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Kearney, Kelly B.; Torres, Ayse – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more frequently unemployed or under-employed than individuals without disabilities. Job search skills are one of the most direct ways to counter unemployment. Remote audio coaching (RAC) has shown to be an effective, remote method for teaching skills to adults with IDD. Since the…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Unemployment
Low, Remy Yi Siang – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2014
The experience of precarious employment is growing across the occupational spectrum and some scholars have predicted that there will be a corresponding rise in anger, anomie, anxiety and alienation amongst those affected. Exploring more intimately how precarity might be differently experienced and confronted, this paper bases itself on a dialogue…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Underemployment, Employment Patterns
McMahon, John M.; Wolffe, Karen E.; Wolfe, Judy; Brooker, Carrie – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
This Practice Report describes the development and implementation of the "Maine Employability Skills Program," a model employment program developed by the Maine Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI). The program was designed to support the efforts of the chronically unemployed or underemployed. These consumers were either…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Vocational Rehabilitation, Job Training
Fengliang, Li; Yandong, Zhao; Yongpo, Tian – Perspectives in Education, 2010
This article investigates the relationship between the number of informational channels and over-education in the outcome of job search, using the survey data of postgraduates in China. The empirical results show: (1) the more the informational channels of job search are used, the lower the probability and the less the intensity of over-education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Labor Market, Graduates
Russell, Jessica C. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2011
The author examined the role of narratives used by unemployed, underemployed, and displaced workers seeking job training assistance through a government-funded One-Stop Career Center. Interviews with employees of a One-Stop Career Center provided insight on client rate of disclosure of personal narratives and how client narratives are used to…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Unemployment, Underemployment, Dislocated Workers
Rowley, Thomas D.; Freshwater, David – Rural Development Perspectives, 1999
Highlights recent research findings on the status of rural southern workers and their readiness for the future. Presents information on poverty, undereducation, underemployment, and racial inequality in rural southern areas. Examines two avenues of action: helping workers get the education and skills they need and helping workers find suitable…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities

Smith, S. Mae; Golden, Bonnie J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1982
Describes a program designed to meet the needs of adults over 55 who are unemployed or underemployed. The program includes 12-hour job readiness workshops, mini-workshops, and an employment information showcase. Participant evaluation and feedback indicated the format and staff efforts have been successful. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Employment Counselors, Employment Services, Job Applicants

Knutson, Peter – Academe, 1995
An anthropologist seeking academic employment reflects on the plight of young, underemployed, often temporary faculty in a difficult job market. Conflicts between expectations and the reality of the stratified academic culture are highlighted. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Competition, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
Rubrecht, Penthes; Gillies, Ellen – TESL Talk, 1993
Discusses a course designed for professionals in engineering, architecture, and business administration who were displaced, unemployed, or underemployed. The course contained 3 components: 12 weeks of intensive language training geared to the profession and workplace, individualized counseling and career path development, and a 4-week work…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Advocacy, Career Counseling
Cho, Woong K. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1986
Presents results of a 1981 survey of 2,554 household heads in low income counties in 10 southern states. Finds lack of job opportunities, not knowing the right people, not having enough training or education, not knowing where to look for jobs, and discrimination to be major problems perceived by respondents. (LFL)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential