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Hawe, J. Michael, Comp. – 1990
A survey investigated what employers in the Thames Valley, England, were looking for in their recruitment of young people aged 16-18. Of 600 companies, 37 percent responded. Twenty percent did not recruit at that age level; 76 percent required two advanced ("A") levels and Pass grades. Recruitment of young people with a General…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Educational Practices, Employer Attitudes
Download full textCatanzaro, James L.; Savage, Daniel D. – 1986
In spring 1986, a study was conducted by Lakeland Community College (Ohio) to determine whether community colleges were anticipating a substantial faculty turnover, what minimum and desired qualifications were being used to fill full-time faculty positions, and the importance of selected educational and vocational experiences for technical and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Employment Opportunities, Personnel Needs
Thornton, George C., III; And Others – 1983
Investigations into job preference have as their underlying premise the belief that congruity between individual and institutional values leads to career choice/job satisfaction. In an attempt to replicate a recent study (Blumenfeld, 1982) on the job preferences of a group of potential psychologists, 66 graduate psychology students at a large…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, College Students
Nasstrom, Roy R.; And Others – 1985
An investigation has been made of the cause, extent, and administrative effect of the use of non-faculty athletic coaches--individuals not employed as professional staff members in the districts in which they coach--in small (fewer than 360 students) public high schools in Wisconsin during the 1983-1984 school year. The hiring of these people may…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Elementary Secondary Education
Dalessio, Anthony; And Others – 1982
An essential first step in the investigation of employment discrimination is establishing that the selection procedure has had an adverse impact. The 80% rule and statistical significance (as determined with a chi-square test), two methods of assessing adverse impact, were compared considering the variables: number of applicants (N), proportion of…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Evaluation Criteria
Shaw, James B.; McCormick, Ernest J. – 1976
The study was directed towards the further exploration of the use of attribute ratings as the basis for establishing the job component validity of tests, in particular by using different methods of combining "attribute-based" data with "job analysis" data to form estimates of the aptitude requirements of jobs. The primary focus…
Descriptors: Ability, Cognitive Tests, Factor Analysis, Job Analysis
Mayo, Clara; Bromley, Stephanie – 1981
This paper examines the current state of voir dire procedures (the process in which prospective jurors are questioned about possible prejudgment or bias) used to detect racial attitudes in court cases involving black defendants and compares voir dire questions allowed and disallowed by the court. Data based upon an assessment of racial attitudes…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Court Litigation, Evaluation Criteria
Adams, Effie K.; Jones, Ruby J. – 1980
The purpose of this discussion is to examine the response of various organizations to Affirmative Action mandates, and to point up instances of practices which have met with both success and near failure. Since colleges and universities have seemingly grown more like big business and industry, they have become more political in their orientation…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Business, Colleges, Educational Opportunities
Ledvinka, James; And Others – 1979
A labor force mobility model was developed to forecast the impact of several alternate statistical definitions of "fairness" in selection on minority employment. With data from an existing organization as a starting point, those forecasts showed that the definition of fairness in Federal regulations (Cleary's regression model) would have a worse…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
Byrd, Marquita L. – 1980
Because interviewing is a face-to-face interaction belonging to the genre of interpersonal relationships, the employment interview is subject to some of the same problems that beset interpersonal relationships. Problems can occur in both interviews and interpersonal relationships because of bias, which originates from background characteristics,…
Descriptors: Bias, Employer Attitudes, Employment Interviews, Evaluation Criteria
Lutz, Frank W. – 1979
The dean selection process and its relationship to the political process of governance in higher education institutions are discussed. Data were collected from 31 institutions that were in the process of selecting a dean. Questionnaires were sent to selection committee chairpersons and members, and to the deans who were eventually selected. A…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Governing Councils, Committees
Kronovet, Esther; Hawley, Warren – 1977
Factors involved in conducting an effective search for a college or university president are analyzed. Emphasized are issues to be resolved with respect to defining the role of the board of trustees, outgoing president, consultant, and search committee. A series of recommendations are set forth that cover the entire search process beginning with…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Administrators
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Employment Service. – 1974
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Clerical Workers, Cutting Scores
Welch, Thomas Alfred – 1974
Research was undertaken to investigate improving selection criteria for several curricula at the Naval Postgraduate School using the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and a biographical questionnaire as indicators of academic success and satisfaction with curriculum and future assignments. The seven curricula investigated were merged into three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biographical Inventories, Criteria, Grade Prediction
Rose, Andrew M.; And Others – 1974
The relationships between the characteristics of human tasks and the abilities required for task performance are investigated. The goal of the program is to generate principles which can be used to identify ability requirements from knowledge of the characteristics of a task and of variations in the conditions of task performance. Such knowledge…
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Adults, Difficulty Level
