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Download full textMounts, Philip H. – 1972
Business and government produced a partnership early in 1968. The government devised a contracting procedure to subsidize the extra costs encountered by private sector employers who would provide jobs and training to persons known to be hard-to-employ. The process was labled Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS). Simultaneously, some…
Descriptors: Business, Disadvantaged, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Rosberg, William H.; Nash, Richard, II – 1983
At Kirkwood Community College (KCC), student paraprofessionals are used in a variety of ways. They are employed in the Learning Resources Center; in the production of graphic materials; in microwave, instructional fixed service, and cable broadcasting; in dial-access videotape distribution; and in television control rooms. In addition, KCC engages…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Costs, Employment Practices, Employment Problems
Greenberger, Ellen; Steinberg, Laurence D. – 1980
A study assessed the costs and benefits of learning and of developing part-time employment of in-school youth. During the study, data were collected from a sample of 531 tenth- and eleventh-grade students drawn from an initial pool of 3,100 youngsters attending high schools in Orange County, California. To gather these data, researchers used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
Darity, William A. – 1977
This paper addresses health and social issues as well as other socioeconomic problems which affect the black family, and the development of appropriate policy and programs to deal with those problems. Data on infant mortality, life expectancy, maternal mortality, physician and dental visits, and some selected death rates from specific causes are…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Community Health Services, Employment Opportunities
BENJAMIN, JUDITH G.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE HIRING AND TRAINING POLICIES OF VARIOUS MANPOWER PROGRAMS ARE REVIEWED. THE MANPOWER OBJECTIVES OF EMPLOYING NONPROFESSIONALS IN ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS POSE SPECIAL PROBLEMS NOT NORMALLY FACED BY EMPLOYERS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT, RESTRICTING EMPLOYMENT TO RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL PROGRAM TARGET AREAS, IMPOSES GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS ON THE…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Employment Problems, Indigenous Personnel, Job Training
Adams, Arvil V.; And Others – 1978
The study is based on an analysis of recent trends in youth unemployment from published sources and on additional analysis of a national sample of young men and young women 16 to 18 years of age who were followed longitudinally over a seven year period in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The book establishes the dimensions of youth unemployment and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Employment Problems
Noer, David – 1976
Written by a professional personnel recruiter, this book deals with many aspects of job layoff in relation to the hiree's potential ability to control his occupational future. By citing case histories of layoff victims, examples of company changes that result in layoff are pointed out. Psychological shields and tested strategies are provided, and…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment, Employment Practices
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC. – 1976
This select bibliography lists books, government documents, journal articles, monographs and legal citations about fair employment. The majority of entries relate to the employee selection and testing process and its ramifications. Titles are organized by topic: guidelines and standards, statistics, selection, legal aspects of testing, overviews…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bibliographies, Court Litigation, Employment
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1997
Recent changes in the workplace have given rise to the following misconceptions or "myths" about the future of career development: loyalty and job security have disappeared; contingent employment reflects the "end of the job"; and the workplace of the future will continue to be youth focused. In reality, concerns over loyalty and job security have…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Career Development, Career Education, Contracts
Is Anyone Listening? Young People Speak about Work and Unemployment. ACER Research Monograph No. 42.
Blakers, Catherine – 1992
This report presents the results of an Australian survey investigating the issues raised by unemployment in society, using extensive quotations from the respondents. In 1983 an open-ended questionnaire was sent to a group of about 10,000 young people (aged 18-22) in Australia to determine their opinions about unemployment and the future and to…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Developed Nations, Employment Practices, Employment Problems
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1983
By focusing on the necessary stages and features of a staff-change policy, this manual assists local school boards and administrators in planning for reductions in staff and layoffs. It first reviews statutory authority held by boards and administrators in reducing the number of school employees and defines key terms used in the discussion of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Dismissal (Personnel), Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
GORMAN, ROBERT E. – 1966
FIFTEEN CERTIFIED SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS PARTICIPATED IN AN ON-THE-JOB INVESTIGATION OF THREE SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN MONTANA--MINING, LUMBERING, AND CONSTRUCTION. THE PURPOSES WERE TO (1) PROVIDE THE PARTICIPATING COUNSELORS WITH ON-THE-JOB KNOWLEDGE ESSENTIAL FOR ENGAGING IN MORE EFFECTIVE VOCATIONAL COUNSELING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselors, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices
Columbia Univ., New York, NY. Graduate School of Business. – 1973
The statement represents a review of the general views of the 80 participants from 16 States and the District of Columbia as prepared at the close of their discussions of the changing world of work in the United States. Major questions addressed by the group dealt with the three distinct forces involved in the cross currents of rapid change: the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Development, Conference Reports, Employment Patterns
Overs, Robert P. – 1971
This is a structured interview study of a 20% random sample consisting of 148 clients interviewed a year after leaving a rehabilitation center vocational program. Employment outcome is related to age, marital status, impairments, education, race, social class, program completion, attendance and punctuality. Clients' occupational distribution in…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Employment Problems
PDF pending restorationCommittee for Economic Development, New York, NY. – 1982
At a time of high unemployment and increasingly constrained public resources, more and more attention is being focused on how to further the private sector's involvement in expanding opportunities for individuals, especially the hard-to-employ, to obtain long-term productive employment. Although at least 12 pieces of federal legislation that…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Responsibility, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
