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Download full textHull, Glynda – 1991
Recent cognitive and historical research as well as the perspectives of workers can challenge the popular myths of literacy and work. It is believed that workers do not possess the necessary literacy skills for current and future jobs. Forecasters specify which groups will dominate the future work force--women, minorities, and immigrants. Since…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Blue Collar Occupations
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1984
This study was conducted to describe and to analyze how employers respond to information presented to them on application forms and in interviews when they make hiring decisions for entry-level jobs. The approach of the study was to observe the responses of 56 employers in the Columbus, Ohio, area to simulated hiring settings concerning youthful…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Cooperative Education, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Neuhauser, Carol; And Others – 1989
In 1989, a study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to assess the current and potential child care needs of students and staff and to determine whether the early childhood program child care services should be expanded. A survey was mailed to 708 full-time faculty, full-time staff, and part-time staff and to 312 students…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Wagner, Graham A. – 1984
A national survey of electronic data processing (EDP) skills and training needs involved 16 representative firms that employed EDP staff. Separate semi-structured interview schedules were used to interview 266 job holders and 63 managers with responsibility for EDP staff and computing systems. Findings indicated 67 percent of EDP staff had not…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Data Processing, Educational Needs, Employee Attitudes
Hayden, Ellen T.; And Others – 1982
This instructor's guide accompanies a student booklet on job search methods. It is divided into five sections that focus on the five major steps in the process of job seeking: Self-Appraisal, Job Search, Job Application, Job Interview, and Job Maintenance. Since the sections can stand alone, the instructor may use as many or few as time and…
Descriptors: Ability, Attitudes, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education
Crandall, William H.; Niesl, Joseph – 1980
A study of 2-year associate degree commercial arts programs in Wisconsin was conducted to determine the entry-level job requirements of commercial artists on a statewide basis; to identify skill tasks, performance levels, and learning experiences required of commercial artists; to evaluate the relevance of 2-year programs to industry requirements;…
Descriptors: Art Education, College Graduates, Commercial Art, Employee Attitudes
Conter, Robert V.; Nash, Peg – 1982
A project was undertaken to identify common skill and knowledge competencies in various occupational areas in order to provide vocational instructors and administrators with an up-to-date skill analysis for use in curriculum development. To compile this data base, researchers developed task surveys to determine the minimum competencies needed by…
Descriptors: Appliance Repair, Auto Mechanics, Child Care Occupations, Competence
Enoch, Lloyd W. – 1977
In a follow-up study of secondary school students who completed vocational education programs in the Roanoke City Public Schools during the 1975-76 school year, students and their employers were asked to rate the effectiveness of the vocational instructional programs in relation to twelve aspects of employment. Questionnaires were sent to 381…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, New Brunswick, NJ. – 1981
An Illinois project identified employer perceptions of vocational education graduates' job holding and success problems and needs and prepared instructional units to remediate these problems. An employer job survey was disseminated to businesses and industries who rated young adults entering the job market on non-skill related job performance…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Objectives, Coping, Employee Attitudes
Lindholm, Michael; Jones, Roger C. – 1980
This study evaluated the effectiveness of school district participation in CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) youth programs in Box Elder and Cache Counties, Utah, as well as the overall effectiveness of CETA youth programs administered by the Bear River Association of Governments. For three years, the Bear River Association of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Employee Attitudes
Petrich, Beatrice – 1981
This third of 14 curriculum modules in the Family and Community Services Occupational Education Modules series deals with roles and responsibilities in a family and community services work situation. It focuses on employer-employee roles as well as relationships with co-workers. Information about laws, regulations, policies, and procedures is also…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavioral Objectives, Employee Attitudes, Employee Responsibility
Munson, Carlton E. – 1979
This paper discusses a study to determine attitudes among women in the field of social work regarding opportunities for professional advancement. Specifically, the study investigated whether female social workers noticed differences in opportunity among males and females to be recruited to management positions and to hold management positions once…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Selection, Career Development
Simmonds, W. H. C. – 1976
Adopting technology to people and examining projects through the eyes of those concerned are two ways new technology and engineering can be installed and successfully operated under the adverse conditions of northern Canada and in the face of predicted labor shortages in the 1980's. Adopting a more flexible technology provides the opportunity for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Employee Attitudes, Engineering, Environmental Influences
SWENSON, JOHN H. – 1968
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT, CONDUCTED DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 20, 1965, TO MARCH 15, 1968 WERE TO (1) DETERMINE THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THOSE PERSONS WORKING AS SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIES, (2) DEVELOP AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM TO MEET THESE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, (3) CONDUCT A PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM TO TEST THE ADEQUACY OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL…
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides
Fawley, Malcolm J. – 1977
As the third phase of a project designed to develop a system for statewide follow-up of postsecondary vocational education, a study was conducted to develop instruments that would provide data for the employability assessment of the graduates from vocational programs. The instruments were designed to answer two questions: Are the students prepared…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
