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Direct linkCletus D. Kuunifaa – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Employability is key to libraries as they continue to diversify their services to include career services to meet the job seeking needs of community members. In fulfilling this crucial role, public libraries face challenges in providing career services for their community members. This dissertation probed and sought ways to continuously improve…
Descriptors: Libraries, Users (Information), Library Services, Careers
Schena, David Andrew, II – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As autistic individuals grow into adulthood, they are much more likely to experience a need for employment-related skills, with research on these skills lacking relative to child-focused research. Accordingly, this dissertation examined existing literature on employment-related skill development and based on community consultation, developed…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Job Search Methods, Skills
Smith, Sasha D. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Graduates who have disabilities experience difficulty finding their first job after completing college. The transition-age period of 18 to 30 is a stage of life when receiving vocational rehabilitation (VR) support is critical to increase chances of graduates with disabilities towards competitive employment and earnings. Current literature suggest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Disabilities, Employment
Davis, LaVerne A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
It was not known how the visually disabled perceived gaining employment or how perception affected employment seeking behaviors within this population. The purpose of this qualitative narrative study was to explore how the visually disabled perceived gaining employment and how perception affected employment seeking behaviors within this…
Descriptors: Employment, Visual Impairments, Work Attitudes, Qualitative Research
Coonfield, Emily S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation addresses job search patterns of college graduates and the implications of social capital by race and class. The purpose of this study is to explore (1) how the job search transpires for recent college graduates, (2) how potential social networks in a higher educational context, like KU, may make a difference for students with…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Social Capital, Labor Market, College Graduates
Lawson, Holly Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that relate to successful adult outcomes for 28 individuals with visual impairment ages 23-30. The primary dependent variable was current employment. Independent living and completion of postsecondary educational program were secondary, related outcome measures. A secondary goal of this research was…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Adults, Employment, Independent Living
