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Hu, Xiaolu; Toman, Sarah – 1997
The technology revolution not only brings new channels of global communication, but also brings unprecedented changes that can impact America's workforce. This paper highlights the impact of technology and knowledge-based economies to career development and the new concept and strategies that need to be developed. The technology revolution brings…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Career Counseling, Employment Patterns, Job Search Methods
Hernandez-Henderson, Priscilla; And Others – 1985
Although the need for psychological counseling for the unemployed has been recognized, the development of specific counseling strategies for this population has not been systematically addressed. The need for specific counseling intervention strategies for the recently and chronically unemployed was examined in a study of 25 recently unemployed…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Price, William T., Jr. – 1986
A career development conference was targeted to disadvantaged young adults who needed assistance in their transition from school to work. Conference participants were 27 economically disadvantaged clients of an agency in southwestern Virginia partially funded by resources from the Job Training Partnership Act. The conference was designed to meet…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Okojie, Mabel C. P. O.; Olinzock, Anthony A.; Buck, Jessica L. – 2002
A followup study collected employment data from masters and post-masters degree holders from the Department of Instructional Systems, Leadership, and Workforce Development, Mississippi State University, between 1996-2000. Data from 123 questionnaires were analyzed using percentages, means, correlation statistics, analysis of variance, and…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Graduate Study
Lidman, Russell M.; Weeks, Gregory C. – 2001
The Washington State welfare reform program WorkFirst is designed to move individuals from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) into the workforce. A critical question facing the program is how to assist participants in sustaining and advancing their employment. Three studies of those who exited the program measured multiple outcomes…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Dropout Characteristics, Employment Counselors, Employment Level
Rouhelo, Anne – 2001
Finding employment as an academic is becoming increasingly challenging for several reasons, including the tightening employment market and increases in the qualifications demanded of jobseekers and the pool of academically trained job seekers. A two-round Delphi study was therefore conducted to identify recruitment channels in the hidden labor…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Definitions, Employment Opportunities
Dillon, Ken; And Others – 1997
This paper presents guidelines and suggestions for non-Japanese English-as-a-Second-Language teachers seeking employment in Japan. The first section outlines the educational qualifications needed to teach in language schools, secondary schools, and higher education institutions, and notes common employment patterns and the timing required to make…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Context, Cultural Traits