Introduces ways to prepare for careers in computers. Explores such on-the-job issues as processing data, computer storage and retrieval of information, word processing interactive teaching, control of industrial equipment, and computer graphics. Addresses the need for computer-related training and job prospects. (BHK)

Successful career development programs must be based on current and future organizational requirements for management, professional, and technical personnel and should promote and guide career development planning to meet those specific needs. (SSH)

Discusses the growth of university programs aimed at bridging the transition of women from home to the labor force or to further education and training in the United States. (SK)

These proceedings from a national invitational conference on partnerships between career guidance and work-related training contain 18 presentations. Welcoming remarks are followed by the opening address that touches upon broad contextual issues that are important as a rationale for, and as part of, the process of making partnerships work. The…

A mentor is a close, trusted, and experienced counselor or guide who trains, disciplines, and assumes a great deal of responsibility in assisting the protege. Considerable debate exists in organizational research as to the value and benefit of mentors, and only recently have some businesses recognized mentors as important to the shaping of new…

This paper proposes a model for a neighborhood program to help enough low-income individuals improve their employment and financial standing so that the impacts are meaningful at a neighborhood scale. Section I describes the project. Section II explains why neighborhood-focused employment programs are an important part of the solution for…

Examining the changing patterns in adult growth which alter family, learning, and work behaviors, the presentations collected here were given at a conference in which scholars, teachers, counselors, industrialists, and therapists met to explore the linkages between education and work throughout the life span. The edited transcripts are organized…

The Commission on Vocational Education and Career Opportunities in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) studied vocational education and career preparation activities in the DCPS and explored strategies for improving them. The study established that DCPS is failing to fulfill its career preparation mission. The problems of too many…

This report presents the testimony and submissions given at a field hearing on workforce training in Michigan. Four expert witness statements follow introductory comments from Vernon J. Ehlers and James A. Barcia, United States Congressmen from Michigan. The statement of Bruce P. Mehlman, the assistant secretary of commerce, assesses the ability…

This is the first of five volumes of essays in the form of recommendations for the improvement of programs, services, and activities offered through vocational-technical education in North Carolina. The volume explains the rationale for, and comments on, 17 recommendations prepared by the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education for fiscal…

Advances in information technology (IT) are reshaping the U.S. labor market. The demand for workers who can read and understand complex material, think analytically, and use technology efficiently will continue to increase. Congress established the 21st Century Workforce Commission to assess current and future demand for IT workers and the…