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Carey, Max; Eck, Alan – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1984
Describes results of a survey of workers concerning skills needed to obtain a job and training to improve those skills. Sources of training are explored. Occupational patterns are examined by group: executive, administrative, and managerial; professional specialty; technical; sales; clerical, household; service; farming; precision production; and…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Craft Workers, Farm Occupations, Household Workers
Illinois Univ., Urbana. – 1989
In response to a need for additional data on agriculturally related employment, the Illinois State Board of Education funded a research project with two objectives: to collect additional agricultural employment data and to identify employment in agriculturally related industries in Illinois under the Standard Industrial Classification system. The…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production
Coetzee, C. J. S.; And Others – 1984
Intended for early school-leavers of all population groups in South Africa, this publication provides basic information on post-school pre-tertiary training. (This training is outside the normal school context and before a Standard Ten or senior secondary school level has been obtained.) Chapter I describes training institutions and schemes and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Adults
Peer reviewedClaes, Rita; Ruiz-Quintanilla, S. Antonio – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1998
Careers of office technologists and machine operators (n=1,205) in Flanders, England, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain were followed for three years after entry. The cultural dependence of practice career planning, skill development, consultation, and networking was demonstrated. Effects of practice behaviors differed by occupational group.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Machine Tool Operators
Download full textHollenbeck, Kevin – 1984
This study was conducted to describe and to analyze how employers respond to information presented to them on application forms and interviews when they make hiring decisions for entry-level jobs. The approach of the study was to observe the responses of 56 employers in the Columbus, Ohio, area to simulated hiring settings concerning youthful…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Interviews
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1984
This study was conducted to describe and to analyze how employers respond to information presented to them on application forms and in interviews when they make hiring decisions for entry-level jobs. The approach of the study was to observe the responses of 56 employers in the Columbus, Ohio, area to simulated hiring settings concerning youthful…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Cooperative Education, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Lukomski, Michael – 1975
The study deals with the development of skilled industrial manpower in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and with the Federal government's SENAI (Service Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial) industrial apprenticeship and trainign program. An analysis of six variables among lathe setter-operators showed that: present work situations among the operators varied…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Educational Programs, Foreign Countries
Richardson, E.; Clayman, Linda
As a result of studies on fitting and machining apprentices attitudes toward employers, a study was conducted to obtain the attitudes of a sample of employers toward apprenticeship. Three hundred questionnaires were distributed to employers of fitting and machine students studying at a number of Sydney (Australia) Technical Colleges. An…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns
Moore, George R.; Woodnutt, Tom – 1979
The purpose of this report is to present the background and findings of a study conducted at Chemeketa Community College (CCC) during 1978-79 in which survey information gathered from former students and their employers was applied to a cost-benefit model to determine the usefulness of nine vocational programs. These programs were early childhood…
Descriptors: Accountability, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
