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How To Design and Deliver an Effective Job Development and Placement Program. Neighborhood Networks.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. Office of Multifamily Housing. – 1999
This second of four publications in the Neighborhood Networks Employment Series focuses on how Neighborhood Networks centers can deliver effective job development and placement programs for residents who are on public assistance, are unemployed, or are underemployed. This guide explains how Neighborhood Networks centers can develop relationships…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Guidelines, Job Development
Nietupski, John; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
A more businesslike approach to job development, which stresses meeting employer needs, is encouraged for growth in supported employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Seven job development guidelines are offered, including research businesses to identify personnel needs and problems, and define services so employers understand…
Descriptors: Adults, Business, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1986
Intended for teachers, counselors, job placement specialists, employers, and disabled persons, this publication provides information about jobs performed in business and industry by persons with disabilities. Each of the 71 job descriptions presented specifies the type of job, disability of the person performing the job, company information, job…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
Duggan, Paula; Bartsch, Charles – 1987
This volume is part of a series designed to promote stronger ties between the educational resources in the Northeast and Midwest and the economic development process. It focuses on the question that public officials face in addressing structural dislocation and long-term unemployment: whether to continue only to support those unemployed or to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Adults, Career Education
Phillips, Phillip D. – 1990
This book is designed to provide an introductory understanding of challenges, goals, processes, and procedures for economic developers, particularly economic development volunteers, in rural areas and small towns. Chapter 1 defines economic development and basic terms. Chapter 2 describes major economic, social, and demographic trends that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Community Development, Community Programs
National Association of Workforce Development Professionals, Washington, DC. – 1995
This document contains work force development learning objectives formulated from focus and DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) groups conducted by members of the professional development workgroup coordinated by the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP). Included are general objectives based on areas of responsibility…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Objectives, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs
Murphy, Stephen; And Others – 1993
The Pioneer-Syracuse University Project was designed to help people with severe disabilities find community jobs and become integral participants in their work places, using on-site and off-site resources and supports from job personnel and other community members. Specifically, project staff who had directly trained and supported people with…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Job Development, Job Training
National Association of Workforce Development Professionals, Washington, DC. – 1993
This packet contains seven short guides for activities that help work force development professionals develop their professionalism and establish ties with their peers. The guides cover the following topics: (1) building local peer networks; (2) meeting with other work force development professionals; (3) planning a roundtable; (4) sponsoring…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Focus Groups, Job Development
Friedman, Lee – 1992
This paper outlines the increasing need for low-skilled entry level workers, documents business and industry's response to the resulting labor shortage by tapping the resources of individuals with physical and mental disabilities, and reviews problems in job placement of workers with severe disabilities. The Work Inventory for Severely disAbled…
Descriptors: Adults, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Employment Problems
Hamburg, Susan – 1995
This guide was developed to meet the marketing, outreach, and recruitment needs of job training organizations. It is designed to help organizations create a positive and professional image of local job training programs in their business community. The guide is organized in three sections that cover the following: (1) marketing and outreach…
Descriptors: Adults, Advertising, Dislocated Workers, Employment Opportunities
Inge, Katherine; And Others – 1991
This training manual provides practical guidelines for staff development in supported employment programs for individuals with severe disabilities. It provides information on designing and developing training programs using adult learning principles, for program managers or trainers responsible for implementing inservice training and technical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Definitions, Disabilities
Barth, Peter S. – 1985
This monograph summarizes 20 recently completed dissertations representative of research being done in employment and training. Each summary has this format: description of the framework into which the study fits, explanation of its purpose, summary of methodology and type of data, and author's findings and conclusions. Six studies in section I on…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Discrimination, Business, Business Cycles
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). Employment Support Services Branch. – 1984
This booklet lists and describes materials that can be used for employment counseling in Canada. The booklet is organized in two parts. The first part lists and describes counseling tools. Some of the tools listed include Moving On, the Canadian Occupational Interest Inventory, the General Aptitude Test Battery, Index to Canadian Occupations,…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development