An increasing number of job openings in industrial fields such as welding, rigging, crane operation, and pipeline workers, indicates that employment is looking up in Acadiana. According to the Lafayette Economic Development Authority, the organizations online job fair has seen more job listings than it did a year earlier. “Over the past year there’s been a tremendous increase in the number of positions that have surfaced,” Gregg Gothreaux (LEDA CEO) said. According to LEDA, the energy industry is the leading economic driver accounting for 11 percernt of the workforce but nearly 41 percent of GDP.