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ERIC Number: ED299010
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Sep-7
Pages: 18
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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An Employer Bank for Counselors, Clients and/or Small Facilities.
Alexander, Marjorie J.
The Santa Fe Community College Work Exploration Center (Florida) provides work evaluation and placement services to persons who are unable to obtain or maintain suitable employment due to handicapping conditions, undefined or poorly defined vocational training, limited employment skills, and limited knowledge of skills levels. To help maintain current information about local job opportunities, the center has developed EMPBANK, a database of information on local employers which runs on an IBM PC using PC-File III, a shareware database manager. The center chose to develop an "employer bank" rather than a "job bank" because employer development is a major function of the center, and the staff already had employer contacts to serve as an immediate source for the database. The databank has expanded as employers have been recontacted and new jobs have been added to the file. EMPBANK currently consists of 408 records, representing 179 employers and 182 jobs. Using PC-File III, printed reports can be generated that list employers and the positions they have available, as well as lists of positions by job title. Though the original inputting of data into the system required a considerable expenditure of time, EMPBANK ultimately saves the center's staff and clients time and effort in researching job opportunities and provides up-to-date information. The manual of instructions for using EMPBANK is included. (AJL)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Counselors
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
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