A vocational retraining program for disadvantaged ghetto residents at the Sequential Computer Corporation. Trainees received on the job training, counseling, and jobs after they completed the program. (BC)

An example is cited of a disadvantaged worker helped by the Manpower Administration's Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) program who has progressed from trainee as a grocery clerk to training instructor for a grocery chain and is now completing his college education with the grocery chain's help. (SA)

Manpower programs have not moved large groups of people up the occupational ladder but have placed the disadvantaged into entry level jobs and such government programs as the Manpower Development and Training Act have offered little on the job training. (BC)

A comprehensive Manpower Administration for employers (Production Employment of the Disadvantaged: Guidelines for Action) makes use of examples drawn from the varied experiences of JOBS employers in training disadvantaged workers. An unexpected bonus of the program has been the impact of their experiences on regular hiring, training and personnel…

The Handbook of Information Relevant to Manpower Angencies is described. It is designed to help manpower personnel who work directly with employers and the disadvantaged to resolve the many conflicts they encounter in their work, but it can also be used for staff training. (SA)

Ser'', the Spanish verb to be'', is used as an acronym (Service, Employment, and Redevelopment) for a national manpower effort directed by and for Spanish-speaking Americans. (MF)

Describes governement's efforts to increase the participation of Spanish-speaking people in manpower programs. (MF)

Experimental project places disadvantaged women in traditionally male-oriented jobs. (Editor)

Study assesses impact of job training on individuals and institutions. (Editor)

Puerto Rican business and professional people contribute time and skills to organizing a variety of business, manpower, education, training, and community programs to help Puerto Rican and other Spanish-speaking disadvantaged groups, beginning with job-related language training. (MF)

Despite a tightening job market and a shortage of matching funds by the states, the Work Incentive Program made good progress last year. (BH)

The Government, unions, and employers in Alaska are walking a thin line between training enough pipeline workers to meet current demands, and training too many for jobs that may not exist four or five years from now. The article surveys training programs which stress job opportunities for the State's natives. (Author/AJ)