Managers and students received age-related or neutral information, then viewed videotape of interview of old or young job applicant. Under neutral condition, managers preferred young applicant for low-status job; students favored old applicant for high-status job. Under age-related condition, managers favored old applicant for low-status job;…

A career counseling program evaluated the self-esteem of 28 displaced homemakers, then presented 3 sessions on the importance of personal appearance in hiring practices, wardrobe management, nonverbal communication, professional image, and self-concept. Analysis of participant evaluations indicated improved levels of control and confidence and…

Presented college students (N=98) with information about job for which they were to consider applicant, information about applicant, and questionnaire examining their impressions of applicant. Results suggest that when more (and job-relevant) information is available about male and female applicants, there will be less sex bias in initial…

A survey of 341 human resources executives from large U.S. businesses found most executives favorable to employment of persons with disabilities. Almost two-thirds of the corporations have a policy regarding hiring persons with disabilities; over one-half have hired such persons within the past three years; and over one-third have supported work…

A survey of 66 Hong Kong companies and factories identified factors affecting employers' decisions to hire workers with mental handicaps. The five most important factors were emotional problems and personalities of workers, workers' ability to perform the job, availability of low-level jobs, productivity of workers, and possible special…

Data from 341 Hispanic and non-Hispanic job applicants at an assessment center indicate that overall, Hispanics were given lower ratings than non-Hispanics, but there were no interactions between the ethnicity of the assessor team and that of assessees. (Contains 31 references.) (Author/TD)

This article investigates the recruitment and selection strategies of one large Canadian school district in Ontario, called here the "Northwestern School District." Data collection included interviews, document analyses and observations, and were gathered in 2001. Findings indicated that designated structured teams, financial and…

The establishment of school governing bodies represents a significant decentralisation of power in the South African school system. Whilst such decentralisation could well be expected to mean an increase in democratic participation in the governance of schools, this is not necessarily the case. The State, its functionaries, and organs of the State…

Most research on the association between school resources and student outcomes has concentrated on finances as measured in dollars. This study takes a fresh look at the issue by focusing on the allocation of real resources, defined as the personnel and materiel used to increase student learning, which are more relevant measures of a school's…

Education Resource Strategies (ERS) works with school and district leaders to help them more strategically use resources--people, time, and money--to improve student performance. They have found that many school districts begin creating small high schools without a clear sense of how much they will spend or how to ensure that small schools…

Trends in the recruitment and hiring practices of U.S. private sector firms were examined by analyzing data from the following: a literature review; telephone discussions with representatives of 13 key national labor market intermediaries (outplacement, career management, job search, screening, and staffing service firms); telephone discussions…

Findings of a study that examined access and entry patterns of men and women superintendents to the public school superintendency in Washington State are presented in this paper. Factors that account for the increased number of women superintendents in Washington, as compared to the small number nationwide, are identified. Methodology involved:…

A survey was conducted within the North Carolina Community College System to assess the occurrence of multiple roles among administrative and professional non-teaching staff due to budget constraints; measure the effects of performing these multiple roles; determine the extent and types of difficulties that the state's community colleges are…

A study surveyed creative directors of top United States advertising agencies to provide an idea of the expectations and hiring practices for both copywriters and art directors in creative departments of those agencies. Results revealed that two-thirds hire creative personnel "right out of school," but that little if any formal recruiting is…

Community promoters are community members who are selected and trained to perform specific tasks in a project or program. Promoters have worked in education projects throughout Latin American since the 1960s, and their use in programs has shown to boost program success. Whether promoters work in externally directed programs or in more autonomous…