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Ryan, Robin – Currents, 1996
Services that colleges and universities can offer to support alumni job placement and career development are noted, and practical suggestions for creating, administering, and advertising them are outlined. Program ideas include seminars, career-development courses, career placement, counseling and resume services, electronic services to support…
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Counseling, Career Development, Computer Networks
Download full textHamilton, Gayle; Scrivener, Susan – 1999
This guide highlights issues involved in increasing participation in welfare-to-work programs and offers advice and best practices for achieving higher participation levels. Part 1, "Introduction," has three sections that discuss the importance of participation, summarize major points, and introduce the guide. The seven sections of Part…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Enrollment
Pankratz, David; Friedenberg, Joan – 1987
Project BEST (Building Energy Systems Technology), a bilingual vocational training program, operated at Oakton Community College between March 1986 and September 1987. The purpose of the project was to provide 60 limited English proficient (LEP) Hispanic and Polish adults with sufficient vocational skills, English language skills, and appropriate…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Colleges, Employment Programs
Peer reviewedTovey, Philip – Educational Studies, 1992
Considers the role of informal networks in securing occupational advantage for graduates of British "public" schools. Discusses the private sector's official view of the situation and the experiences of recent students. Reports that the official view is of a meritocratic situation, whereas individual students believe personal connections…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Foreign Countries
Pankratz, David – 1987
A description is provided of Project BEST (Building Energy Systems Technology), bilingual vocational training program offered to speakers of Spanish and Polish through Oakton College's adult continuing education program. Part I of the report provides a program overview, indicating that Project BEST teaches limited English proficient students the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Air Conditioning, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Colleges
Herman, Barbara; Pankratz, David – 1987
Information is provided on the Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) component of Oakton Community College's Project BEST (Building Energy Systems Technology), a bilingual vocational training program designed to teach limited English proficient students of Polish or Hispanic origin the basics of heating, refrigeration, and air…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Air Conditioning, Bilingual Education Programs, College Curriculum
Scheetz, L. Patrick – 1988
Results from the 18th annual Recruiting Trends survey completed by the Collegiate Employment Research Institute for Career Development and Placement Services at Michigan State University are presented. For this 1988-89 survey, cross-sections of employers from business, industry, government, and education were contacted, and responses were received…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Civil Rights, College Graduates, Demography
