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Direct linkCady, Jennifer Esteron; Beavers, Karen; Jiang, Amy; McCoy, Liberty – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2023
Student employees are essential to academic libraries on college and university campuses. The employment programme at this mid-sized university library intentionally seeks to engage students in work that not only benefits the library, but also provides students the opportunity to learn and hone skills that can contribute to academic and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Student Employment, Student Experience, Library Personnel
Download full textKazis, Richard; Molina, Frieda – MDRC, 2016
WorkAdvance is a sectoral workforce development program designed to meet the needs of workers and employers alike. For unemployed and low-wage working adults, the program provides skills training in targeted sectors that have good-quality job openings with room for advancement within established career pathways. For employers in those sectors,…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Programs, Job Skills, Skill Development
Wittich, Walter; Watanabe, Donald H.; Scully, Lizabeth; Bergevin , Martin – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Introduction: In the Province of Quebec, Canada, it is estimated that only about one-third of working-age adults with visual impairments are part of the workforce, despite ongoing efforts of rehabilitation and government agencies to integrate these individuals. The present article describes the development and adaptation of a pre-employment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Visual Impairments, Employment Programs
Woodruff-Bolte, Stacy; Spaulding, Shayne – Public/Private Ventures, 2007
In 2004, the New York City Department of Small Business Services and representatives from the New York City Workforce Development Funders Group joined together to form the Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF) with the goal of sharing expertise and learning and providing an avenue to merge resources to support common goals. WIF's first project was the…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Cooperation, Labor Force Development, Small Businesses
Embrey, Lindsey – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
This paper describes an innovative public and private strategic workforce development alliance, the Pathways to Employment Program (Pathways), developed by the Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pathways is a partnership of CPCC, the Charlotte Department of Social Services, 12 community businesses, 6 social…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Religious Organizations, Adult Vocational Education, Job Placement
Meckstroth, Alicia; Burwick, Andrew; Ponza, Michael; Marsh, Shawn; Novak, Tim; Phillips, Shannon; Diaz-Tena, Nuria; Ng, Judy – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2006
Helping low-income families in rural areas find gainful employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency is an ongoing policy concern. The Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies demonstration is using rigorous experimental designs to build knowledge about how to help low-income families in rural areas strive toward sustained employment and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Low Income Groups, Rural Areas, Employment Services
