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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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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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Slaney, Robert B.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
Compared high-school women, first-year college women, and adult women on four measures of career indecision. Results suggested that the adult women were experiencing more career indecision than the high-school and college women. Variables included: marital status, present work experience, the career-related goals and possible impediments to…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, Career Development, College Students
Sandmeyer, Louise E. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1980
Women making the transition from home to paid employment often need help identifying their values, setting goals, assessing abilities and interests, and organizing a job search compaign. An overview of a three-day workshop planned to address these issues is presented. (Author/CC)
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development, Employed Women
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Ekstrom, Ruth B.; And Others – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1981
Summarizes the responses of (N=131) adult women to a questionnaire survey of their experiences and activities in homemaking, parenting, volunteer work, recreation, formal and nonformal education, and paid work. Results showed that reentry women have had a wide variety of life experiences through which they have developed job-related skills.…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Counselor Role, Females
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DiNuzzo, Theresa M.; Tolbert, E. L. – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1981
Examined the effects of a group counseling model on the vocational maturity, self-esteem and self-confidence, degree of conformity, personal effectiveness and integration, and perception of needs of reentry women. Short-term group career counseling was effective; counselor facilitation and mutual group support promoted positive personal change.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling Effectiveness, Females, Group Counseling
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Watanabe, Agnes; Herr, Edwin L. – Journal of Career Development, 1993
Changes in occupational structure, demographics, and social values are affecting the career development of young workers, reentry women, and older adults in Japan. Counseling must adjust to meet new needs, such as increased high school dropout and joblessness. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Development, Dropouts, Employment Patterns, Females
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Berlin (West Germany). – 1983
This booklet outlines existing and emerging career selection, reentry, and advancement opportunities for females throughout the European community. Existing educational and employment opportunities for males and females in various Western European nations are compared. New opportunities for girls and new occupations for women who are unemployed or…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Differences
Laitman-Ashley, Nancy M., Comp. – 1979
Focusing on five possible transition points in a woman's career, these five symposium papers explore some major problems that women encounter in career and job transitions and present existing and potential solutions and the extent to which women develop skills and abilities in one setting that are transferable to another situation. Priscilla…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Development, Careers
McClain, Ruth Stellatella – 1977
Past, present, and future perspectives for mature women who are returning to postsecondary education are examined. It is suggested that women from all socioeconomic levels are returning to college to receive more education for self-fulfillment and for eventual marketable skills. Part I explores the characteristics of this population, discusses…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Career Development, Community Colleges
Lisack, J. P. – 1979
This final report contains results of a three-part needs assessment conducted in Indiana on the following topics: (1) Support services needed to allow women to enter vocational education programs designed to prepare them for jobs traditionally limited to men; (2) day care services needed to afford students who are parents the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Ancillary Services, Career Counseling, Career Development
Fox, Marcia R. – 1979
Career planning and job hunting for graduate students are discussed in this book. In Chapter One important career planning activities during graduate study are discussed including: academic advisement, assessment of career goals, and obtaining practical experience. Steps for conducting an effective job search are detailed in Chapter Two. The…
Descriptors: Books, Career Change, Career Development, Career Planning
Malott, Karen; Taylor, Angela – 1987
This core curriculum, in use at the Homemaker ReEntry Center at Northern Kentucky University, provides three units of materials that teachers can use to help homemakers make the transition to the world of work. The first unit, on personal development, covers such topics such as self-esteem, self-awareness, goal setting, decision making, sex role…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
2002
Three papers comprise this symposium on women and career development. "Enhancing the Career Success of Women Faculty: Mentoring as a Human Resource Development (HRD) Initiative in Higher Education" (Sharon K. Gibson) explores mentoring of women faculty, focusing on the key dimensions of roles and functions, outcomes, gender, and formal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Affective Behavior, Career Development, Career Education
Owensboro Public Schools, KY. – 1987
The Owensboro, Kentucky, Displaced Homemaker Program helps single parents/displaced homemakers in the Green River Area Development District to gain control of their lives by developing skills necessary to secure a job and become independent and self-sufficient. In fiscal year 1986-87, 240 persons applied for the program, which provides an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
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