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Ju, Boreum – European Journal of Training and Development, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the foundational theories in human resource development (HRD) by reviewing the literature from an HRD perspective. The following research questions guide the study: What are the core theories related to adult and professional education, organizational development and strategic HRD? What are the…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Adult Education, Professional Education
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Mulhall, Sue – Journal of Education and Work, 2016
This study narrates the role of education/training in the career success stories of twelve women on an Irish active labour market programme, Community Employment (CE). All from lower socio-economic groups, having early school-leaving backgrounds, and, prior to CE, were long-term unemployed. CE enhances the employability of the long-term unemployed…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Role of Education, Females, Dropouts
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Greer, Tomika W. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2013
Women returners are women who leave the paid workforce for a period of time following the birth of their child(ren) and subsequently seek to return to paid employment. As women returners attempt to re-enter the workforce, many of them are in need of updating their skills or re-training in a new set of skills. In this study, the training and…
Descriptors: Reentry Workers, Females, Birth, Labor Force
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Gibbons, Jim; Templin, Robert, Jr. – Community College Journal, 2011
Many have heard calls from national policy experts, the Obama administration, and influential foundations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Lumina Foundation for Education to increase the number of Americans with postsecondary credentials earned at community colleges by 5 million within 10 years. If community colleges choose to…
Descriptors: Expertise, Credentials, Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges
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Cameron, Roslyn – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2009
Research investigating the learning and career transitions of those disadvantaged in the labour market has resulted in the development of a four-component model to enable disadvantaged groups to navigate learning and career transitions. The four components of the model include: the self-concept; learning and recognition; career and life planning;…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Labor Market, Education Work Relationship, Career Development
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Stegmann, Tim – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2009
The Institute for Work, Skills and Training was assigned to evaluate a labor market program aimed at the integration of long-term unemployed individuals aged 50 or older. The integration should have been achieved not only by training and coaching of individuals, but also by building regional networks between labor market stakeholders within a…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Counties
Johnson, Fran; And Others – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1988
The authors focus on one of 15 funded projects in Wisconsin designed to help displaced homemakers move into the paid work force. The Northcentral Wisconsin Displaced Homemakers' Project is involved in job development and job market preparation. Case studies are included. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Employed Women, Job Placement
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Vuori, Jukka; Vesalainen, Janne – Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 1999
Finnish job seekers (n=559) were followed up after 1 year (n=401) after 84.3% participated in guidance courses, subsidized employment, vocational training, or some combination. Guidance courses enhanced reemployment. None of the interventions increased job-seeking activity. Training temporarily decreased psychological distress. Deteriorating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Guidance Programs, Job Search Methods, Job Training
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Dabney, Gina A.; Pierce, Alan J. – Tech Directions, 1996
Includes "Skills Training for Women" (Dabney), a description of a program for displaced homemakers and single parents in Oklahoma that provides job training and support to reentry women; and "Celebrating Women's Technological Contributions" (Pierce), a unit to encourage students to look at women's technological accomplishments.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Females, Inventions
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Aronson, Jeanne; Eccles, Margaret – Community and Junior College Journal, 1980
Notes the economic, social, and psychological reasons older adults consider a return to paid employment and discusses the need for courses geared toward second career preparation. Describes representative programs initiated at community colleges to provide training opportunities and support services that are effective in the placement of older…
Descriptors: Career Change, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Job Training
McGivney, Veronica – Adults Learning (England), 1992
Although women constitute 44 percent of Great Britain's work force, they are concentrated in a limited number of occupations and have less access to training opportunities. Their training needs are for upgrading skills, preparing for reentry, learning new technologies, and training for occupational change. Their opportunities are notoriously…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Corporate Education, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Harnett, Oonagh – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1980
Discusses the growth of university programs aimed at bridging the transition of women from home to the labor force or to further education and training in the United States. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Planning, Continuing Education, Course Content, Education Work Relationship
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Hootsmans, Helen M. – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1980
Reviews existing programs for equal education and employment for women in Europe, including reentry to school and work, training for nontraditional fields, and management training. Discusses the role of adult educators in setting priorities, influencing policy, and obtaining funding for women's programs. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Employed Women, Equal Education
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White, Frances L. – Community College Journal, 2003
Getting people back to work has become a national concern. The nation's economy lost jobs as of July 2003 for six months in a row, dealing another blow to a slow reviving labor market. According to the Labor Department, 486,000 jobs disappeared from the economy. And, the Employment Development Department in California reported a decline of 21,800…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Economics, Job Layoff, Dislocated Workers