A low-cost program of counseling and referral can reap high financial and humanitarian returns. The Employee Assistance Program at Rochester Institute of Technology is described which offers counseling for financial, alcohol, family, and emotional problems. (Editor/LBH)

Discusses (1) Britain's Federal legislation (effective in 1975) relating to equal job opportunities for women, especially jobs that involve training, e.g., industrial training, (2) the activities of the Working Party, set up to assist in carrying out legislative requirements, and (3) steps taken by an industry training board to handle future…

Reviews employee hiring and filing policies in relation to recent court cases involving employee grievances (since 1979) and in relation to "firing at will." Discusses oral employment contracts and presents a checklist for unjust dismissal prevention. Includes an inset offering interviewing tips. (MD)

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…

In 1982, the Boston Compact attempted to tackle student dropout employment problems. This paper reviews the process of this agreement made by local leaders, traces the creation of a communitywide plan to respond to Boston's school dropout problem, and summarizes Boston's Draft Dropout Prevention Reentry plan. (Author/LHW)

Reviews the literature on employment of ex-offenders and proposes a model for understanding and predicting the effectiveness of ex-offender employment programs. Suggests that prisonization and self-esteem are especially important for understanding post-release adjustment. (JAC)

A review of recent literature on counseling needs of women points out role conflicts, cultural hostility, and institutional bias that keep some women out of the labor market and cause job-seeking and job adjustment problems for others. Awareness of these factors on the part of employment counselors is imperative. (Author)

This essay, taken from the 2005 KIDS COUNT Data Book, examines four employment barriers that policymakers and others consider among the most difficult to overcome: substance abuse, domestic violence, a history of incarceration, and depression. These burdens can diminish a person's motivation and ability to find work. Furthermore, they can make it…

The development of the Malaysian national educational system is described. An outline of the vocational component of the system is presented with an evaluation of descrepancies between output of the formal educational system and the manpower requirements of the economy. (KM)

Evaluates two programs in the Johnsonian "war against poverty": one "macroeconomic," attempting to create an environment of greater job opportunities and higher employment; the other "microeconomic," investing in low-income workers to raise their relative earning power. (Author/JM)

This article summarizes a Conference on Transportation and Poverty, held June 7, 1968 which was organized and chaired by the authors; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences sponsored the conference. Conference papers are listed. (AF)

The principal feature distinguishing this project from similar ones involving college students was its attempt to make their involvement community-oriented. (Editor)

They are not by any means limited to job adjustment, study shows. (Editor)