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Hamrick, Joanne – Child Care Information Exchange, 2000
Discusses what center directors can do to reduce staff turnover. Presents guidelines for the interview process including: (1) preparing before the interview to ensure the interview is focused and will produce meaningful responses; and (2) conducting the interview by developing a rapport, listening, and giving a realistic description of the job.…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Employment Interviews
Preston, Debra S. – 2000
With the many layoffs and downsizing of companies during the 1990s, many displaced workers have turned to temporary employment to earn a living while looking for permanent employment. Others have adopted "temping" as a more long-term work style. Although it may not be possible to predict whether an individual will find satisfaction or…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Dislocated Workers, Employee Attitudes
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1983
As mandated by law, this 1983 revision describes the Oklahoma State Department of Education's Affirmative Action Plan and analyzes the employment patterns of the department's work force for that year in light of equal employment opportunity goals. Following a brief policy statement, the development, dissemination, and implementation of the plan…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Compliance (Legal), Educational Administration, Employed Women
Huws, Ursula; And Others – 1997
Because teleworking presents major new challenges to human resource managers, trade unions, and others involved in the development of good employment practices, this book provides practical guidelines for good practice in regard to teleworkers that recognize that teleworking is not a single category, but covers at least five distinct groups with…
Descriptors: Adults, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Terzian, Aram L.; Saari, Marjorie E. – 1985
This booklet is intended to assist employers and employment counselors in learning more about deafness. The material discusses the myths and stereotypes surrounding hearing-impaired persons and shows how, through accommodations in the workplace, deaf and hard-of-hearing persons can become reliable and productive employees. Addressed in the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Problems, Deaf Interpreting
Uthe, Elaine F. – 1980
This manual presents the master lists of 206 job titles of 167 different Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) code numbers which were held by physically handicapped graduates/completers of vocational programs as determined by a business and industry survey and graduate followup. (The project itself is reported in CE 026 163; survey and followup…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Classroom Techniques, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Knowdell, Richard L.; And Others – 1983
This monographs discusses outplacement counseling (the process of helping a terminated employee secure new employment) in business and industry and in higher education. The first section, outplacement in business and industry, describes the emergence of outplacement services and discusses benefits and problems associated with the service. The…
Descriptors: Business, Career Development, Counseling Techniques, Dismissal (Personnel)
McGivney, Veronica – 1997
This document, which was developed on the basis of recent research and testimony of small business owners, managers and employees, and training providers, is a basic practical manual for those owners and managers of British small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who want to initiate or improve staff training and development activities. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Check Lists, Education Work Relationship
Trower, C. Ann – 1998
This paper, one in a series about the priorities of the professoriate, explores some creative employment practices which will stimulate campus discussions of faculty employment policies and practices in four areas: (1) alternative career paths, (2) workload and productivity, (3) peer review, and (4) academic freedom and employment security. In…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Career Ladders, College Environment, College Faculty
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2000
This document provides information on the nature, working conditions, and employment opportunities of 42 industries that accounted for nearly 3 of 4 wage and salary jobs in 1998. The following are among the types of information provided for each industry discussed: (1) nature of the industry (goods produced and services provided, individual…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC. – 1989
This manual was prepared to provide union leaders, organizers, and local officers with information about the experiences of Asian-American, Black, Hispanic-American, female, and part-time workers. The Asian-American workers section includes information on Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, Asian-Indians, Southeast Asians, and Pacific Islanders…
Descriptors: Adults, Asian Americans, Blacks, Day Care
Moses, Barbara – 1998
This book, which is intended for workers, parents, and managers, presents 12 new rules for success in today's radically changed workplace and explains how workers can position themselves to thrive in it. The titles and topics of the book's 11 chapters are as follows: "The New Landscape" (economic and social realities of today's workplace); "Facing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Baby Boomers, Career Choice
AARP, Washington, DC. – 1998
This booklet, which is intended for human resource managers, provides practical guidance regarding preparing for an aging work force. Chapter 1 concerns the relationship between business practices and age neutrality and offers checklists that human resource managers can use to assess their company's general policy development, training,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Career Development
Moses, Barbara – 2000
This book provides practical strategies and techniques that everyone can use to increase their marketability and personal satisfaction in today's world of work. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the new workplace (the cult of busyness; the new obsession with work; living and working in a world of temporary employment; being a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrators, Adult Education, Age Differences