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Direct linkYamashita, Takashi; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Arbogast, Annabelle; Millar, Roberto J. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2018
A growing segment of the U.S. workforce--older workers--face challenges such as a greater chance of being unemployed for a longer period of time than younger workers and skill obsolescence in contemporary societies. In an age of fast-paced economic and technological change, ongoing investment in human capital in the form of skill training…
Descriptors: Older Workers, Job Skills, Employment Patterns, International Assessment
Kasler, Jonathan; Zysberg, Leehu; Harel, Nofar – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
Undergraduates approaching completion of their studies may embrace the prospect of entry into the world of work as a challenge or conversely, may view it with trepidation. This study explores three major personal resources that may be associated with how young undergraduates view their future employability: perceived hope, grit and emotional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Seniors, Student Attitudes
Sibulkin, Amy E.; Butler, J. S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
A sample of predominantly African American psychology major baccalaureates from a historically Black university self-reported job types, salaries, and master's degree completion. For this pre-2009 recession sample, we found that (a) the rates of employment were quite high; (b) most jobs were related to health, mental health, social work, and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, African American Students, Black Colleges, Universities
Nieuwenhuis, Rense; Need, Ariana; Van Der Kolk, Henk – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
This study combined demographic and institutional explanations of women's employment, describing and explaining the degree to which mothers in industrialized societies are less likely to be employed than women without children. A large number of cross-sectional surveys were pooled, covering 18 Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development…
Descriptors: Mothers, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Females
Robertson, Heather C.; Brott, Pamelia E. – Professional Counselor, 2014
Many military veterans face the challenging transition to civilian employment. Military veteran members of a national program, Troops to Teachers, were surveyed regarding life satisfaction and related internal/external career transition variables. Participants included military veterans who were currently or had previously transitioned to K-12…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Midlife Transitions, Military Personnel, Veterans
Beach, David Thomas – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2009
This study used records from a state-operated comprehensive rehabilitation center to investigate possible predictive factors related to completing comprehensive rehabilitation center programs and successful vocational rehabilitation (VR) case closure. An analysis of demographic data of randomly selected comprehensive rehabilitation center…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Rehabilitation Centers, Rural Areas, Vocational Rehabilitation
