Louisiana Civil Service

Louisiana civil service is made up of the civil servants employed in the state public service. Louisiana civil service offers career opportunities in the metropolitan and rural area. The state civil servants are entitled to attractive pay, various benefits and professional development.

Louisiana civil service includes state departments, agencies, colleges and universities. Some state departments under the Louisiana civil service are department of public safety, department of economic development, department of social services and department of agriculture and forestry. Louisiana state university, University of Louisiana and Louisiana community and technical college are some colleges and universities under the state civil service.

Since they are the largest employer in Lousing, they offer a wide variety of employment opportunities. Some of the career opportunities offered in the state service includes jobs in public safety and security, information technology, administration and engineering. There are both permanent and temporary employments in the Louisiana civil service. They also offer part time employment opportunities.

The state civil service benefits include retirement benefits, health and life insurance and deferred compensation program. The department of civil service is the main personnel agency for Louisiana. They are responsible for the management of human resources in the Louisiana civil service. The civil service commission is a member body that has authority over the administration of the civil service system in Louisiana. They enact civil service rules and regulate civil service activities. Six members of the civil service commission are appointed by the governor while one member is an employee who is elected by the state employees.

Louisiana civil service is governed by the state civil service rules adopted and amended by the state civil service commission. Many Louisiana civil service job s do not require written exams. The number of written civil service exams in Louisiana has been reduced recently. The state service continues to streamline the testing procedures. Some of the state civil service exams include accounting paraprofessional test, engineering aide test, enforcement and protective services test, professional supervisor test and clerical, office and administrative support test. There are study guides available for most of the civil service exams in Louisiana. For non competitive or shortage jobs, Louisiana state agencies are allowed to hire directly. The hiring is not done through the state civil service in such cases. The state agency may hold their separate tests when hiring directly.

Louisiana civil service has a majority of female employees. The number of civil service employees in Louisiana was reduced in the 2006 due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The number of classified states employees has increased since then but is still below at 2005 level. The average salaries of both classified and unclassified employees of the Louisiana civil service have continued to increase over the years.