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Monthei, Carol – 1989
Little research has been done to substantiate the advice given by commercial writers of "self-help" books, and the research that has been done often arrives at conflicting results. This study examined resume preferences of personnel professionals (N=31). The personnel professionals, who represented major corporations, government agencies, and…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Interviews, Personnel Selection, Resumes (Personal)
Download full textCarter, Meredith L. – 1987
A study was conducted to determine employers' perceptions of the technical and personal skills and knowledge needed by business and industry in the Indianapolis area. A survey instrument, requesting employers to rate the importance of 17 technical skills and 13 personal skills and to describe the nature of the work at their firms, was distributed…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Projections
Bardi, James A. – 1975
The main purpose of the study was to determine selected aspects of the small business food service operators' perceptions regarding the need for training adult food service workers in the Altonna area of Pennsylvania. Information was gathered to help determine the operators' perceptions of the type of training, training site, and their commitment…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Surveys, Employer Attitudes, Food Service
Spikes, Kenneth D. – 1989
A study investigated the value of professional certification within the context of Massachusetts manufacturing companies with reported sales of at least $10 million but no more than $25 million. The specific certification evaluated was that of Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) as awarded by the American Production and…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Employer Attitudes, Manufacturing
Landfear, Mollie; Innis, Julie – 1994
A program using cooperative learning to improve the teamwork skills of high school-level vocational home economics students in multicultural, economically diverse communities was developed and tested during a 5-month action research project. The research phase of the project included the following: 71 of the students enrolled in the classes Home…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Employer Attitudes
Mellan, James R. – 1988
A study was conducted to determine the impact technology would have on the developing scenario of a competitive market for the training and retraining of both the unemployed and employed. The objective was to identify the perceptions of employees concerning technology and the effectiveness and efficiency of office technology training. The study…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Bobrow, William – 1974
The work-study program at Monterey Peninsula College was evaluated through questionnaires distributed to students in the program and to their supervisors. In particular, the issues involved in work-study education as related to disadvantaged students were examined. Analysis of the questionnaire data revealed that the work-study students felt that…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employer Attitudes, Federal Programs, Masters Theses
Grace, Evelyn Southwood – 1994
A study examined the relationships between the skills measured by basic skills assessment tools and the competencies that U.S. employers desire of their hourly employees. The basic skills desired by employers were identified through a literature review. Tools for assessing adult basic/employability skills that are currently available from a total…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Employer Attitudes
Clark, Renee Smith – 1987
The tests of General Education Development (GED) provide adults with opportunities to attend and graduate from postsecondary institutions. A study investigated the academic achievement of GED recipients compared to that of high school diploma (HSD) students graduating from the Community College of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) between June 1985…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Credentials, Employer Attitudes
Wambold, Suzanne – 1991
In 1991, a study was conducted of the Cardiovascular Technology program (CTP) at the University of Toledo, Community and Technical College (ComTech). The purpose of the study was to identify deficiencies in the cardiovascular course content that may have contributed to the failure rate among ComTech graduates who took the 1986 Cardiovascular…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
PDF pending restorationDixon, Marjorie C. – 1976
The research reported in this master's thesis was undertaken to determine whether a need exists for an office occupations curriculum for male students and, if so, to propose such a curriculum. Male students at the College of Alameda, California, were surveyed for expressed interest in office occupational employment, with certain demographic data…
Descriptors: Business Education, Clerical Occupations, College Curriculum, Community Colleges
Cumming, Todd; Lesniak, Greta – 2000
The possibility of improving employability skills through cooperative education and tech prep was examined in an action research project involving high school students from two neighboring suburban communities in northern Illinois. The extent to which the schools were currently teaching employment and career development skills was examined by…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Action Research, Career Development, Check Lists
