This guide is designed to help employers plan work force reductions. It emphasizes positive collaboration with workers and the community to find new jobs for workers and maintain morale and productivity in the plant. The guide is divided into five chapters. The first chapter acquaints the reader with some of the benefits of work force reduction…

This guide presents interviewing techniques for managers who hire young and/or entry-level workers in small businesses. The guide is designed to help managers (1) give the information the applicant needs in an employment interview; (2) keep personal biases from entering into the hiring process; (3) ask questions that will get the information they…

This handbook offers "how to" guidance on library management and provides a single source for laws, regulations, executive orders, guidelines, and court decisions on employee and employer rights and responsibilities. Detailed information is provided on: recruiting and selecting personnel; the employment relationship; wages and hours;…

Designed to assist school administrators in their efforts to secure, train, and retain the most qualified instructional aides available, the monograph discusses procedures for employment, payroll processing, aide supervision, performance appraisal, and legal aspects involved in the hiring of instructional aides. Specific topics include…

This handbook is a summary of research that was a follow-up to a comprehensive study of women and employment conducted in 1987. In that study, a statewide sample of working women in Missouri was asked about problems ("barriers") they had experienced in relation to work. The data were analyzed in terms of women reporting the most severe…

This counselor's manual provides step-by-step information on the use and administration of PLACE, a diagnostic and prescriptive aid in employment counseling, with clients. (Client materials are available separately.) It is divided into two "books." Book 1 contains materials concerning PLACE as a whole. Chapter 1 overviews PLACE, its…

This guide summarizes key principles drawn from successful programs for helping unemployed workers find new jobs and presents a systematic approach to help states plan and manage their worker readjustment efforts. The guide contains two major sections. The first section is an overview and summary that includes background on the dislocation…

This strategy development guide is designed to assist private sector, local and state public sector, and community organization personnel in expanding employment prospects for older workers. Addressed in the individual chapters of the guide are the following topics: the status of older workers; older worker employment issues; public, private, and…

Aspects of faculty evaluation that directly affect employment decisions are considered to assist faculty members, and especially faculty leaders. Advantages and disadvantages of the following five methods of evaluating faculty are examined: self-evaluation, student rating, administrator observation and visitation, colleague review, and evidence of…

This book contains career advice for job-seekers and employees about locating, getting, keeping, and changing jobs. The titles of its five chapters are as follows: (1) "So You've Graduated from College, Now All You Need Is...More Advice?" (2) "Moving Up: How To Travel Vertically in a Horizontal World"; (3) "Difficult Bosses, Toxic Coworkers, and…

Following a brief introduction, chapter 1 of this study seeks to establish a framework for building stronger links between school and the workplace by calling attention to the need for (1) an ongoing analysis of the local economy in the context of the regional, national, and global economy; (2) a standing representative community consultation,…

This guide presents ideas for dealing with women in nontraditional jobs for managers who work with young, entry-level workers in small businesses. The guide is designed to help managers (1) develop strategies to help them deal with workers' attitudes toward women in nontraditional jobs; (2) reduce adjustment problems; (3) build a cooperative,…

This manual is designed to help supervisors perform their duties, whether in the public or private sector or in a community organization. It provides information to help supervisors understand the individuals with whom they work, orient new workers to their jobs, plan and organize the work to be performed, assign and monitor tasks, conduct…

This book, which is intended for vocational rehabilitation (VR) professionals, is a guide to many of the disorders included in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual," fourth edition (DSM-IV), that VR professionals are likely to encounter. The introduction discusses the relationship between psychiatric disorders and vocational…

This guide presents general information about Federal legislation that affects women's rights when they are seeking a job, while on the job, and when they retire. The guide is organized in four parts. The first part offers suggestions on how women can assert their job rights, while the second section provides information on getting a job,…