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Bennett, Vanessa; Lamback, Sara – Jobs for the Future, 2020
The IT industry is dynamic and quickly evolving. As a surge of diverse training models across subsectors and occupations is becoming available, this is a unique opportunity to enhance training practices and better align them to meet industry and employer needs. This brief offers recommendations for IT training providers to strengthen their work…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Science Education, Entry Workers, Demand Occupations
Blum, Debra E. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
Eager to resolve a 30-year debate over the number, standards, length, and title of pharmacy degree programs, 3 of the largest pharmacy professional associations have released a joint statement calling for a new doctorate as the sole entry-level degree for pharmacists. An association of retail community pharmacies strongly opposes the move. (MSE)
Descriptors: Credentials, Doctoral Programs, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers
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Eschenmann, K. Kurt – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1986
This article describes a technique being used by teachers that can be accomplished without extensive training. The final product identifies employment skills required by local employers and the existence of realistic related areas of employment. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers, Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis
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Lall, Alison; Klein, Jennifer; Brown, G. Ted – Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2003
Describes the historical evolution of Canadian occupational therapy education, outlines issues within occupational therapy that affect increased entry-level training requirements, and discusses benefits and challenges to master's entry-level training. (Contains 61 references.) (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational History, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers
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Rossett, Allison – TechTrends, 2000
Discusses responses from an informal survey of what managers want in entry-level instructional technologists. Presents examples of basic expectation for graduates in terms of communications; organizations; technology; planning; and speedy performance. Discusses emerging priorities related to education and training as big business; flexible…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers, Information Science
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Analytical Chemistry, 1983
Surveyed what industry looks for in applicants for laboratory positions at bachelor's level, job opportunities, promotional opportunities, if continuing education is fostered, and how undergraduate curriculums can be improved to produce graduates with needed skills. Findings (among others) indicate that all employers stressed importance of…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Chemical Industry, Chemistry, College Science
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Wilson, Roger – Optometric Education, 1998
Discusses how the New England College of Optometry has expanded clinical education so graduates are equipped to handle new and advanced clinical and patient-care responsibilities and meet the changing standards of professional entry-level competency. The reform process, third- and fourth-year curriculum components, rotations, and plans for…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Hamovitch, Marc A.; Baker, Meryl S. – 1983
SELECT is a system designed to streamline the process of determining proper ratings and assigning pay grades to potential Navy lateral entry accessions, i.e., the enlistment of personnel with the appropriate training and qualifications as petty officers. It uses a cross-reference index to convert civilian occupations to Navy ratings that was…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Employment Level, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers
Steedman, Hilary – 1986
This study examines qualifications available to initial entrants to tertiary sector/clerical and commercial occupations in three CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) member states--the United Kingdom, France, and West Germany. (The goal is to ascertain the feasibility of establishing equivalence of qualifications…
Descriptors: Business Education, Certification, Clerical Occupations, Developed Nations
CEDEFOP Flash, 1993
Two pilot projects on environmental profiles in the chemical and metal industries and in the public sector were conducted in four countries. Two aspects were studied: job requirements in selected enterprises and departments of the civil service and the occupational competencies of the staff carrying out these tasks. Studies on the chemical and…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Comparative Analysis, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers
Pickens, Phyllis C. – 1982
A study was conducted to gather and analyze data that would identify entry-level positions, personal criteria needed for employment, and any differences or similarities between large and small, private and non-profit allied health facilities, which offer numerous job classifications that relate to certificate and associate degree programs offered…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employee Attitudes
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Center for Occupational and Professional Assessment. – 1980
Results and procedures of a job analysis for the position of entry-level health services administrator (HSA) are summarized. Study objectives were as follows: to identify the tasks done by entry-level HSAs; to rate the importance of each task; to classify related tasks into categories, called "job dimensions"; to identify the skills and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Competence
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Center for Occupational and Professional Assessment. – 1980
Results of a job analysis for the position of entry-level health services administrator (HSA) are presented. The following products of the study are presented: a list of 132 tasks grouped into 10 job dimensions (e.g., policy direction, financial management), ratings of the importance of each task at entry-level, a list of 39 qualifications,…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Competence
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. – 1988
For this joint effort among three Cabinet Agencies, studies by a variety of organizations were reviewed and 134 business leaders and 34 education leaders in many communities throughout the United States were interviewed to determine what businesses find lacking among new entrants into the labor force and what employers' work force needs will be in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Responsibility, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
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Rosenbaum, James E.; Binder, Amy – Sociology of Education, 1997
Compares employers' stated needs for entry-level workers possessing better academic skills with their training programs and hiring practices to supposedly meet this need. Discovers a dichotomy between the stated needs and the corrective practice. Most remedial training emphasizes short-term job skills and hiring practices do not reward academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
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