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Download full textBrown, Bettina Lankard – 1997
Recent changes in the workplace have given rise to the following misconceptions or "myths" about the future of career development: loyalty and job security have disappeared; contingent employment reflects the "end of the job"; and the workplace of the future will continue to be youth focused. In reality, concerns over loyalty and job security have…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Career Development, Career Education, Contracts
Ascher, Carol – 1983
Employment statistics of Mexican-American, Cuban-American, and Puerto Rican men and women are compared with each other and with blacks and whites. Facts and figures are provided for geographic distribution, labor force participation (employed or seeking a job), type of occupation (blue-collar or white-collar), and income. Barriers to employment…
Descriptors: Cubans, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Level, Employment Problems
Stowitschek, Joseph J.; Salzberg, Charles L. – 1987
The book is intended for use by school- and nonschool-based professionals in teaching social skills and social competence to handicapped persons in order to promote employment success. It provides guidelines, procedures, and instrumentation for: (1) assessing client status on socially validated social skills required in both school- and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Imel, Susan – 1989
During the last years of this century, the work force will grow more slowly, becoming older, more female, and more disadvantaged. An increasing number of minority groups and immigrants will enter the work force. Despite public demands for reform, education lags behind in preparing youth for employment. The changing work force has many implications…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Trends
Ascher, Carol – 1981
This review of research on recent refugees to the United States focuses on the Indochinese, Haitians and Cubans. An introduction stresses the need for more information to enhance a better understanding of the newcomers. Succeeding sections review published literature on: (1) the development of Federal policy concerning refugees, emphasizing the…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Cubans, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences
Burge, Penny L. – 1987
The number of single-parent families has increased dramatically. These families are subject to extreme economic problems and thus are in special need of career development and vocational preparation. Displaced homemakers are at a disadvantage inasmuch as they must reenter the work force; moreover, they face the additional career development…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Career Development, Displaced Homemakers
