Presents a brief outline of a program developed by the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission (CEIC) for certifying employment counselors to use tests in Canada Employment Centres (CECs). To ensure that psychometric tests meet acceptable standards, this program provides comprehensive training for counselors and requires demonstrated…

Reviews the first 50 years of the U.S. Employment Service. Describes the role and functions of the Employment Service and shows how the service could become more relevant during an age of computerized employment service operations involving highspeed electronic communications and retrieval systems. (JAC)

New approach extends manpower service delivery, on contractual basis, to remote rural areas. (AG)

In 1996, the City of Phoenix Enterprise Community Job Linkages Initiative sought to increase employment by matching local people with local jobs. Evaluation of the second project at Friendly House found that Friendly House, during the 18 months of the grant, increased residents' employability skills and linked them with Enterprise Community…

Describes a program designed to meet the needs of adults over 55 who are unemployed or underemployed. The program includes 12-hour job readiness workshops, mini-workshops, and an employment information showcase. Participant evaluation and feedback indicated the format and staff efforts have been successful. (Author/JAC)

Describes the Work Equity Project (WEP) in Minnesota, a demonstration project funded by the Employment and Training Administration to place welfare recipients in training and employment programs leading to private, nonsubsidized jobs. WEP offices consolidate social service delivery systems otherwise spread among a number of agencies. (MF)

This document consists of the nine profiles of exemplary school-to-work models/practices/strategies identified in the School-to-Work Outreach Project in 1995. These profiles are the result of a selection process that occurs four or five times during this 3-year project. The nine programs profiled are as follows: Choice Access, Southfield…

A summary of the final report analyzing the Federal Bonding Program includes an overview, historical summary and analysis, summary of findings, conclusions, and recommendations. The bonding program provides fidelity bonding for individuals who are normally excluded from insurance policy bonding, including ex-offenders, enabling them to work at…

In many foreign countries the employment service plays a larger role in helping young people move from school to work than it does in the United States. The article describes youth employment practices in Japan, Sweden, and Great Britain to illustrate the range of activities and organizational structures. (MF)

In cooperation with the chamber of commerce, various businesses, associations, and other community agencies, the Sarasota schools (Florida) supplement their own job placement and follow-up efforts with community job development strategies for placing high school graduates. (JT)

In eight years, the Professional Skills Roster has filled 46 percent of the jobs it has listed. The applicants are a highly educated group of men and women with varied skills. The Roster has also helped to smooth the transition from the home to the labor force for many women applicants. (KRP)

To comply with the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and with explicit federal guidelines for equal employment opportunity, local employment and training agencies funded by CETA need to develop client assessment programs. This volume and its companion are designed for this purpose. Five original program descriptions, and findings…

TWENTY AUTOMATION MANPOWER SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS WERE STARTED TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCE WITH JOB MARKET PROBLEMS CAUSED BY CHANGING TECHNOLOGY AND MASS LAYOFFS. THE FIRST OF THE SERIES, ESTABLISHED IN LOCAL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICES, THIS PROJECT DEALT WITH THE LAYOFF OF 675 WORKERS, PROBLEMS OF READJUSTMENT IN THE PLANT, THE…

Intended to serve as a sourcebook for prime sponsors, this report summarizes the first phase of a project to analyze and document the activities of the National Program for Selected Population Segments (NPSPS). NPSPS was funded under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to provide employment and training services to special…

The purpose of this paper is to review the implications of a series of programs now being conducted throughout the United States which are consciously trying to equip the unemployed with the tools necessary to find work. These relatively new programs are described as demonstrating a high rate of success in helping individuals obtain work within a…