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Adiseshiah, Malcolm S. – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1971
The concept of life-long integrated education in a gobal system has given new emphasis to comprehensive adult educational systems. They are linked both with the formal education system and the rational development plans. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Qualifications, Job Training, Labor Market
Hunter, Emma Betty T. – J Bus Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Business Skills, Educational Programs, Job Training, Military Personnel
Bumstead, Richard – Training in Bus and Ind, 1969
Descriptors: On the Job Training, Retailing, Sales Workers, Salesmanship
Toye, Michael – Ind Training Int, 1969
Descriptors: Basic Skills, On the Job Training, Training Methods

Oliver-Durrah, Valerie – Children Today, 1982
Describes the philosophy, objectives, and practices of Girls Clubs of America, a national service and advocacy organization for preparing girls six through 18 years of age for future employment. (MP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Job Training, Program Descriptions
Zemke, Ron – Training, 1982
Gaming situations and their use in business training are examined. Various types of games are described and their benefits to trainees and teachers are discussed. (CT)
Descriptors: Game Theory, Games, Job Training, Simulation

Weissman, Rae – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1981
Traces the development of job analysis techniques and discusses several recent job analysis approaches. Examines functional job analysis, task banks, entry-level training, and task inventories. (CT)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Job Analysis, Job Training, Task Analysis
Waddington, Sue – Adults Learning (England), 1996
Notes references to women's education and training in the European Commission's White Paper, "Teaching and Learning: Towards the Learning Society." Suggests that older women and women without continuous employment patterns remain neglected in this proposal. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Womens Education
Francis, Mair – Adults Learning (England), 1996
The Dulais Opportunities for Voluntary Enterprise project in Wales benefited from European Community initiatives in a number of ways: (1) European Social Fund support enabled focus on women-specific training; (2) IRIS, the European Network on Women's Training, enabled transnational exchange visits; and (3) ideas about embedding guidance and…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Womens Education
Webb, Wendy – Training, 1997
Medtronic, Inc., a medical technology company that specializes in implantable and invasive heart-related devices, uses multimedia to train its sales force. The trainers had to overcome some resistance to multimedia as a learning tool, although it increases learning efficiency and reduces training time. (JOW)
Descriptors: Job Training, Multimedia Materials, Sales Occupations, Technological Advancement

Heckman, James J.; Heinrich, Carolyn; Smith, Jeffery – Journal of Human Resources, 2002
A model demonstrating how performance incentives may encourage cream skimming (selecting participants with a high likelihood of success) was applied to data from 16 Job Training Partnership Act training centers. Short-term performance measures were weakly and perversely related to long-term impacts, but efficiency gains/losses from skimming were…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Federal Programs, Incentives, Job Training
SERAmerica, 1989
Reports the results of the National Commission for Employment Policy's report on populations served by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Results indicate that Hispanic Americans are underrepresented in JTPA programs; Hispanic community-based organizations are currently being polled to identify reasons for this underrepresentation. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Hispanic Americans, Job Training

Blomberg, Robert – Adult Education Quarterly, 1989
The author reviews current literature related to cost-benefit analysis of employee training programs. After the necessary concepts are defined, methodologies for measuring costs and benefits, and problems related to this process are discussed. Concluding comments focus on the need for practical applications of cost-benefit research. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness, Job Training

Reeb, James E. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 1996
Surveyed 120 loggers who attended a 3-day educational program on first aid and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation, forest ecology and silviculture, woods safety, and small business management. Results indicate that the training was worthwhile to the participants and they would be willing to attend additional training. (JRH)
Descriptors: Ecology, First Aid, Job Training, Natural Resources
Mank, David; And Others – Training and Development, 1992
NEC America prepares its employees to train severely disabled co-workers. Three characteristics of the training are (1) the right type and amount of assistance; (2) measurement of degrees of learning; and (3) reinforcement of what has been learned. (SK)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Job Training, Peer Teaching, Tutoring