Prepared under authority of the Economic Opportunity Act, this paper gives guidelines on developing jobs and new careers for the disadvantaged within Federal, state, and local government merit systems. Typical personnel structures are described, followed by elements of merit evaluation and selection, staffing and classification, characteristics of…

Although publicized figures indicate that private industry has hired over 100,000 "hard-core" nationally, this study identified less than 10,000 persons who were receiving special training. Data on the successes, failures and problems of training programs were obtained by questionnaire from 224 companies with a total work force of over…

This report evaluated a project designed to identify, locate, and assist high school dropouts in Oahu, Hawaii. The study group consisted of 105 males and 145 females. Former dropouts were used as outreach aides to: (1) contact potential dropouts in the schools, and (2) to assist the student in resolving his difficulty. The study revealed that most…

The purposes of this study were to determine the extent and type of placement services provided by colleges and universities offering curricula in broadcast journalism, to determine the number of broadcast journalism graduates during the period 1971 to 1974, and to determine how many of these graduates were placed in professional positions upon…

As a report on the Department of Labor's Technology Mobilization and Reemployment (TMR) program, findings and conclusions from an evaluative review are presented in this volume. Information is obtained from state eployment security offices in Los Angeles and Van Nuys, California; Seattle; Denver; and New Orleans. The program accomplishments are…

This booklet was compiled from information received from employment agencies involved in the federal summer jobs program over the past five years and is intended to provide employment staffs with a reference to various ideas, techniques, and resources useful in training summer employees. Ideas and techniques are presented in outline and summary…

This paper is concerned with the question of standardization of manpower services. It deals with the extent to which there is too much standardization in the mix of programs, with the cause of standardization, and with what can be done about it. The author proposes: (1) that the solution to over standardization of manpower services lies in…

A report of the status of those Montgomery Community College students who received their Associate Arts degree in 1970 is presented. This report is a facet of a 10-year follow-up program of Montgomery College graduates. In 1970 the majority of Montgomery Community College graduates who continued their education transferred to the University of…

A FOUR-PART LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION WAS REPORTED OF TEACHING PERSISTENCE OF CERTAIN COLLEGE GRADUATES BASED ON FOUR FOLLOWUP QUESTIONNAIRES. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO CONTINUE THE SEARCH FOR (1) REASONS WHY TEACHERS LEAVE CLASSROOM SERVICE AND (2) SUGGESTIONS THAT MIGHT BRING PREMATURELY RETIRED TEACHERS BACK TO TEACHING.…

The article presents an overview of recent research in the area of rehabilitation job placement for the handicapped. (DLS)

The campus interview touches more than the individual student. As a result, an organization's recruiting practices may be more important than imagined. (Author)

This articles summarizes the National Planning Association's (NPA) experience in its initial efforts to develop an early warning system to anticipate job openings generated in local communities by large Federal procurement contracts. (WL)

This paper speaks to the counselor who is interested in refining his or her placement skills and who is ready to give up some tired attitudes and worn-out practices. Practical operating principles and genuine, tried-and-true approaches are offered. (Author)

This paper describes the development and implementation of a selective job-placement system in the Michigan Vocational Rehabilitation agency. A number of specialized units in the system were created to facilitate both job development and job placement. (Author)

It is proposed that rehabilitation researchers have traditionally examined the process of job placement from a one-sided perspective. In relying solely on a positivistic research perspective, investigators have failed to develop methods of inquiry that could provide an internal view of the placement process by those people who have experienced it.…