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Anderson, Jacquelyn; Kato, Linda Yuriko; Riccio, James A.; Blank, Susan – MDRC, 2006
Since 1998, federally funded One-Stop Service Centers around the country have focused primarily on assisting the unemployed into work. WASC tests a strategy that expands that mission by targeting people who are already working, but at low wages. Through career coaching, skills training, and better connections with employers - and led by a newly…
Descriptors: Income, Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients, Labor Market
Pursell, Donald E.; Torrence, William D. – Aging and Work: A Journal on Age, Work and Retirement, 1980
A study comparing the duration of unemployment and the postunemployment earnings of women over and under age 45 determined that there are significant differences between older and younger women in job-search behavior, employment opportunities, earnings, and assistance received from employment service agencies and unions. (SK)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Employment Opportunities, Employment Services, Females
Mirengoff, William; And Others – 1980
A study examined the effect of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Reauthorization Act of 1978 on public service employment (PSE) programs. A field survey, conducted during June and July 1979 (two months after provisions of the amendment went into effect), assessed the early effects of the reauthorization in the following areas:…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
Oppliger, Jurg – 1997
This book presents step-by-step guidelines to getting a job. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 13 chapters: (1) assessing one's salable skills (identifying likes and dislikes, determining strong and weak points, assessing skills and knowledge, identifying areas for improvement); (2) identifying one's ideal job (describing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Career Planning, Check Lists
Eberts, Randall W.; OLeary, Christopher J. – 2002
The Workforce Investment Act requires local areas receiving funding to establish one-stop centers where employment service providers in a local labor market are assembled in one location. Challenges facing center staff are the expected large volume of customers resulting from relaxed program eligibility rules and limited resources for assessment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Centers, Career Counseling, Career Education