Services and Programs
The Career Services Office is dedicated to assisting you in finding a job and empowering you to be the best professional you can be! At LDCC, we offer a variety of services for students and alumni to partake of anytime. High school students considering attending LDCC are also encouraged to participate.
The mission of the Career Services Office is to provide guidance, resources, and opportunities that will help you choose careers, obtain work experience while in school, develop job search skills, and secure employment.
Here’s a list of what’s currently offered, please reach out with any questions you have.
Getting a job has changed drastically over the years and how employers are finding people keeps changing. Career Services is here to stay up to date on those changes and help you navigate them. LDCC offers these services to current students and alumni at all campuses.
As part of our job placement services, LDCC has partnerships with local businesses who are looking for part-time and full-time employees. We also stay on top of the job market in Northeast Louisiana to give you access to opportunities that apply to your degree program and/or professional interests.
Below, we’ve provided a list of websites and local offices you can use to find employment in your field of study. If one of these proves to be helpful (or even not so much), please reach out and let us know.
Job Search (Local Office)
Express Employment Professionals
(318) 537-9399
2289 Louisville Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana 71201
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Louisiana Workforce Commission
(318) 362-5111
1908 Stubbs Ave. Monroe LA 71201
Hours of Operation: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. & Wednesday 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Manpower
(318) 323-4475
1669 Louisville Ave, Monroe, LA 71201
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Spherion Staffing & Recruiting
318-340-0005
3101 Cypress St, Suite 4, West Monroe, LA 71291
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Staffmark
318-387-6090
1500 Louisville Ave, Monroe, LA 71201
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Job Search (Verterans):
You can contact our Career Services Coordinator, Lynne Free, at lynnefree@ladelta.edu with any questions you have about job placement!
Career Services is dedicated to helping you make informed decisions about your career choices. The career development and exploration process can be complex and overwhelming, especially with all the transitions you will encounter during your college career. However, the process can be simplified into five basic areas:
It is important to realize that this process is ongoing, and you may find yourself going back and forth through these stages throughout your entire life!
Assess
Assessing your interests, values, skills, personality and motivation helps you to answer the critical question of “who am I?” Assessments can be done through both a formal process such as a career assessment as well as an informal process through individual career counseling.
During this stage, you may consider asking yourself the following questions:
| Values | interests | personality | motivation | skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What’s important to me? | What do I like to do in my free time? | What word would people closest to me use to describe me? | If I could do anything and money was no object, what would I do? | What skills and activities come naturally to me? |
| What kind of work environment do I thrive in? | What have I done that brings me joy? | How do I deal with failure? | When have I felt truly motivated and driven? | What is a question people ask me often? |
Explore
After you have assessed your interests, values and skills, there are many ways you can explore career options related to you. The following online and print publications can be used to see what options may be available to you:
- Job Hunters Bible
- The Art Career Project
- Career Coach Website
- Kuder Journey (Contact Career Services for Access Code)
Decide
Once you have more knowledge about your own interests and values, you can decide about your major and career goals. At this stage, it is important to ask yourself some questions which may include:
- Have I fully considered, to the best of my ability, all my interests, values, and skills?
- Have I gathered enough information to make the best possible decision at this time?
- What are the top three careers for me?
- What are the pros and cons for each career?
Talk with your advisor or the Career Services Coordinator who can help you evaluate the information you have collected, suggest additional resources, and guide you through the decision-making process.
Act
This is the stage where you will take action to ensure you are heading on the right path towards your career. You may be ready to choose or clarify your major, if you have not already done so. You will also begin to develop a career action plan that will help you focus your energy on what steps you will need to take to reach your goals. Questions to ask yourself include:
- What majors are most relevant to my career goals?
- What skills are necessary in the fields I have chosen?
- How do I gain the necessary skills to be marketable to employers upon graduation?
Evaluate
You may find it necessary to review and evaluate your career decisions on a regular basis to ensure that they are still compatible with your priorities, interests, and values. There may be times you find yourself beginning and repeating various stages of the career development process. Your priorities, interests, and values will shift over time which will affect how you view the world of work and your career choices.
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Learn About Yourself and Career Options
Our career assessments can help you discover which careers are right for you, increase your self-awareness and choose a great career! Contact the Career Services Coordinator, Lynne Free, at lynnefree@ladelta.edu for a career counseling appointment or for assistance with any of the online assessments you want to take!
You found the job, but now they’re asking for a resume, cover letter, and references to be submitted through an online portal. You must create an account, and the documents must be in a certain format, but not too big. You start looking at all sorts of tips and templates. Some say be very concise, others say to be detailed. One person says to include your full address, and another says just put your city and state. Your references must be one professional, one personal (but not immediate family) and educational, but you don’t have a former boss to use for any of those.
Do you feel lost yet?
Career Services is here to help students and alumni navigate the world of resumes, cover letters and even references! Every employer has a different system for submitting them and different expectations, so how does one prepare? By learning a few basic practices, getting a template and having someone help you build your first one.
Throughout the year, Career Services may host workshops to give students a set time to work on their resume and cover letter for a specific job. We also provide templates, guidance and proofreading for students and alumni!
If you have a resume or cover letter that needs proofing, please sent it to the Career Services Coordinator, Lynne Free, at lynnefree@ladelta.edu. You can also email Lynne for a one-on-one appointment!
To get started, here’s a worksheet you can fill out, Preparing a Resume, it’s also available on the resources page!
Congrats! You’ve landed the interview for the big job, but suddenly your nerves settle in. What’s an interview like? What kind of questions are they going to ask? How should I dress? Am I even good at interviewing? Who’s going to help me?
Career Services is here to empower students and alumni with the skills and confidence to tackle the interview! While a good interview doesn’t mean you will get the job, it does give you a great first impression – and that still matters! Often in the first 10 seconds of meeting someone we are sizing them up based on appearance, eye contact (or lack of it), overall posture, and even the tone with which they speak. Potential employers are doing the same thing in the interview whether it’s in-person, virtual, or over the phone!
Interviews are not just a one-way street – it goes both ways! Employers are interviewing you, but you are also interviewing them to determine if it’s the best fit for all parties involved!
If you would like to practice an interview in a safe space with advisors or instructors in your field of study, please let us know! Mock interviews are a great way to get the nerves out while receiving respectful and constructive feedback. The goal is to boost your confidence and give you an opportunity to stumble before sitting down with future employers!
We offer in-person, virtual and phone interview practice for students and alumni!
Please contact the Career Services Coordinator, Lynne Free, at lynnefree@ladelta.edu to schedule a mock interview or if you’re faculty/staff, to volunteer to participate in these with students!
Would you like to meet potential employers in your field of study? Are you looking for assistance from Career Services with something you’re already doing? You’ve come to the right place!
In Career Services, we don’t always have to host and execute the events. We’re happy to come alongside faculty and department heads in their efforts to connect students to employment or internship opportunities at all our campuses!
A Career Fair is an opportunity to see what specific jobs are available, meet the person(s) who you may be working for, and determine if it could be a good fit! It’s similar to speed dating – you go from table to table hearing about their company and have a professional networking opportunity. You can ask questions, get their information and who knows…you may land an interview with them!
Throughout Northeast Louisiana there are similar events happening and we will keep you informed of those too!
If you’re interested in hosting a Career Fair event for your department or if you want some support for your event, please reach out to the Career Services Coordinator, Lynne Free, at lynnefree@ladelta.edu.
Do you learn things best in an interactive environment? Workshops provide a great way for students to help each other dive deeper into various topics and applications related to Career Services.
These are not just presentations with someone talking at you, they are designed to be practical and interactive, so be prepared to participate! We offer these to all current students as well as high school students who are considering attending LDCC!
Workshops include, but are not limited to the following topics:
- Workplace Professionalism
- Dress for Success
- Dos and Don’ts of Job Searching
- Career Goals
- Start with Why – Finding Purpose in Your Work
- Leaving Well: Resignation Tips for Young Professionals
- Smart Choices for Professionals
- Resume and Cover Letter Writing
If you have an idea for a Career Services Workshop, please contact our Career Services Coordinator, Lynne Free, at lynnefree@ladelta.edu with your thoughts! You can also contact Lynne if you want her to bring one of these workshops to your LDCC campus!
Make an Appointment
Students on all campuses are encouraged to make an appointment with Career Services. Appointments are available in-person and virtually.
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Summer Semester Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
To schedule an appointment, please email lynnefree@ladelta.edu. If you have any questions, please contact:
Lynne Free
Career Services Coordinator
lynnefree@ladelta.edu
318-345-9005
LDCC Faculty and Staff members at all campuses are also encouraged to connect with Lynne for classroom presentations, event support, student jobs, and hosting career fair events.
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