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Missouri Univ., Columbia. Coll. of Education. – 1987
This module provides strategies for educators who want to assess employer needs in their communities. In addition, it provides guidelines for organizing and using the information once it is compiled. The guide includes a list of definitions and uses a question-and-answer format to discuss the best method for assessing employer needs, deciding whom…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Resources, Employer Attitudes
Faddis, Constance R.; And Others – 1987
A study was conducted to determine how job clubs help two-year college students with learning disabilities improve their job-seeking skills and knowledge of the world of work in preparation for making a successful transition from school to work. The approach was based on a previous demonstration project in which job clubs showed promising results…
Descriptors: College Students, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
Gittman, Elizabeth – 1987
The final report describes the objectives and accomplishments of Project COMPETE, a 3-year project in New York State whose purpose was to develop secondary and transitional postsecondary programming for training youth with severe disabilities in skills necessary to achieve a successful transition from school to vocational opportunities in their…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship, Job Placement
Lombana, Judy H. – 1983
Intended for school counselors, occupational specialists, and other guidance personnel, this handbook provides basic information and lists of resources concerning the career guidance needs of mentally retarded students. Chapter 1 reviews the aspects of career guidance that the counselor must provide: assessment, individual counseling, career…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning
BENJAMIN, RUTH – 1967
ITALY AND AMERICA, WHICH HAVE SIMILAR PATTERNS OF URBAN IMMIGRATION, FACE THE CHALLENGES OF EFFICIENTLY MAKING UNTRAINED MANPOWER INDUSTRIALLY PRODUCTIVE AND REDUCING POVERTY. THUS, THE UNITED STATES MIGHT WELL HEED ITALY'S RESPONSE TO THAT CHALLENGE BY ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS WHICH, THROUGH CLOSE COOPERATION…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Economic Factors, Educational Policy, Employment Programs
American Vocational Association, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1965
Agriculture teachers and supervisors may use this material in developing training programs to meet the educational needs of persons engaged in or preparing to engage in production agriculture and off-farm agricultural occupations. Vocational education in agriculture must contribute to the educational objectives of American public education, the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Career Opportunities, Educational Change
Montgomery, G.W.G. – 1967
Published in Britain for use by counselors and placement officials, the book offers a systematic attack on occupational placement problems of the prelingually deaf. The system is based on a vocational guidance profile, which is developed from intelligence and achievement test scores. The vocational guidance profile is explained, and occupational…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counseling, Deafness
Demik, Gary H.; And Others – 1975
The report describes the development of a model training program, Training and Technology, and subsequent efforts to diffuse the innovation. Before the inception of TAT, a survey study, Resources for Southern Manpower Development, had indicated that the South had considerable manpower development potential and need. TAT was organized by Oak Ridge…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Industrial Training, Institutional Cooperation
Benson, Stephen D.; Whittington, Marna C. – 1974
Successful transition from trainee status to worker status has been shown to be dependent on three factors: adequate skill training, adequate placement opportunities, and appropriate Job Readiness Posture (JRP). The Vocational Opinion Index Transition System (VOITS) was designed to help trainees develop appropriate Job Readiness Posture during…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employee Attitudes, Employment Problems, Employment Programs

Gaylord-Ross, Robert; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1991
This article describes the Bay Area Personnel System, a consultative resource program which provides supported employment services for individuals with dual sensory impairments (and often severe mental retardation). A case study details a specific instructional mobility program, focusing on job tasks at a pizza restaurant and instructional…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Job Performance
Gordon, Elizabeth; Goldbach, Robert L. – 1989
This paper presents annual findings of follow-up work with mentally retarded school completers begun in 1987. Information was gathered on each youth's current living and work situations, as well as job and training involvement throughout the year. Findings indicated widespread stability in the group, but little progress toward achieving real work…
Descriptors: Employment Level, High School Graduates, Job Placement, Job Skills
Golightly, Steven J. – 1987
This paper presents an overview of the Sales Techniques and Results (STAR) training program developed by the National Alliance of Business in conjunction with IBM. The STAR training program can be used to help vocational directors, teachers, and counselors to be better salespersons for cooperative education or job placement programs. The paper…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Guidelines
VanderLugt, Marilyn J. – 1984
Goals of the "Transition, Retraining, and Change for Entry" project were to provide counseling and/or group support for single heads of households or persons entering nontraditional employment and to provide placement services for the target group. A third goal was to disseminate information about the value of and opportunities in…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Exploration, Displaced Homemakers
Booth, David B. – 1979
Designed to apply basic principles of career education to graduate education, this monograph focuses on (1) reshaping graduate education to make Ph.D.s more employable, (2) placement of Ph.D.s, and (3) necessary complementary changes in faculty and administrative culture. Chapter 1 briefly discusses efforts to redefine the mission of the academic…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning, Doctoral Degrees
Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, DC. – 1968
This report of entry level training in the better known community programs for the hardcore unemployed covers prevocational, on the job, and skill training. Many of the programs are financed in part, or in full, under the Manpower Development and Training Act; others, such as the Detroit Skill Center, depend on several governmental sources for…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Programs, Curriculum, Educational Objectives