 00:27:05,600 WHOSE JOB IT IS TO MAKE THOSE 836 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,067 CONNECTIONS FOR VETERANS, EVEN 837 00:27:08,067 --> 00:27:12,933 IF THEY ARE FAR R.V. REMOVED 838 00:27:12,933 --> 00:27:13,933 FROM THE MILITARY. 839 00:27:13,933 --> 00:27:16,800 WE DO HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON 840 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,200 RECENTLY SEPARATED VETERANS. 841 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,233 ANALYZING THEIR SKILLS IN 842 00:27:21,233 --> 00:27:23,300 CIVILIAN TERMS AND TRYING TO 843 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:25,167 CONNECT THE SKILLS REQUIRED IN 844 00:27:25,167 --> 00:27:28,233 THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR TO 845 00:27:28,233 --> 00:27:29,933 CIVILIAN CREDENTIALS SO WE CAN 846 00:27:29,933 --> 00:27:31,700 MAKE IT EASY. 847 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:36,400 HERE IS THE VALUE IN THIS 848 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:36,833 PERSON. 849 00:27:36,833 --> 00:27:38,300 HOW TO WORK WITH PEOPLE, YOU 850 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:41,667 KNOW, HOW TO GET THE JOB DONE, 851 00:27:41,667 --> 00:27:42,900 OVERCOME OBSTACLES AND THE 852 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:49,500 THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 853 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:50,267 EARLIER. 854 00:27:50,267 --> 00:27:51,700 >> HOW ABOUT YOU FOLKS? 855 00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:52,567 >> I WOULD AGREE. 856 00:27:52,567 --> 00:27:53,800 I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE 857 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,533 REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON ARE THE 858 00:27:56,533 --> 00:27:57,400 SOFT SKILLS. 859 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:58,500 WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING OUT OF 860 00:27:58,500 --> 00:28:01,533 COLLEGE AND WE LOOK AT THE 861 00:28:01,533 --> 00:28:02,967 YOUNGER GENERATION, THEY 862 00:28:02,967 --> 00:28:04,367 COMMUNICATE DIFFERENTLY. 863 00:28:04,367 --> 00:28:06,200 I'VE SEEN YOUNGER KIDS IN THE 864 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,233 SAME ROOM AND RATHER THAN TALK 865 00:28:08,233 --> 00:28:10,033 THEY WILL TEXT EACH OTHER. 866 00:28:10,033 --> 00:28:12,633 THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE 867 00:28:12,633 --> 00:28:13,467 ACCUSTOMED TOO. 868 00:28:13,467 --> 00:28:15,400 SOMEONE COMING OUT OF THE 869 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:16,567 MILITARY UNDERSTANDS THAT, THE 870 00:28:16,567 --> 00:28:17,600 COMMUNICATION AND HOW IMPORTANT 871 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:18,133 IT IS. 872 00:28:18,133 --> 00:28:21,333 THEY BRING A LOT OF THOSE SOFT 873 00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:24,533 SKILLS ALREADY THERE. 874 00:28:24,533 --> 00:28:27,133 THEY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY NEED TO 875 00:28:27,133 --> 00:28:29,867 BE ON TIME. 876 00:28:29,867 --> 00:28:31,200 >> IT VARIES FROM COMPANY TO 877 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:31,667 COMPANY. 878 00:28:31,667 --> 00:28:33,400 THEY REACH OUT TO VETERANS 879 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,433 BECAUSE OF THEIR SPECIALIZED 880 00:28:36,433 --> 00:28:37,000 TRAINING. 881 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,333 IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE 882 00:28:38,333 --> 00:28:40,100 COMPANY DOES. 883 00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:42,967 THEY MAY MAKE A CHEMICAL THAT 884 00:28:42,967 --> 00:28:45,200 GOES INTO SOMETHING THAT MAKES A 885 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,233 CERTAIN PROTECTIVE GEAR. 886 00:28:46,233 --> 00:28:47,933 SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS 887 00:28:47,933 --> 00:28:50,733 THEY REACH OUT TO THEM FOR, ON 888 00:28:50,733 --> 00:28:52,367 THAT BASIS. 889 00:28:52,367 --> 00:28:59,867 >> AND AT STUDENTS, I ALWAYS 890 00:28:59,867 --> 00:29:01,267 WANTED VETERANS, THEY UNDERSTAND 891 00:29:01,267 --> 00:29:02,400 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ON TIME 892 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,300 AND BEING PREPARED. 893 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:06,633 THEY UNDERSTAND WORK ETHIC AND 894 00:29:06,633 --> 00:29:09,067 OFTEN, AFTER THE EXPERIENCE THAT 895 00:29:09,067 --> 00:29:13,033 THE VETERANS HAD GOING SCHOOL IS 896 00:29:13,033 --> 00:29:14,800 AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. 897 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,267 SO I CAN SAY FROM EXPERIENCE 898 00:29:19,267 --> 00:29:22,167 THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST 899 00:29:22,167 --> 00:29:23,633 DIFFICULTIES IS THE ADJUSTMENT, 900 00:29:23,633 --> 00:29:26,367 AND PERHAPS HAVING THE CONFIDENT 901 00:29:26,367 --> 00:29:32,000 THAT, OH, I REALLY AM PREPARED 902 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:38,100 TO KEPT IN THE WORKPLACE OR AS A 903 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:38,567 ONTO. 904 00:29:38,567 --> 00:29:43,033 >> I THINK ANDREA WANTS TO QUIZ 905 00:29:43,033 --> 00:29:45,600 YOU ON NEW GRADUATES, AND ADVICE 906 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,267 YOU WOULD GIVE TO THEM. 907 00:29:47,267 --> 00:29:49,267 ANDREA, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? 908 00:29:49,267 --> 00:29:50,967 >> I'M A COLLEGE GRADUATE AS OF 909 00:29:50,967 --> 00:29:53,000 ONE WEEK AGO. 910 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:53,600 >> CONGRATULATIONS. 911 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,733 >> DID YOU BRING YOUR RESUME? 912 00:29:55,733 --> 00:29:57,533 >> I SHOULD HAVE! 913 00:29:57,533 --> 00:29:59,633 BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I FIND 914 00:29:59,633 --> 00:30:01,467 MYSELF FACING AND LOT OF MY 915 00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:03,767 FRIEND ARE FACING IS THIS 916 00:30:03,767 --> 00:30:05,500 QUESTION OF WHETHER WE SHOULD 917 00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:06,833 TAKE KIND OF THE FIRST 918 00:30:06,833 --> 00:30:08,967 OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES TO US FOR 919 00:30:08,967 --> 00:30:11,067 WORK, AND GET OURSELVES INTO THE 920 00:30:11,067 --> 00:30:12,900 WORKFORCE, OR IF WE SHOULD HOLD 921 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:16,333 OUT FOR THAT KIND OF DREAM JOB 922 00:30:16,333 --> 00:30:19,033 THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK MAY OR 923 00:30:19,033 --> 00:30:21,967 MAY NOT COME ALONG DOWN THE 924 00:30:21,967 --> 00:30:22,433 LINE. 925 00:30:22,433 --> 00:30:29,000 WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST? 926 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,567 >> I'LL SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE, 927 00:30:30,567 --> 00:30:32,267 ONLY BEING THERE 20 YEARS AGO. 928 00:30:32,267 --> 00:30:34,267 BUT I WOULD SAY DON'T SELL 929 00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:35,267 YOURSELF SHORT. 930 00:30:35,267 --> 00:30:37,000 BUT WE NOTICE IN THE WORKPLACE 931 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,567 TODAY A LOT OF I GUESS WHAT 932 00:30:39,567 --> 00:30:41,767 YOU'D CALL THE MILLIENNIAL 933 00:30:41,767 --> 00:30:43,167 GENERATION RIGHT NOW HAS 934 00:30:43,167 --> 00:30:45,800 EXPECTATIONS THAT AREN'T QUITE 935 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,533 ALIGNED WITH THE TRADITIONAL 936 00:30:49,533 --> 00:30:51,067 EMPLOYERS ARE PROVIDING. 937 00:30:51,067 --> 00:30:52,600 >> DO YOU MEAN MONEY? 938 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,900 >> I DO IN SOME WAYS BUT OTHER 939 00:30:54,900 --> 00:30:55,933 THINGS, AS WELL. 940 00:30:55,933 --> 00:30:57,867 I WOULD DEFINITELY GO FOR WHAT 941 00:30:57,867 --> 00:30:59,533 YOUR PASSION IS ABOUT, GO FOR 942 00:30:59,533 --> 00:31:00,667 WHAT YOU ENJOY DOING. 943 00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:02,333 FIND A COMPANY THAT YOU BELIEVE 944 00:31:02,333 --> 00:31:05,300 IN THAT YOU TRUST, AND THAT 945 00:31:05,300 --> 00:31:08,900 YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE A HOME 946 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:12,467 AND BE HAPPY FOR A LONG TIME. 947 00:31:12,467 --> 00:31:16,800 GET THE PERSONALITIES UNDER YOUR 948 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:17,233 BELT. 949 00:31:17,233 --> 00:31:18,700 >> I CAN GIVE THE REST OF YOU A 950 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:20,367 CHANCE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 951 00:31:20,367 --> 00:31:21,767 CAN YOU BEAT THAT? 952 00:31:21,767 --> 00:31:23,700 I THINK PROBABLY NOT, THAT WAS 953 00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:25,433 GOOD. 954 00:31:25,433 --> 00:31:27,633 WENDY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT 955 00:31:27,633 --> 00:31:30,367 SORT OF NONTRADITIONAL PEOPLE IN 956 00:31:30,367 --> 00:31:32,600 THE WORKFORCE. 957 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,367 >> I'M A NONTRADITIONAL STUDENT 958 00:31:36,367 --> 00:31:37,967 PURSUING A SECOND DEGREE. 959 00:31:37,967 --> 00:31:40,067 >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? 960 00:31:40,067 --> 00:31:41,800 >> NOT TRADITIONALLY COLLEGE 961 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,200 AGE, I'M A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN 962 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:45,900 MOST OF MY FELLOW STUDENTS. 963 00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:47,333 I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I 964 00:31:47,333 --> 00:31:49,700 NEED TO DO TO MAXIMIZE BY 965 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:52,300 ABILITY TO GET OUT INTO THE 966 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:53,000 WORKFORCE AGAIN. 967 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,900 >> OKAY. 968 00:31:55,900 --> 00:31:58,233 SO NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS, 969 00:31:58,233 --> 00:31:59,967 CURT, YOU DEAL WITH A LOT NOT 970 00:31:59,967 --> 00:32:01,467 JUST WITH GRADUATES BUT PEOPLE 971 00:32:01,467 --> 00:32:04,367 WHO ARE JUST OUT THERE IN AN 972 00:32:04,367 --> 00:32:05,933 OLDER AGE GROUP GOING TO RETRAIN 973 00:32:05,933 --> 00:32:07,967 AND ENHANCE THEIR CAREERS. 974 00:32:07,967 --> 00:32:09,833 >> MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE DEAL 975 00:32:09,833 --> 00:32:12,600 WITH ARE NOT FRESH GRADUATES 976 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:13,433 FROM ANYTHING. 977 00:32:13,433 --> 00:32:14,867 THEY HAVE EITHER BEEN UNEMPLOYED 978 00:32:14,867 --> 00:32:16,933 FOR A WHILE -- BUT IT WAS 979 00:32:16,933 --> 00:32:18,667 SURPRISING TO ME HOW MANY PEOPLE 980 00:32:18,667 --> 00:32:20,900 WE WORK WITH WHO WERE ALREADY 981 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:23,333 WORKING BUT LOOKING FOR A BETTER 982 00:32:23,333 --> 00:32:23,767 JOB. 983 00:32:23,767 --> 00:32:25,133 THE ADVICE FOR THEM, THERE ARE A 984 00:32:25,133 --> 00:32:27,300 LOT OF THINGS WE DO WITH THOSE 985 00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:27,867 FOLKS. 986 00:32:27,867 --> 00:32:30,233 THE FIRST THING IS CONNECT WITH 987 00:32:30,233 --> 00:32:32,133 SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS THE 988 00:32:32,133 --> 00:32:34,900 FIELD YOU WANT TO GET INTO. 989 00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:35,867 UNDERSTANDS WHATEVER YOUR 990 00:32:35,867 --> 00:32:36,733 PASSION IS. 991 00:32:36,733 --> 00:32:40,133 I HOPE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE 992 00:32:40,133 --> 00:32:42,267 TRAINING FOR, AND CONNECT WITH 993 00:32:42,267 --> 00:32:47,400 THOSE COMPANY HE IS AND GET AN 994 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:48,700 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WHILE YOU'RE 995 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:49,367 STILL IN SCHOOL. 996 00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:51,767 IT'S GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW 997 00:32:51,767 --> 00:32:53,133 IF THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY WANT 998 00:32:53,133 --> 00:32:53,700 TO DO. 999 00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:55,933 YOU DON'T WANT TO GET A 1000 00:32:55,933 --> 00:32:57,267 FOUR-YEAR DEGREE AND THEN YOU'VE 1001 00:32:57,267 --> 00:32:59,267 GOT ALL THESE LOANS AND SO FORTH 1002 00:32:59,267 --> 00:33:01,067 AND DO YOU THIS JOB FOR A WHILE 1003 00:33:01,067 --> 00:33:03,467 AND SAY, MAN, I MADE A BAD 1004 00:33:03,467 --> 00:33:04,067 DECISION. 1005 00:33:04,067 --> 00:33:06,067 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THAT 1006 00:33:06,067 --> 00:33:06,533 PERSON. 1007 00:33:06,533 --> 00:33:07,733 CONNECT WITH EMPLOYERS IN THAT 1008 00:33:07,733 --> 00:33:10,067 FIELD AND IN MY EXPERIENCE THEY 1009 00:33:10,067 --> 00:33:11,833 ARE VERY HAPPY TO HELP OUT 1010 00:33:11,833 --> 00:33:12,867 PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN 1011 00:33:12,867 --> 00:33:13,733 THEIR COMPANY. 1012 00:33:13,733 --> 00:33:17,067 IT'S MUCH MORE OF A JOB SEEKERS 1013 00:33:17,067 --> 00:33:18,233 MARKET. 1014 00:33:18,233 --> 00:33:20,133 PARTICULARLY WITH THE JOBS THEY 1015 00:33:20,133 --> 00:33:22,133 HAVE HAD TO BE IN THE PAST. 1016 00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:24,300 THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO 1017 00:33:24,300 --> 00:33:26,667 CONNECT WITH YOU, TOO. 1018 00:33:26,667 --> 00:33:29,133 >> DR. HOLLAND, FOR PEOPLE 1019 00:33:29,133 --> 00:33:30,333 OUTSIDE THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY 1020 00:33:30,333 --> 00:33:32,067 BUT TRYING TO MOVE INTO IT, ARE 1021 00:33:32,067 --> 00:33:33,267 WE TALKING ABOUT NEW YOUNG 1022 00:33:33,267 --> 00:33:35,067 GRADUATES OR PEOPLE AT MID 1023 00:33:35,067 --> 00:33:35,600 CAREER? 1024 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,433 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A REALLY 1025 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:41,133 RICH MIXTURE 1026 00:33:41,133 --> 00:33:41,800 INTERGENERATIONALLY. 1027 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,700 THE AVERAGE AGE OF STUDENTS AT 1028 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:44,800 OUR LADY OF THE LAKE COLLEGE IS 1029 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,400 ABOUT 27 YEARS OLD. 1030 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,133 I WOULD SAY ANYWHERE FROM 1031 00:33:48,133 --> 00:33:50,333 VETERANS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE 1032 00:33:50,333 --> 00:33:52,667 ALREADY EARNED BACHELOR'S 1033 00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:54,767 DEGREES OR MASTERS OR ARE MAKING 1034 00:33:54,767 --> 00:33:59,267 CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE ADULT 1035 00:33:59,267 --> 00:34:02,400 STUDENTS, NONTRADITIONAL 1036 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,033 STUDENTS. 1037 00:34:03,033 --> 00:34:05,500 THERE'S A REALLY SMALL NUMBER 1038 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,833 THAT KNOW PRECISELY THEY WANT TO 1039 00:34:07,833 --> 00:34:10,367 GO INTO A PARTICULAR HEALTH CARE 1040 00:34:10,367 --> 00:34:12,233 FIELD DIRECTLY OUT OF HIGH 1041 00:34:12,233 --> 00:34:15,567 SCHOOL, THOUGH WE DO HAVE A FAIR 1042 00:34:15,567 --> 00:34:17,600 NUMBER OF THEM THERE IS. 1043 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,767 A FRIENDLIER ENVIRONMENT FOR 1044 00:34:19,767 --> 00:34:26,633 THAT SORT OF A SCHOOL, MUCH LIKE 1045 00:34:26,633 --> 00:34:31,400 KURT WAS SAY, YOU WANT TO KIND 1046 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,300 OF GET AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU'D 1047 00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:36,467 WANT TO LAND WHEN YOU'RE 1048 00:34:36,467 --> 00:34:37,300 FINISHED. 1049 00:34:37,300 --> 00:34:38,400 AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE COLLEGE 1050 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,200 FULFILLING SOME OF THOSE NEEDS 1051 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,333 IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY, ALL 1052 00:34:42,333 --> 00:34:46,100 OF OUR CLINICAL INDUSTRIES 1053 00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:47,500 REQUIRE CLINICAL PREPARATIONS. 1054 00:34:47,500 --> 00:34:49,833 MOST OF THEM HAVE INTERNSHIP 1055 00:34:49,833 --> 00:34:51,333 REQUIREMENT AND HEALTH CARE 1056 00:34:51,333 --> 00:34:52,567 ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE SORTS 1057 00:34:52,567 --> 00:34:54,067 OF THINGS. 1058 00:34:54,067 --> 00:34:56,600 >> MR. BOUDREAUX, A LOT OF 1059 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,700 PEOPLE THINK IF YOU GO INTO THE 1060 00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:04,033 TECHNOLOGY FIELD OR TECHNOLOGY 1061 00:35:04,033 --> 00:35:05,533 FIELD, THAT'S REALLY FOR PEOPLE 1062 00:35:05,533 --> 00:35:08,433 WHO WANT TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT 1063 00:35:08,433 --> 00:35:11,933 AND EAT PIZZA. 1064 00:35:11,933 --> 00:35:14,933 >> SHOULD THOSE PEOPLE BE 1065 00:35:14,933 --> 00:35:17,367 INTIMIDATED ABOUT THOSE JOBS? 1066 00:35:17,367 --> 00:35:19,933 >> OLDER TYPE INDIVIDUALS LIKE 1067 00:35:19,933 --> 00:35:21,333 MYSELF, IF THE PASSION IS THERE, 1068 00:35:21,333 --> 00:35:24,800 AND SOME OF THEM EVEN COME INTO 1069 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,133 ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS IN OUR 1070 00:35:27,133 --> 00:35:27,933 ORGANIZATION. 1071 00:35:27,933 --> 00:35:30,100 WE OFFER LIKE A DEVELOPMENT 1072 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:31,933 PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE 1073 00:35:31,933 --> 00:35:32,800 POSITIONS, TOO. 1074 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:34,500 WE BRING THEM ON BOARD AND KIND 1075 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:39,433 OF TRAIN THEM TO MORE ADVANCED 1076 00:35:39,433 --> 00:35:41,600 AREAS OF THE ORGANIZATION. 1077 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,800 I WOULDN'T SHY AWAY FROM IT. 1078 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,133 TECHNOLOGY IS SOMETHING WITHDRAW 1079 00:35:45,133 --> 00:35:49,933 YOU HAVE TO GET REACHES TO, NO 1080 00:35:49,933 --> 00:35:51,167 MATTER WHAT THE ORGANIZATION. 1081 00:35:51,167 --> 00:35:53,733 IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WORKING 1082 00:35:53,733 --> 00:35:55,533 WITH CUSTOMERS AND TECHNOLOGY 1083 00:35:55,533 --> 00:35:59,067 DOESN'T CARRY YOU I HAVE A I 1084 00:35:59,067 --> 00:36:00,333 ETERNAL WOULD ENCOURAGE IT. 1085 00:36:00,333 --> 00:36:02,633 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DO YOU 1086 00:36:02,633 --> 00:36:03,267 RECRUIT? 1087 00:36:03,267 --> 00:36:04,300 HOW DO YOU FIND PEOPLE WHAT, DO 1088 00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:05,767 YOU DO? 1089 00:36:05,767 --> 00:36:07,600 >> CURT, I'M GOING LET YOU GO 1090 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:08,900 LAST ON THIS. 1091 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:11,233 LET'S START WITH YOU, MR. 1092 00:36:11,233 --> 00:36:13,233 BOWSER, IN THE CHEMICAL 1093 00:36:13,233 --> 00:36:13,767 INDUSTRY. 1094 00:36:13,767 --> 00:36:14,600 >> ENGINEERS GO TO DIFFERENT 1095 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,267 SCHOOLS TO TALK TO THE COLLEGE 1096 00:36:16,267 --> 00:36:17,900 BUSY THEIR ENGINEERING PROGRAM. 1097 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:19,933 WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH LSU 1098 00:36:19,933 --> 00:36:21,233 AND OTHER COLLEGES AROUND TO 1099 00:36:21,233 --> 00:36:22,233 LOOK AT STUDENTS. 1100 00:36:22,233 --> 00:36:25,933 WE BRING THEM IN AS INTERNS V 1101 00:36:25,933 --> 00:36:28,267 THEM INTERN EARLY IN THEIR 1102 00:36:28,267 --> 00:36:32,700 CAREER WHERE THEY GET A CHANCE 1103 00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:37,633 WITH DID WAS GET INTO OPENLY 1104 00:36:37,633 --> 00:36:38,433 THINGS FOR HIM. 1105 00:36:38,433 --> 00:36:40,567 WE HAVE A TWO-YEAR PROGRAM WE 1106 00:36:40,567 --> 00:36:41,767 STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN 1107 00:36:41,767 --> 00:36:42,867 LOUISIANA WHERE YOU CAN GO IN 1108 00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:44,067 AND TYRONN LUE LEARN AND GO 1109 00:36:44,067 --> 00:36:46,400 THROUGH THE PROCESS, GET A 1110 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,767 TWO-YEAR DEGREE AND COME OUT AND 1111 00:36:48,767 --> 00:36:50,900 OPERATE A PLANT. 1112 00:36:50,900 --> 00:36:52,867 WHEN I FIRST STARTED IT WAS 1113 00:36:52,867 --> 00:36:53,300 DIFFERENT. 1114 00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:55,567 I HAD TO -- IT WAS HANDS ON, YOU 1115 00:36:55,567 --> 00:36:57,967 HAD TO TURN A VALVE WITH A 1116 00:36:57,967 --> 00:36:58,433 WRENCH. 1117 00:36:58,433 --> 00:37:00,333 TODAY IT'S LIKE RUNNING A VIDEO 1118 00:37:00,333 --> 00:37:00,800 GAME. 1119 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,333 YOU BRING PEOPLE IN AND YOU 1120 00:37:02,333 --> 00:37:04,200 TRAIN THEM THAT WAY. ONE OF THE 1121 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,500 PROBLEMS WE HAD WITH THE PROCESS 1122 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:08,867 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM IS THEY WERE 1123 00:37:08,867 --> 00:37:11,667 INTERNING AND PEOPLE WERE OURING 1124 00:37:11,667 --> 00:37:14,267 THEM BEFORE THEY COULD FINISH. 1125 00:37:14,267 --> 00:37:17,233 >> TRY TO GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS 1126 00:37:17,233 --> 00:37:19,267 AND GET PEOPLE GOING IN 1127 00:37:19,267 --> 00:37:21,267 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAM HE IS 1128 00:37:21,267 --> 00:37:22,233 AND TECHNOLOGY. 1129 00:37:22,233 --> 00:37:24,167 >> OF THE SCHOOLS LET YOU IN? 1130 00:37:24,167 --> 00:37:26,033 >> YEAH, SOME OF THEM DO. 1131 00:37:26,033 --> 00:37:33,800 NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GO TO A 1132 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,167 FOURYEAR PAST. 1133 00:37:36,167 --> 00:37:38,467 >> DR. HOLLAND, YOUR FORM STATE 1134 00:37:38,467 --> 00:37:40,700 WAS INDIANA, RIGHT? 1135 00:37:40,700 --> 00:37:41,300 >> YES. 1136 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:42,867 >> HOW DID YOU RECRUIT BACK IN 1137 00:37:42,867 --> 00:37:43,400 INDIANA? 1138 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,100 AND ARE YOU GOING TRY TO RECRUIT 1139 00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:50,933 THE SAME WAY HERE? 1140 00:37:50,933 --> 00:37:53,900 >> WE REUET EMPLOYEES, KIND OF A 1141 00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:56,533 BUYER'S MARKET FOR FACULTY THESE 1142 00:37:56,533 --> 00:37:56,933 DAYS. 1143 00:37:56,933 --> 00:37:59,800 ITS VERY COMPETITIVE. 1144 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,600 BUT FOR STUDENTS IT'S A MATTER 1145 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,733 OF MATCHING, NOT SO MUCH 1146 00:38:03,733 --> 00:38:05,733 RECRUITING BUT MATCHING 1147 00:38:05,733 --> 00:38:08,733 STUDENTS' NEEDS WITH YOUR 1148 00:38:08,733 --> 00:38:09,733 EDUCATIONAL MINISTRY. 1149 00:38:09,733 --> 00:38:11,467 WE ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT 1150 00:38:11,467 --> 00:38:13,400 TO THOSE STUDENTS THAT BELIEVE 1151 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,233 THAT THEY HAVE AN INTEREST OR A 1152 00:38:16,233 --> 00:38:19,000 CALLING SOMEHOW IN THE EAT 1153 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:19,333 FIELD. 1154 00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:21,733 BUT TO LOOK AT THIS BROADLY 1155 00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:24,367 BECAUSE OF THE BROADENING OF THE 1156 00:38:24,367 --> 00:38:31,000 NEEDS IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY. 1157 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,133 IN TERMS OF THE RECRUITMENT OF 1158 00:38:33,133 --> 00:38:34,167 STUDENTS FROM OUR LADY OF THE 1159 00:38:34,167 --> 00:38:36,200 LAKE COLLEGE FOR EMPLOYMENT, 1160 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:40,167 THEY ARE -- THEY ARE RECRUITED 1161 00:38:40,167 --> 00:38:42,300 MUCH AS GREG WAS SAYING, ALMOST 1162 00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:43,800 BEFORE THEY CAN COMPLETE THEIR 1163 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,200 PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN 1164 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:50,867 EXPOSED AT CLINICAL SITES AND 1165 00:38:50,867 --> 00:38:52,300 THEY ARE PART OF A HEALTH 1166 00:38:52,300 --> 00:38:54,033 SYSTEM, THE REGIONAL MEDICAL 1167 00:38:54,033 --> 00:38:56,733 CENTER AS WELL AS THE SMOLS 1168 00:38:56,733 --> 00:38:57,667 HEALTH SYSTEM. 1169 00:38:57,667 --> 00:38:58,800 THERE'S ALREADY A NETWORK. 1170 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,333 BUT THEN ALSO THERE'S 95 OR MORE 1171 00:39:01,333 --> 00:39:02,667 COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ALL OF 1172 00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:05,100 OUR STUDENTS ARE PLUGGED INTO, 1173 00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:06,667 SO THEY ARE RECRUITED THROUGH 1174 00:39:06,667 --> 00:39:09,333 THOSE PARTNERS, AS WELL. 1175 00:39:09,333 --> 00:39:12,300 SO ANYWHERE FROM 95 TO 100% OF 1176 00:39:12,300 --> 00:39:16,033 OUR STUDENTS FIND EMPLOYMENT 1177 00:39:16,033 --> 00:39:19,667 WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS FROM 1178 00:39:19,667 --> 00:39:20,167 GRADUATION. 1179 00:39:20,167 --> 00:39:21,500 >> HOW ABOUT THAT. 1180 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:23,267 RECRUITING FOR YOU? 1181 00:39:23,267 --> 00:39:24,500 >> IT'S A CHALLENGE. 1182 00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:26,667 IT'S DEFINITELY A MULTIFACETED 1183 00:39:26,667 --> 00:39:27,200 APPROACH. 1184 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:28,367 WE DO SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL 1185 00:39:28,367 --> 00:39:30,667 THINGS, WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL 1186 00:39:30,667 --> 00:39:32,233 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO 1187 00:39:32,233 --> 00:39:34,133 REALLY DRAW SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE 1188 00:39:34,133 --> 00:39:35,133 IN. 1189 00:39:35,133 --> 00:39:37,267 BUT WE ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A 1190 00:39:37,267 --> 00:39:39,667 LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND, YOU 1191 00:39:39,667 --> 00:39:41,133 KNOW, REALLY FROM THE MARKETING 1192 00:39:41,133 --> 00:39:45,867 SIDE, HOW WE POSITION OURSELVES 1193 00:39:45,867 --> 00:39:48,500 COMPETITIVELY IN THE MARKET SO 1194 00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:50,267 THAT POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES SEE US 1195 00:39:50,267 --> 00:39:50,767 DIFFERENTLY. 1196 00:39:50,767 --> 00:39:52,667 IF GO TO OUR WEBSITE YOU'LL 1197 00:39:52,667 --> 00:39:55,400 INSIDE HOW WE POSITION OURSELVES 1198 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,433 AND IT'S VERY. 1199 00:39:57,433 --> 00:40:00,000 >> FOCUSED ON OUR PEOPLE, NOT SO 1200 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:05,367 MUCH THE CONNECT MORRISON BRIDGE 1201 00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:08,300 -- THE OTHER PART IS RETENTION 1202 00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:09,500 AND THAT'S TYRONN LUE HARDER, 1203 00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:11,233 SOMETHING WE FOCUS ON EVEN MORE. 1204 00:40:11,233 --> 00:40:12,833 HOW DO WE KEEP THE PEOPLE THAT 1205 00:40:12,833 --> 00:40:14,167 WE HAVE. 1206 00:40:14,167 --> 00:40:16,100 >> DOUGHNUTS, DOUGHNUTS. 1207 00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:17,867 >> THAT'S PART OF IT. 1208 00:40:17,867 --> 00:40:20,733 BUT AT SEVERAL PROGRAMS WE'VE 1209 00:40:20,733 --> 00:40:22,333 IMPLEMENTED AROUND JUST 1210 00:40:22,333 --> 00:40:23,800 MENTORSHIP, DEVELOPMENT OF OUR 1211 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,367 EMPLOYEES, MAKING SURE THEY KNOW 1212 00:40:25,367 --> 00:40:27,567 THEY ARE IN A CULTURE THAT CARES 1213 00:40:27,567 --> 00:40:29,267 ABOUT THEM AND THEY CAN FEEL 1214 00:40:29,267 --> 00:40:30,500 THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW 1215 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:31,133 AND LEARN. 1216 00:40:31,133 --> 00:40:34,067 >> DO YOU HAVE A PING-PONG 1217 00:40:34,067 --> 00:40:34,867 TABLE? 1218 00:40:34,867 --> 00:40:38,033 >> WE ABSOLUTELY DO HAVE A 1219 00:40:38,033 --> 00:40:40,300 PING-PONG TABLE. 1220 00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:45,033 >> DO YOU HAVE STOCK OPTIONS? 1221 00:40:45,033 --> 00:40:48,067 >> I'VE WATCHES A FEW. 1222 00:40:48,067 --> 00:40:50,600 I IT THIS VIEW I WOULD TAKE IS A 1223 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,233 SHORT-TERM APPROACH TO FILL A 1224 00:40:52,233 --> 00:40:53,367 NEED HAVE YOU NOW. 1225 00:40:53,367 --> 00:40:54,900 BUT I THINK SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES 1226 00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:57,300 TAKE A LONGVIEW AND TRY TO BUILD 1227 00:40:57,300 --> 00:40:59,467 A PIPELINE. 1228 00:40:59,467 --> 00:41:01,400 I'D SAY CONTACT THE WORKFORCE 1229 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,333 COMMISSION, I'VE GOT GIVE US A 1230 00:41:04,333 --> 00:41:05,367 PLUG. 1231 00:41:05,367 --> 00:41:10,133 >> YOU'VE GOT OF A WEBSITE. 1232 00:41:10,133 --> 00:41:14,333 >> LOUISIANA STAR JOBS GO, TO LA 1233 00:41:14,333 --> 00:41:18,167 WORKS.NET AND IT'LL TELL YOU 1234 00:41:18,167 --> 00:41:20,133 JOBS AND RANKS THEM BY HOW 1235 00:41:20,133 --> 00:41:22,600 VALUABLE THEY ARE TO A JOB 1236 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:23,000 SEEKER. 1237 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,400 IF THERE ARE LOTS OF OPENINGS 1238 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,800 IT'S FIVE STARS, IF THERE ARE NO 1239 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:32,333 OPENINGS AND THE PAY IS LOUSY OR 1240 00:41:32,333 --> 00:41:34,267 BOTH, YOU CAN GET ONE STAR. 1241 00:41:34,267 --> 00:41:36,600 WE HELP 100,000 PEOPLE A YEAR 1242 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:37,367 GET A JOB. 1243 00:41:37,367 --> 00:41:40,033 A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE WORKING 1244 00:41:40,033 --> 00:41:43,333 ALREADY BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE. 1245 00:41:43,333 --> 00:41:45,300 >> CAN YOU GIVE EXAMPLES OF HOW 1246 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:48,233 IT'S WORKING? 1247 00:41:48,233 --> 00:41:50,967 >> WELL, ANECDOTALLY WE LAUNCHED 1248 00:41:50,967 --> 00:41:53,967 IT I WANT TO SAY IN EARLY 13. 1249 00:41:53,967 --> 00:41:57,033 AND BEFORE THE END OF THAT 1250 00:41:57,033 --> 00:41:58,733 SPRING SEMESTER MOST OF THE 1251 00:41:58,733 --> 00:42:00,267 COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE 1252 00:42:00,267 --> 00:42:02,567 VS. PUT THAT LINK ON THEIR 1253 00:42:02,567 --> 00:42:03,033 WEBSITES. 1254 00:42:03,033 --> 00:42:05,433 IT'S ALREADY SHAPING HOW HIGHER 1255 00:42:05,433 --> 00:42:09,033 EDUCATION DOLLARS ARE BEING 1256 00:42:09,033 --> 00:42:09,567 EDUCATED. 1257 00:42:09,567 --> 00:42:11,633 IT'S BEEN USED AS A TOOL TO 1258 00:42:11,633 --> 00:42:15,900 ALIGN SPENDING WHERE THE JOBS 1259 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:16,333 ARE. 1260 00:42:16,333 --> 00:42:17,800 WE ARE INVESTING OUR DOLLARS IN 1261 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,933 A PLACE THAT HAS THE MOST BANG 1262 00:42:19,933 --> 00:42:22,067 FOR THE STATE. 1263 00:42:22,067 --> 00:42:23,533 IF WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICE WE 1264 00:42:23,533 --> 00:42:27,100 WILL SPEND OUR MONEY TO PREPARE 1265 00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:29,533 SOMEBODY FOR A FIVE-STAR JOB 1266 00:42:29,533 --> 00:42:32,633 BEFORE WE PREPARE THEM FOR A 1267 00:42:32,633 --> 00:42:33,567 ONE-STAR JOB. 1268 00:42:33,567 --> 00:42:35,733 >> SOMEBODY TAKES TICKETS AT THE 1269 00:42:35,733 --> 00:42:36,967 MOVIE THEATER. 1270 00:42:36,967 --> 00:42:38,600 HONESTLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF 1271 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:39,067 JOBS. 1272 00:42:39,067 --> 00:42:41,767 LAWYERS HAVE KIND OF FLATTENED 1273 00:42:41,767 --> 00:42:43,333 DOWN THE SCALE. 1274 00:42:43,333 --> 00:42:45,667 BUT A LOT OF JOBS WHERE THERE'S 1275 00:42:45,667 --> 00:42:51,700 A LOT OF TIME. 1276 00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:53,700 THOUSANDS OF OPENINGS BUT THE 1277 00:42:53,700 --> 00:42:55,033 PAY IS TERRIBLE. 1278 00:42:55,033 --> 00:42:56,967 I HAD SOME OF THOSE JOBS AND 1279 00:42:56,967 --> 00:42:58,333 THEY ARE VERY VALUABLE IN THE 1280 00:42:58,333 --> 00:43:00,233 ECONOMY BUT WE'RE NOT GOING 1281 00:43:00,233 --> 00:43:02,133 SPEND MONEY TO TRAIN PEOPLE FOR 1282 00:43:02,133 --> 00:43:04,933 THOSE AND YOU CAN'T FEED YOUR 1283 00:43:04,933 --> 00:43:06,667 FAMILY FROM THOSE. 1284 00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:08,800 SOMETIMES THEY ARE SECOND JOBS 1285 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,933 FOR PEOPLE. 1286 00:43:11,933 --> 00:43:16,633 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD A CELE 1287 00:43:16,633 --> 00:43:18,167 SELLING POPCORN. 1288 00:43:18,167 --> 00:43:20,300 >> FOUR IS THE TOP? 1289 00:43:20,300 --> 00:43:23,300 >> I'D SAY THIS IS SUCH A BREATH 1290 00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:24,700 OF -- 1291 00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:27,100 >> HE PROBABLY HAS A LOT OF 1292 00:43:27,100 --> 00:43:31,500 OPTIONS ON A 4- AND FIVE-STAR 1293 00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:32,000 JOBS. 1294 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,500 >> ALL OF THESE GUYS HAVE A LOT 1295 00:43:33,500 --> 00:43:35,100 OF FIVE-STAR JOBS. 1296 00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:37,133 >> TELL US ABOUT A FIVE-STAR 1297 00:43:37,133 --> 00:43:37,733 JOB. 1298 00:43:37,733 --> 00:43:40,100 >> A LOT OF S.T.E.M. JOBS. 1299 00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:41,867 >> AND S.T.E.M. MEANS? 1300 00:43:41,867 --> 00:43:42,933 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING 1301 00:43:42,933 --> 00:43:43,500 AND MATH. 1302 00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:46,200 WELDERS ARE S.T.E.M. JOBS, PIPE 1303 00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:50,133 FITTERS ARE S.T.E.M. JOBS THEY 1304 00:43:50,133 --> 00:43:55,167 GO UP TO PH.D.s, PHYSICIANS, 1305 00:43:55,167 --> 00:43:57,933 AT EVERY STRAT THAT THERE ARE A 1306 00:43:57,933 --> 00:44:01,767 LOT OF THOSE JOBS. 1307 00:44:01,767 --> 00:44:05,267 THEY ALSO LIKE TO JOKE THIS, 1308 00:44:05,267 --> 00:44:12,533 IT'S A LOT OF PRESTIGIOUS. 1309 00:44:12,533 --> 00:44:14,467 >> LET'S GO TO JAMES, YOU HAD A 1310 00:44:14,467 --> 00:44:15,733 QUESTION ABOUT AUTOMATION. 1311 00:44:15,733 --> 00:44:16,967 >> YEAH, OKAY. 1312 00:44:16,967 --> 00:44:18,233 SO THIS KIND OF BUILDS OFF OF 1313 00:44:18,233 --> 00:44:20,700 WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WITH YOUR 1314 00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:21,600 ONE-STAR JOBS. 1315 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:25,400 AS SOMEONE GETTING A PH.D. IN A 1316 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,500 NONS.T.E.M. FIELD, THE GROWING 1317 00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:29,500 FIELDS ARE ALL S.T.E.M. FIELDS 1318 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,067 IN LOUISIANA. 1319 00:44:31,067 --> 00:44:33,400 >> WHAT IS THAT PH.D. IN? 1320 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:34,400 >> POLITICAL SCIENCE. 1321 00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,933 I TYRONN LUE STUDY THE IMPACT OF 1322 00:44:36,933 --> 00:44:38,667 TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIETY THIS. 1323 00:44:38,667 --> 00:44:42,400 SPINS OFF OF MY OWN RESEARCH. 1324 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,633 SO IT'S KIND OF A TWOFOLD 1325 00:44:45,633 --> 00:44:46,533 QUESTION. 1326 00:44:46,533 --> 00:44:48,400 ON ONE HAND MASSIVE GROWTH IN 1327 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:49,867 THE S.T.E.M. FIELD, THE 1328 00:44:49,867 --> 00:44:51,133 STATISTICAL DATA THAT THERE ARE 1329 00:44:51,133 --> 00:44:54,267 THREE OPENINGS FOR EVERY JOB 1330 00:44:54,267 --> 00:44:56,400 SEEKER IN THE S.T.E.M. FIELD. 1331 00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,833 THE REVERSE OF THAT IS TRUE FOR 1332 00:44:59,833 --> 00:45:01,133 NONSTEM FIELD. 1333 00:45:01,133 --> 00:45:03,200 WHAT IS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 1334 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:07,233 GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR THE 1335 00:45:07,233 --> 00:45:10,667 GUY WHO COOKS THE POPCORN, WHEN 1336 00:45:10,667 --> 00:45:12,667 WE MOVED TO A SOCIETY THAT'S 1337 00:45:12,667 --> 00:45:15,433 MUCH MORE AUTOMATED, JOBS A 1338 00:45:15,433 --> 00:45:17,533 MACHINE CAN DO. 1339 00:45:17,533 --> 00:45:20,167 HOW DOUGH WE RESPOND TO THAT? 1340 00:45:20,167 --> 00:45:22,600 AS SOMEONE WHO'S NOT IN THESE 1341 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:24,333 S.T.E.M. FIELDS, IF I COULD GO 1342 00:45:24,333 --> 00:45:26,533 BACK I WOULD GO AND BECOME A 1343 00:45:26,533 --> 00:45:30,167 WELDER OR AN I.T. GUY WITH A 1344 00:45:30,167 --> 00:45:31,633 TWO-YEAR DEGREE FROM COMMUNITY 1345 00:45:31,633 --> 00:45:33,700 COLLEGE. 1346 00:45:33,700 --> 00:45:38,567 >> MR. BOWSER PH.D.s HE AND 1347 00:45:38,567 --> 00:45:40,733 ENGLISH AND POLITICAL SCIENCE 1348 00:45:40,733 --> 00:45:42,667 PEOPLE HAVE YOU HIRED? 1349 00:45:42,667 --> 00:45:45,167 >> I'M SURE THERE WERE SOME OF 1350 00:45:45,167 --> 00:45:45,633 THEM. 1351 00:45:45,633 --> 00:45:52,200 >> SOME OF THEM GO BASS I 1352 00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:52,800 REALLY. 1353 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:56,333 BECAUSE IF YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR 1354 00:45:56,333 --> 00:46:06,667 CHOOL, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOUS 1355 00:46:06,667 --> 00:46:07,533 HANDLE THAT. 1356 00:46:07,533 --> 00:46:09,667 >> FOR YOU INDIVIDUALLY, AS AN 1357 00:46:09,667 --> 00:46:11,367 EDUCATOR, I WOULD TELL THAT YOU 1358 00:46:11,367 --> 00:46:14,733 YOU HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT ALL 1359 00:46:14,733 --> 00:46:17,133 OF THOSE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS 1360 00:46:17,133 --> 00:46:19,833 THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED AS A PH.D. 1361 00:46:19,833 --> 00:46:21,800 IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, AND 1362 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,567 INDICATE, HOW ARE THOSE SKILLS 1363 00:46:24,567 --> 00:46:27,667 REALLY MARKETABLE IN THIS 1364 00:46:27,667 --> 00:46:28,267 ECONOMY. 1365 00:46:28,267 --> 00:46:29,933 THOUGH I MAY NOT HAVE THESE 1366 00:46:29,933 --> 00:46:34,767 TECHNICAL TRAINING, I HAVE VERY 1367 00:46:34,767 --> 00:46:37,767 VALUABLE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS 1368 00:46:37,767 --> 00:46:39,900 THAT I'VE LEARNED THROUGH MY 1369 00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:40,867 HIGHER EDUCATION. 1370 00:46:40,867 --> 00:46:43,633 HOW CAN I USE THOSE IN A WAY 1371 00:46:43,633 --> 00:46:44,500 THAT'S OF VALUE. 1372 00:46:44,500 --> 00:46:47,267 I LIKE TO REFINED STUDENTS THAT 1373 00:46:47,267 --> 00:46:49,833 EDUCATION IS NOT EQUAL TO 1374 00:46:49,833 --> 00:46:50,333 TRAINING. 1375 00:46:50,333 --> 00:46:51,667 THEY ARE RELATED. 1376 00:46:51,667 --> 00:46:55,433 BUT WE STUDY TO MAKE NOT JUST A 1377 00:46:55,433 --> 00:46:55,900 LIVING. 1378 00:46:55,900 --> 00:47:00,300 WE STUDY TO MAKE A LIFE. 1379 00:47:00,300 --> 00:47:01,833 KEEP THAT IN BALANCE AND 1380 00:47:01,833 --> 00:47:05,200 UNDERSTAND THAT, WELL, YOU MIGHT 1381 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:12,567 BE A STARVING PH.D. FOR A WHILE. 1382 00:47:12,567 --> 00:47:15,967 >> GREAT POINT, DR. HOLLAND. 1383 00:47:15,967 --> 00:47:18,400 >> MR. BOUDREAUX WITH 1384 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:19,900 SPARKHOUND, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO 1385 00:47:19,900 --> 00:47:21,400 SAY TO HIS QUESTION? 1386 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,667 >> I THINK I AGREE WITH MY 1387 00:47:24,667 --> 00:47:26,033 COLLEAGUES HERE. 1388 00:47:26,033 --> 00:47:28,367 GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT IT AS 1389 00:47:28,367 --> 00:47:30,033 SECOND CAREER IS CERTAINLY 1390 00:47:30,033 --> 00:47:31,333 SOMETHING, IF YOU FEEL THAT'S 1391 00:47:31,333 --> 00:47:32,967 SOMETHING YOU WANT GO TOWARD. 1392 00:47:32,967 --> 00:47:34,567 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO 1393 00:47:34,567 --> 00:47:36,600 DIFFICULT TO FIND A JOB IN 1394 00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:37,833 LOUISIANA WITH YOUR BACKGROUND. 1395 00:47:37,833 --> 00:47:39,067 SOME OF SKILLS YOU'VE LEARNED 1396 00:47:39,067 --> 00:47:40,967 THROUGH THE EDUCATION PROCESS, 1397 00:47:40,967 --> 00:47:43,067 I'M SURE WOULD LEND THEMSELVES 1398 00:47:43,067 --> 00:47:45,567 VERY WELL TO, YOU KNOW, ANY OF 1399 00:47:45,567 --> 00:47:51,233 THE CAREERS THAT WE OFFER, GIVEN 1400 00:47:51,233 --> 00:47:52,400 THE SUFFICIENTLY I WOULD GO AND 1401 00:47:52,400 --> 00:48:00,800 GET THE TIME TO SOME I.T. 1402 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:01,433 SKILLS. 1403 00:48:01,433 --> 00:48:03,933 HISTORY, ENGLISH AND AFTER A 1404 00:48:03,933 --> 00:48:06,333 TECHNICAL SKILL AND TRAINING IN 1405 00:48:06,333 --> 00:48:09,133 ORDER TO REALLY CHANGE THEIR 1406 00:48:09,133 --> 00:48:09,733 PATH. 1407 00:48:09,733 --> 00:48:10,667 >> I'D LIKE TO SWITCH THIS 1408 00:48:10,667 --> 00:48:11,900 AROUND JUST A LITTLE BIT NOW, 1409 00:48:11,900 --> 00:48:14,667 AND GO TO LISA AND KERRIE. 1410 00:48:14,667 --> 00:48:16,767 LISA AND KERRIE WORK AT BATON 1411 00:48:16,767 --> 00:48:17,800 ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THEY 1412 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:19,133 ARE RIGHT THERE AT THE JUNCTION 1413 00:48:19,133 --> 00:48:20,633 BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND 1414 00:48:20,633 --> 00:48:24,267 COUNSELING THEM TO GO TO CLEARS. 1415 00:48:24,267 --> 00:48:26,167 I WANT YOU TO TELL THESE FOLKS 1416 00:48:26,167 --> 00:48:28,200 WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU 1417 00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,033 THERE IN THE TRENCHES AND THE 1418 00:48:30,033 --> 00:48:31,633 BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 1419 00:48:31,633 --> 00:48:33,000 I'M SURE PROBABLY REPRESENTING A 1420 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,233 LOT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE PEOPLE 1421 00:48:34,233 --> 00:48:35,533 LIKE YOURSELF AROUND THE STATE. 1422 00:48:35,533 --> 00:48:38,167 AND LISA, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE. 1423 00:48:38,167 --> 00:48:39,933 >> OKAY, WOW. 1424 00:48:39,933 --> 00:48:40,433 REALLY? 1425 00:48:40,433 --> 00:48:41,767 >> LET HIM HAVE IT. 1426 00:48:41,767 --> 00:48:45,600 >> I REALLY PERSONALLY AND 1427 00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:46,633 PROFESSIONALLY BELIEVE WE NEED 1428 00:48:46,633 --> 00:48:49,533 TO REACH THE STUDENTS AT A 1429 00:48:49,533 --> 00:48:53,267 YOUNGER AGE WITH THIS MESSAGE. 1430 00:48:53,267 --> 00:48:54,400 BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT 1431 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:58,233 COULD BE DONE BEFORE THEY EVEN 1432 00:48:58,233 --> 00:49:00,733 GET IN THE COLLEGE DOORS. 1433 00:49:00,733 --> 00:49:03,867 THAT MESSAGE NEEDS COME NOT JUST 1434 00:49:03,867 --> 00:49:09,633 FROM THE ONE COUNSELOR THEY SEE. 1435 00:49:09,633 --> 00:49:11,967 BEING VISIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS AND 1436 00:49:11,967 --> 00:49:15,167 GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS, 1437 00:49:15,167 --> 00:49:18,267 SENDING YOUR. 1438 00:49:18,267 --> 00:49:19,567 AND HELPING SUPPORT THAT 1439 00:49:19,567 --> 00:49:20,767 PHILOSOPHY THAT THERE ARE MANY 1440 00:49:20,767 --> 00:49:22,733 WAYS TO MAKE A CAREER, MANY WAYS 1441 00:49:22,733 --> 00:49:25,367 TO MAKE A LIVING AND THEY DON'T 1442 00:49:25,367 --> 00:49:27,933 ALWAYS INVOLVE A BACHELOR'S 1443 00:49:27,933 --> 00:49:28,367 DEGREE. 1444 00:49:28,367 --> 00:49:30,500 THEY CAN BE IN THE SKILLED 1445 00:49:30,500 --> 00:49:31,933 TRADES, THEY CAN BE IN A 1446 00:49:31,933 --> 00:49:34,400 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEGREE. 1447 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:35,433 >> LISA, HOW YOUNG ARE YOU 1448 00:49:35,433 --> 00:49:37,400 TALKING ABOUT? 1449 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:39,367 >> JUNIOR HIGH TO HIGH SCHOOL. 1450 00:49:39,367 --> 00:49:40,700 WE REALLY MISSED THAT 1451 00:49:40,700 --> 00:49:42,600 OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE A LOT OF 1452 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:43,833 PARENTS AREN'T HEARING THAT 1453 00:49:43,833 --> 00:49:44,400 MESSAGE. 1454 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:46,067 THEY ARE PRESSURING THEIR 1455 00:49:46,067 --> 00:49:47,900 CHILDREN, YOU HAVE TO GO TO -- 1456 00:49:47,900 --> 00:49:50,067 YOU KNOW, GET A BACHELOR'S 1457 00:49:50,067 --> 00:49:50,600 DEGREE. 1458 00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,567 THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MESSAGE. 1459 00:49:52,567 --> 00:49:56,200 >> KERRY, YOU WORK WITH 1460 00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:57,200 INTERNALS. 1461 00:49:57,200 --> 00:50:02,267 I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK 1462 00:50:02,267 --> 00:50:03,300 WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT 1463 00:50:03,300 --> 00:50:03,667 STUDENTS. 1464 00:50:03,667 --> 00:50:05,800 MANY OF THEM GET INTO THIS 1465 00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:07,600 CAREER BECAUSE A FAMILY MEMBER 1466 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:09,333 OR SOMEONE THEY KNOW HAS MADE A 1467 00:50:09,333 --> 00:50:12,200 VERY GOOD LIVING WORKING IN THE 1468 00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:13,633 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. 1469 00:50:13,633 --> 00:50:16,300 SO MANY OF THEM ARE PART TIME 1470 00:50:16,300 --> 00:50:19,667 WORKING IN RETAIL OR WORKING IN 1471 00:50:19,667 --> 00:50:20,567 FAST FOOD. 1472 00:50:20,567 --> 00:50:25,267 AND ONCE THEY GET THEIR 1473 00:50:25,267 --> 00:50:28,733 INTERNSHIP THEY ARE GOING FROM 1474 00:50:28,733 --> 00:50:34,633 MARKING WOMEN WAGE AND IT IS 1475 00:50:34,633 --> 00:50:35,733 LIFE CHANGES. 1476 00:50:35,733 --> 00:50:38,467 IT'S EVERYONE'S JOB, ESPECIALLY 1477 00:50:38,467 --> 00:50:40,700 INDUSTRY, TO CREATE AN AWARENESS 1478 00:50:40,700 --> 00:50:44,033 OF THESE OBJECTIONS FOR 1479 00:50:44,033 --> 00:50:44,533 STUDENTS. 1480 00:50:44,533 --> 00:50:47,733 IT'S NOT JUST FOR FOUR-YEAR, 1481 00:50:47,733 --> 00:50:49,733 TWO-YEAR -- I JUST GAVE YOU A 1482 00:50:49,733 --> 00:50:52,267 GREAT EXAMPLE OF PROCESS 1483 00:50:52,267 --> 00:50:52,733 TECHNOLOGIES. 1484 00:50:52,733 --> 00:50:56,733 THEY ARE MAKING AN AMAZING 1485 00:50:56,733 --> 00:50:57,133 LIVING. 1486 00:50:57,133 --> 00:50:58,567 >> WHEN YOU TAKE PEOPLE AND YOU 1487 00:50:58,567 --> 00:51:01,500 EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT BY GOING 1488 00:51:01,500 --> 00:51:10,000 INTO THE WORKFORCE WITH BENEFITS 1489 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:11,733 AND WITH GREAT RETIREMENT PLANS, 1490 00:51:11,733 --> 00:51:12,500 YOU CAN DO THAT. 1491 00:51:12,500 --> 00:51:15,167 THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE'VE HAD IS 1492 00:51:15,167 --> 00:51:17,233 EVERY PARENT THINKS THEIR KID 1493 00:51:17,233 --> 00:51:19,833 NEEDS TO GO TO A FOUR-YEAR 1494 00:51:19,833 --> 00:51:20,333 SCHOOL. 1495 00:51:20,333 --> 00:51:22,033 WE'VE FOUND PUCK GET THEM BEFORE 1496 00:51:22,033 --> 00:51:23,800 THEY GET THROUGH THE NINTH 1497 00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,067 GRADE, YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE. 1498 00:51:26,067 --> 00:51:31,667 I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE WHERE 1499 00:51:31,667 --> 00:51:33,000 THEY MAKE THAT DECISION, YOU'VE 1500 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:34,300 GO AT CHANCE. 1501 00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:36,533 AND YOU CAN SHOW THEM WHAT IT'S 1502 00:51:36,533 --> 00:51:42,667 LIKE TO BE A SPESES DECISION, 1503 00:51:42,667 --> 00:51:45,433 IT'S NOT WHERE IT USED TO BE. 1504 00:51:45,433 --> 00:51:48,700 YOU CAN WORK IN A NUCLEAR PLANT 1505 00:51:48,700 --> 00:51:52,367 AND ALMOST ANY KIND OF FACILITY. 1506 00:51:52,367 --> 00:52:00,533 >> A LOT OF. 1507 00:52:00,533 --> 00:52:02,533 >> IT SAYS THE IMMEDIATE NEED 1508 00:52:02,533 --> 00:52:07,933 AND THEN THERE'S BUILDING THE 1509 00:52:07,933 --> 00:52:08,300 PIPELINE. 1510 00:52:08,300 --> 00:52:12,933 LAKE CHARLES HAS A GREAT 1511 00:52:12,933 --> 00:52:13,333 PROGRAM. 1512 00:52:13,333 --> 00:52:16,800 THERE WERE SOME DEVELOPING IN 1513 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:18,067 OUR AREA. 1514 00:52:18,067 --> 00:52:20,567 THEY GET THEM ALL INTO A GIANT 1515 00:52:20,567 --> 00:52:22,100 CAREER FAIR AND HAVE PEOPLE 1516 00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:24,067 PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS SO KIDS 1517 00:52:24,067 --> 00:52:25,833 CAN SEE THEM AND TALK TO THEM 1518 00:52:25,833 --> 00:52:27,800 AND INTERVIEW THEM AND THEN 1519 00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:29,800 MAYBE GET A FIELD TRIP OR 1520 00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:30,433 WHATEVER. 1521 00:52:30,433 --> 00:52:33,567 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR 1522 00:52:33,567 --> 00:52:40,733 COUNTRIES TO DO THAT. 1523 00:52:40,733 --> 00:52:42,433 >> YEAH, WE JUST HAD SOME PEOPLE 1524 00:52:42,433 --> 00:52:44,333 FROM OUR EDUCATION SECONDER. 1525 00:52:44,333 --> 00:52:45,733 HOW DO YOU THINK OUR EDUCATION 1526 00:52:45,733 --> 00:52:48,200 SYSTEM IS PREPARING OUR YOUTH 1527 00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:51,000 AND PEOPLE RELATES TO THE 1528 00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:51,500 WORKFORCE? 1529 00:52:51,500 --> 00:52:52,333 >> YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT 1530 00:52:52,333 --> 00:52:53,200 THE PUBLIC. 1531 00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:56,100 WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE MATT 1532 00:52:56,100 --> 00:52:57,633 WHO'S WITH PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION 1533 00:52:57,633 --> 00:52:58,867 TRAINING, WE HAVE THE HEALTH 1534 00:52:58,867 --> 00:53:00,667 CARE TRAINING WITH DR. HOLLAND. 1535 00:53:00,667 --> 00:53:02,633 BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 1536 00:53:02,633 --> 00:53:03,867 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND 1537 00:53:03,867 --> 00:53:06,100 COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SO ON. 1538 00:53:06,100 --> 00:53:10,933 >> WE HAVE THIS PLUS AND JOBS WE 1539 00:53:10,933 --> 00:53:11,467 SEE. 1540 00:53:11,467 --> 00:53:16,600 BRINGING IN A LOT OF PUBLICS 1541 00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:18,233 PRIVATE JOBS -- HOW DO YOU THINK 1542 00:53:18,233 --> 00:53:19,633 OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS 1543 00:53:19,633 --> 00:53:21,533 PREPARING THEM FOR THOSE PRIVATE 1544 00:53:21,533 --> 00:53:22,933 JOBS THAT ARE COMING IN? 1545 00:53:22,933 --> 00:53:25,067 AND WITH THE GENERAL 1546 00:53:25,067 --> 00:53:26,033 ADMINISTRATION CUTTING HIGHER 1547 00:53:26,033 --> 00:53:28,033 EDUCATION, HOW IS THAT AFFECTING 1548 00:53:28,033 --> 00:53:29,600 IT, AS WELL? 1549 00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:33,867 >> HOUR WE GOING TO RANK OUR 1550 00:53:33,867 --> 00:53:38,567 INSTITUTIONS WITH THE BURDEN? 1551 00:53:38,567 --> 00:53:43,933 >> I'LL TAKE A JAB. 1552 00:53:43,933 --> 00:53:46,733 >> I'VE GOT FIND MY BOSS. 1553 00:53:46,733 --> 00:53:47,367 [LAUGHTER] 1554 00:53:47,367 --> 00:53:48,033 >> A COUPLE OF THINGS. 1555 00:53:48,033 --> 00:53:49,900 I THINK THE ISSUE IN MY MIND IS 1556 00:53:49,900 --> 00:53:51,600 NOT THE QUALITY OF OUR 1557 00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:52,167 GRADUATES. 1558 00:53:52,167 --> 00:53:53,900 THE ISSUE IS THAT THEY ARE 1559 00:53:53,900 --> 00:53:56,067 COMING OUT IN FIELDS FOR WHICH 1560 00:53:56,067 --> 00:53:57,800 THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE STATE TO 1561 00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,367 FIND WORK IN TOO GREAT A NUMBER. 1562 00:54:00,367 --> 00:54:02,967 ENGINEERS ARE HERE, THEY DO VERY 1563 00:54:02,967 --> 00:54:04,367 WELL, THEY ARE SOUGHT AFTER. 1564 00:54:04,367 --> 00:54:07,000 COMPUTER SCIENTISTS FROM OUR 1565 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,167 SCHOOLS IN LOUISIANA, THEY ARE 1566 00:54:09,167 --> 00:54:12,800 SOUGHT AFTERNOON. 1567 00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:19,933 IT'S NOT AN I SHALL OF QUALITY, 1568 00:54:19,933 --> 00:54:27,200 VER WE'VE ALLOWED OUR SYSTEMSO 1569 00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:29,433 TO GET OUT OF WHACK. 1570 00:54:29,433 --> 00:54:31,033 >> THE REEMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE. 1571 00:54:31,033 --> 00:54:32,167 >> AND THE WISE PLAN. 1572 00:54:32,167 --> 00:54:33,833 WE TOOK UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND 1573 00:54:33,833 --> 00:54:36,100 SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO COME TO OUR 1574 00:54:36,100 --> 00:54:37,933 OFFICES AND GET FALLEN A 1575 00:54:37,933 --> 00:54:39,067 PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR BUT ONE 1576 00:54:39,067 --> 00:54:40,033 OF OUR FOLKS. 1577 00:54:40,033 --> 00:54:41,800 WE THINK YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER 1578 00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:42,267 RESULT. 1579 00:54:42,267 --> 00:54:45,133 IN A SIX-MONTH PERIOD IN 1580 00:54:45,133 --> 00:54:48,467 ACADIANA, WE CUT THE NUMBER OF 1581 00:54:48,467 --> 00:54:50,300 WEEKS CLAIMANTS GET BENEFITS IN 1582 00:54:50,300 --> 00:54:53,833 25 TO 30%. 1583 00:54:53,833 --> 00:54:56,267 JUST IN THAT LITTLE PART OF THE 1584 00:54:56,267 --> 00:55:02,467 STATE, $2.6 MILLION IN SAVINGS. 1585 00:55:02,467 --> 00:55:05,800 >> L.A WORKS.NET. 1586 00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,100 >> ANY LAST THOUGHTS? 1587 00:55:08,100 --> 00:55:08,967 MR. BOWSER? 1588 00:55:08,967 --> 00:55:10,733 >> PROBABLY THE OTHER BIGGEST 1589 00:55:10,733 --> 00:55:12,167 FACTOR IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR 1590 00:55:12,167 --> 00:55:14,600 PEOPLE TO WORK, YOU ALMOST HAVE 1591 00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:18,533 TO GET 10 APPEAR INDICATES TO 1592 00:55:18,533 --> 00:55:22,200 GET THE SAME PERSON. 1593 00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:24,233 THAT'S BIG, BIG ISSUE IN 1594 00:55:24,233 --> 00:55:25,433 EMPLOYMENT AND SOMETHING WE'RE 1595 00:55:25,433 --> 00:55:26,900 GOING HAVE TO ADDRESS. 1596 00:55:26,900 --> 00:55:28,500 >> STAY OFF THE DRUGS, IT'S A 1597 00:55:28,500 --> 00:55:31,300 REAL PROBLEM IN THE WORKFORCE. 1598 00:55:31,300 --> 00:55:34,333 >> I HEAR SO MANY EMPLOYERS SAY 1599 00:55:34,333 --> 00:55:38,967 THIS, WE CAN LIFT THAT PROBLEM 1600 00:55:38,967 --> 00:55:39,367 WITH. 1601 00:55:39,367 --> 00:55:41,300 WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME FOR OUR 1602 00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:42,500 QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGMENT. 1603 00:55:42,500 --> 00:55:47,867 WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR PANELISTS 1604 00:55:47,867 --> 00:55:51,633 MR. EYSINK, D HOLLAND, MR. 1605 00:55:51,633 --> 00:55:53,733 BOWSER AND MR. BOUDREAUX FOR 1606 00:55:53,733 --> 00:55:55,200 THEIR INSIGHT ON THIS TOPIC. 1607 00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:57,867 WHEN WE COME BACK A FEW CLOSING 1608 00:55:57,867 --> 00:56:00,567 COMMENTS. 1609 00:56:02,133 --> 00:56:03,900 ** 1610 00:56:05,733 --> 00:56:07,333 >>> WELL A LIVELY CONVERSATION, 1611 00:56:07,333 --> 00:56:08,667 LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF 1612 00:56:08,667 --> 00:56:10,000 JOBS OUT THERE. 1613 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:11,900 >> WITH OPPORTUNITY COMES THE 1614 00:56:11,900 --> 00:56:13,300 CHALLENGES BUT I'M ENCOURAGED 1615 00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:14,833 AFTER ALL THIS DISCUSSION. 1616 00:56:14,833 --> 00:56:15,800 >> WELL, THAT'S GOOD. 1617 00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:17,667 I WAS TRYING TO THINK WHAT I 1618 00:56:17,667 --> 00:56:19,033 WANT MY GRANDCHILDREN TO GO 1619 00:56:19,033 --> 00:56:19,500 INTO. 1620 00:56:19,500 --> 00:56:21,200 THERE'S PROBABLY A JOB WE 1621 00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:22,833 HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF. 1622 00:56:22,833 --> 00:56:24,533 >> JOBS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW EXIST 1623 00:56:24,533 --> 00:56:25,700 ARE OUT THERE. 1624 00:56:25,700 --> 00:56:26,233 >> EXACTLY. 1625 00:56:26,233 --> 00:56:27,933 THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR 1626 00:56:27,933 --> 00:56:29,333 THIS EDITION OF "LOUISIANA 1627 00:56:29,333 --> 00:56:30,667 PUBLIC SQUARE." 1628 00:56:30,667 --> 00:56:33,167 YOU ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OR 1629 00:56:33,167 --> 00:56:36,900 WEBSITE AT LPB.ORG/PUBLICSQUARE. 1630 00:56:36,900 --> 00:56:39,333 TAKE THE SURVEY AND LEAVE 1631 00:56:39,333 --> 00:56:40,667 EXTENDED INTERVIEW CLIPS FROM 1632 00:56:40,667 --> 00:56:43,667 OUR SHOW. 1633 00:56:43,667 --> 00:56:47,333 LAST MONTH WE "STATE CONTRACTS 1634 00:56:47,333 --> 00:56:47,867 101". 1635 00:56:47,867 --> 00:56:50,167 J.G. WRITE, STOP PUTTING MONEY 1636 00:56:50,167 --> 00:56:52,300 IN USELESS PROGRAMS FOR 1637 00:56:52,300 --> 00:56:52,867 FOOLISHNESS. 1638 00:56:52,867 --> 00:56:54,000 >> ALEX WRITES, STATE CONTRACTS 1639 00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:56,400 ARE NEEDED. 1640 00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:59,133 THERE ARE HOWEVER OBVIOUS 1641 00:56:59,133 --> 00:57:01,233 PITFALLS INVOLVING CONTRACTORS 1642 00:57:01,233 --> 00:57:06,267 AND THEY ARE INCREASINGLY 1643 00:57:06,267 --> 00:57:07,300 OVERPOWERING. 1644 00:57:07,300 --> 00:57:10,933 >> DESPITE THE BACKING MEASURES 1645 00:57:10,933 --> 00:57:14,033 TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA 1646 00:57:14,033 --> 00:57:17,267 FAILED TO PASS. 1647 00:57:17,267 --> 00:57:19,433 WE'LL HEAR FROM SUPPORTERS AND 1648 00:57:19,433 --> 00:57:20,433 OPPONENT NEXT MONTH ON 1649 00:57:20,433 --> 00:57:22,767 "LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE'S" 1650 00:57:22,767 --> 00:57:23,867 ENCORE PRESENTATION OF "POT OR 1651 00:57:23,867 --> 00:57:26,700 NOT: THE DECRIMINALIZATION 1652 00:57:26,700 --> 00:57:27,267 DEBATE." 1653 00:57:27,267 --> 00:57:28,833 THANKS FOR WATCHING AND GOOD 1654 00:57:28,833 --> 00:57:29,333 NIGHT. 1655 00:57:29,333 --> 00:57:30,267 >> GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE, AND 1656 00:57:30,267 --> 00:57:31,600 THANK YOU. 1657 00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:33,767 THANKS. 1658 00:57:41,967 --> 00:57:43,367 ** 1659 00:57:43,367 --> 00:58:02,233 ** 1660 00:58:03,433 --> 00:58:06,267 >>> FOR A COPY OF THIS PROGRAM 1661 00:58:06,267 --> 00:58:10,133 CALL 1-800- 973-7246. 1662 00:58:10,133 --> 00:58:17,433 OR GO I DON'T KNOW TO 1663 00:58:17,433 --> 00:58:21,633 WWW.LPB.ORG. 1664 00:58:21,633 --> 00:58:22,833 >>> SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS 1665 00:58:22,833 --> 00:58:26,167 PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR 1666 00:58:26,167 --> 00:58:28,000 EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC 1667 00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:28,533 BROADCASTING. 1668 00:58:28,533 --> 00:58:31,200 AND FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 1669 00:58:32,867 --> 00:58:34,533 **