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Goodman, Veronica; Pankovits, Tressa; Murphy, Tess – Progressive Policy Institute, 2021
Research shows that employers are less likely to hire workers with little to no experience for the "first jobs" that many younger workers rely on to build their skills and credentials. Without those first jobs, many will face fewer paths to enter the workforce. To help the non-college-bound, the nation's education system needs to create…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Employment Qualifications, Vocational Education, Job Training
Crowe, Meagan – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2019
This report examines how technology and automation are changing the job market -- and what states can do to prepare adults for the new workplace. It analyzes shifts from low- to middle-skills jobs, details current education levels, and offers recommendations for retooling adult education programs.
Descriptors: Information Technology, Automation, Labor Market, Job Skills
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Brown, Kenneth W. – Business Education Forum, 1976
Responses from 1,695 (out of 5,213) surveyed Texas employers provided information, presented in rank order, in the following categories for entry-level jobs: sources for obtaining applicants, reasons for rejecting applicants, causes for terminating employees, employment preparation areas in which improvement is needed, and goals for public…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Employer Attitudes, Employment Interviews, Employment Qualifications
Rooze, Gene E. – 1984
A study examined the skills required of human resource development (HRD) specialists in western Texas. To gather data for the study, the researcher administered a survey instrument to 66 employers from the western Texas region who were identified as employing 200 or more persons. Of these individuals, 28 returned usable responses. Based on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Competence, Educational Needs
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Occupational Education and Technology. – 1978
The Tex-SIS Follow-up system Employer Follow-up Survey involved four Texas community colleges, providing a statewide composite of employer data on the competency of occupational/technical graduates. The mailing list for prospective survey participants was derived from occupational/technical graduates' responses to a survey conducted in 1975-76. A…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Potential