This document records the oral and written testimony of persons participating in a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on employment and training needs during the current recession. Testimony was given by leaders of youth education and jobs programs, congressional representatives, a college president, and several unemployed workers. Witnesses…

Project Senior Abilities (PSA) demonstrated and evaluated the concept that the needs and talents of older workers (over 55) can be matched with specific job requirements. An industrial advisory board identified occupational categories in the local economy which met the criteria of being temporary in nature with limited career opportunities and…

Delinquents involved in youth employment programs may b e characterized as dropouts, unemployed high school graduates, underemployed youth ready for skill training, resistant and hard-to-reach, having cultural and communication inadequacies, and having physical and emotional disability. Once trained these youth sometimes refused to accept…

The article contains examples of company-sponsored programs to successfully train and hire handicapped persons. Affirmative action and other regulations have necessitated consideration of other alleviating measures (removal of architectural, mechanical, and mental barriers; human engineering; decentralization; modified schedules; and research)…

Describes rural northwestern Minnesota's employment problem and the local employment and manpower programs, focusing on Rural Minnesota CEP (Concentrated Employment Program), the balance-of-state program, and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program. It is noted that the nature of the land and people and the distances to be…

Examines the problems associated with youth unemployment in 12 countries. Discusses the impact of major sociological, economic, and educational trends on job and career possibilities. Recommends specific governmental policies and actions based on the case study findings of 18 programs of institutional innovation. (ML)

Based on the report of the author's recent nationwide study of corporate urban programs, which appeared in the March- April issue of Harvard Business Review." (RJ)

The Department of Labor's Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) was the nation's largest demonstration to test a new approach to solving the employment problems of disadvantaged youths. Sixteen- to 19-year-olds from low income or welfare households who had not yet graduated from high school were offered minimum-wage jobs, part-time…

To provide an opportunity for state and local government officials to exchange information on the problem of providing public employment for the disadvantaged, a 2-day workshop was held at the University of North Carolina in November 1969. This report includes a resume of the workshop sessions and nine papers presented by participants. All aspects…

German primary vocational training is characterized by the Dual System, a system of alternating education with two major partners--business and special vocational education. It coordinates and integrates both theoretical and practical training. Students who complete compulsory education at age 15 may choose this vocational alternating training…

Necessary required efforts are discussed which effect Special Work Project (SWP) clients through their transition from subsidized to nonsubsidized work. These ranged from personal counseling to day care services, and it was found that supportive services helped reduce barriers to employment. Enrichment funds were allocated for teaching basic…

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…

This article, based on a research project covering rural employment and youth programs, examines success and failure of various federal public job programs, concluding that the programs generally have not provided rural workers with needed employable skills. (MF)

The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) sees a strong connection between the dropout decision and unemployment in the teen years and beyond. It developed JOBSTART, a model of a project giving youths a chance to work and focusing on educational remediation, occupational training strategies, and support services to dropouts. To…

This comparative study is intended to shed light on how vocational training is recognized and used as an instrument to mitigate the grave employment problems now facing all the countries of Europe. The three countries--Belgium, France, and Italy--are examined successively on the basis of a virtually identical approach. Each chapter begins with a…