This survey of programs operated by five large New York City area employers was undertaken to discover what can be effectively done to ease the critical transition from school to work--or from school to unemployment to work--in good times and bad. (Author)

California districts have discovered that a Statewide enrollment dip has hindered efforts to hire minority personnel. (Author/DN)

Discusses the organization of a preprofessional option for undergraduate psychology majors; the option is essentially a four-year curriculum designed to help students secure full-time employment upon graduation. (Author/JM)

Positive behavioral changes took place as a result of a program developing the supervisor-manager dialogue that is work-related. (RK)

Test projects seek ways to take inner city residents to suburban jobs. (Editor)

Research has shown that three main barriers impede the ability of inner-city, low-income job seekers to find employment in the suburbs: an administrative or information barrier, a physical barrier, and a social barrier. The Bridges to Work demonstration program was designed to test the idea that improved access to suburban jobs can significantly…

An indication of the rearrangements of power, privilege, income and wealth distribution that are necessary for the establishment of full employment with price stability; involving policies of guaranteed public service jobs, income maintenance, prices and wages controls, a redistributive taxation system, and the eventual "socialization of…

Intended for persons establishing job development programs for developmentally disabled individuals, this training manual details the structure and procedures of Project PLANTWORK, a 21-month demonstration program which placed approximately 70 workers with developmental disabilities into employment in horticulture industry firms or into…

This is a congressional hearing to acquire testimony and information about women in business or about unusual problems that have been found. Testimony includes statements from individuals representing Big Bear Shopper, Inc.; United States Business and Professional Women (BPW/USA); Rural Small Business Programs, Lane Community College;…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, has two express focuses: one is the question of quotas, and the other is the problem of relocation of plants and facilities in the suburban areas and the consequent difficulties minorities face in retaining equal employment opportunities.…

This interdisciplinary conference was intended to make employment service personnel in two Appalachian states more aware of the social and psychological aspects of poverty and the training and employment needs of the poor. Papers are included by Robert J. Lampman, Frank H. Cassell, Louis A. Ferman, Charles C. Killingsworth, Robert C. Couthorn, and…

Notes that two groups of black men appear to have made the most substantial economic gains since 1964: the better educated and more skilled, especially the increasing number of highly qualified young black men who have entered colleges and universities; and those from more advantaged family backgrounds. (Author/AM)

Traces some of the evidence that supports the full employment minority advancement thesis, and discusses some additional measures required to assist full employment in achieving racial equality. Most of the discussion focuses on black workers. (Author/AM)

Suggests that an atmosphere of full employment, of expansiveness, of opportunity, would be a favorable atmosphere for the achievement of many other issues that women consider essential such as day care and health care. (Author/AM)

Supported employment for severely developmentally disabled adults emphasizes a full range of normal job benefits and recognizes the need for support to enable successful job performance. Supported employment requires opportunities to be created before service commences, targets immediate employment outcomes, and values employment in the same…