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The Social Payoff from Occupationally Specific Training: The Employers' Point of View. Education & Employment. Research for the Practitioner. Research Brief No. 5.
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Gordon, Ruth – 1985
A survey of over 3,800 employers found that school-provided vocational training was required for 9.5 percent of the jobs studied and "important but not required" for another 37.9 percent. In this study, new employees with relevant vocational education exhibited these characteristics: (1) were 6.5 percent more productive 6 to 36 months after being…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Entry Workers, High Schools