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Direct linkMulvihill, Patrick; Repetto, Jeanne B.; Andrews, Drew; Gritz, Sheila – ERS Spectrum, 2008
Through current hiring practices, many school districts may be missing an untapped pool of potential employees--individuals with disabilities. In this article, the authors describe the Hiring Practice Initiative (HPI) and its implementation in 17 Florida school districts. The Hiring Practice Initiative Project goals are to: (a) increase the…
Descriptors: Employment, Personnel Selection, School Districts, Employment Practices
Goodall, Patricia A.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1983
The authors discuss current trends in competitive placement for mentally retarded individuals, while stressing the need for an improvement in job placement services. A description of the activities and competencies necessary in the job placement of mentally retarded persons is followed by analysis of problems and solutions associated with industry…
Descriptors: Employment, Job Placement, Mental Retardation
Download full textTennessee Higher Education Commission, 2014
In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. At the center of these reforms is the need for more Tennesseans to be better…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Saloviita, Timo; Pirttimaa, Raija – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
The longitudinal status of supported employment in Finland was examined via a 2003 nationwide survey sent to job coaches involved in supporting workers with intellectual and other disabilities. Sustained supported employment, defined as "paid work in integrated settings with ongoing supports that contained at least two on-site visits per…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Disabilities
Summerville, Jennifer; Bolliger, Doris U. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
The job seeking and candidate selection process in academia can be mystifying to recent or soon to be graduates. Many graduate students have expressed concern about the fact that they do not feel quite prepared for the application process, and they have raised many questions while attending sessions and visiting on-site job placement centers at…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Development, Graduates, Educational Technology
Dittmann, Wendy – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
The Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management (BSIM) was designed for technical college graduates with work experience because the University of Wisconsin-Stout (UW-Stout) recognized a need among adult students with technical college degrees. The program was developed to provide these students with an opportunity to earn baccalaureate degrees…
Descriptors: General Education, Technical Institutes, Distance Education, College Graduates
Gamage, David T.; Suwanabroma, Jaratdao; Ueyama, Takeyuki; Hada, Sekio; Sekikawa, Etsuo – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to ascertain students' perceptions on quality of services provided by private universities in Thailand and Japan and how these affected decisions selecting a university. A comparative study aims to focus on how cultural and economic factors affected their decisions. Design/methodology/approach: Research design…
Descriptors: Research Design, Student Attitudes, Universities, Private Colleges
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. Div. of Career and Vocational Education. – 1984
The conference excerpts highlight job development techniques for hard-to-place clients. Myths about employment are cited, including that the most qualified person gets the job and employers know what they are doing in hiring. The job developer's role in understanding and accessing the job market is considered, along with time management…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment, Job Development, Job Placement
Todd, Thomas W. – Pointer, 1978
Presented are 10 suggestions relating to successful job placements for handicapped students. (SBH)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Job Placement, Secondary Education
Susman, Rhonda – Manpower, 1972
Employment program of state public employment services uses other agencies in rural communities to place workers where needed. (MF)
Descriptors: Employment Services, Job Placement, Rural Areas
Peer reviewedMcGreal, Thomas L.; Hughes, Clarence – Clearing House, 1971
Descriptors: Job Placement, Teacher Employment, Teacher Recruitment
Saltiel, Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A quasi-experiment using quantitative methods was conducted to examine the effects on academic student outcomes when a cohort of employed low-SES community college commuter students (the treatment group, N=198) participated in a comprehensive support and access intervention program, compared with similar students (the matched comparison group,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, School Holding Power, Graduation Rate
Tamol, Susanna – Exceptional Parent, 2007
Have parents ever thought about the future of their child with special needs? What happens after they graduate from or ages out of the school system? In this article, the author discusses employment. She feels the best time to start planning and preparing is while the child is still in junior high school. She offers some suggestions that may help…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Independent Living, Graduation, Disabilities
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (NJ1), 2009
Regions around the country are grappling with current and anticipated skills shortages and, in some cases, labor shortages. Economic prosperity depends heavily on the quality of the workforce, and yet far too few regions have recognized their best underutilized asset: the mature workforce. Because mature workers are nearing traditional retirement…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Job Placement, Special Programs, Skilled Workers
Gentile, Frank D.; Houseman, Roberta – 1970
Reported is a project designed to explore the feasibility of establishing a self and home employment program for disabled homebound persons in clerical, business, and service occupations. The local homebound population was surveyed, businesses contacted, jobs studied, and five clients trained and placed. Results were successful and the jobs showed…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Employment, Homebound
