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Simon, Paul – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1986
The author, a United States senator, provides background on the problem of unemployment and outlines his plan to guarantee work for everyone who wants it. (CH)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, Government Role, Labor Utilization
Fairchild, Charles K. – 1970
This report reviews the knowledge gained in 4 years of operation of labor mobility demonstration projects and provides guidelines on the design and operation of a permanent worker relocation program. Data were gathered both from written material covering the experience of each project and from field trips to some of the projects when additional…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Development
Berry, Dale W.; And Others – 1972
This volume contains an inventory of programs of national organizations which offer manpower services to veterans of the United States Armed Forces. The programs and components described offer employment opportunities, job referrals, and employability development or counseling. The inventory presents both Federal programs and programs operated by…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Employment Opportunities, Employment Services

Scott, Patricia Reed – Social Policy, 1976
Describes some of the programs that employ older adults and notes the elderly's considerable skills and dependable work habits. (AM)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, Geriatrics, Gerontology
Nathan, Richard P. – 1969
In order to assess their effect on job inequality in private employment, a study was made of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order 11246, and federally aided employment service and job preparation programs with equal employment opportunity as an objective. Altogether, 250 interviews were conducted with federal officials…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Civil Rights, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
National Civil Service League, Washington, DC. – 1970
This bibliography lists materials which deal with the role of the disadvantaged in public service. It focuses only on materials generally available to the average researcher, and is designed to be of particular use to those whose responsibility is to hire the disadvantaged. Included in the bibliography is whatever written material is generally…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Planning, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
National Committee on Employment of Youth, New York, NY. – 1969
This report describes the experience of a group of New Careers paraprofessionals who were trained in human service occupations by the National Committee on Employment of Youth (NCEY) in a special project in 1965 and 1966 and employed by a variety of public and private human service agencies. The report provides data on the longest period for…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
Wolters, Virginia; And Others – 1969
The New Careers concept involves helping the disadvantaged to help themselves, by offering them entry level jobs with the opportunity for advancement to the professional level. A definite hierarchy is established, with specific tasks and educational requirements defined for each level, and with the necessary training made available during the work…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Public Service Careers Program. – 1973
The handbook describes the design and specifies the operating procedures for new careers projects funded by the Department of Labor. Such issues as the program and sponsor standards, eligibility requirements, contracting, reporting and self-appraisal systems, jobs in the human services and technical assistance are explained in detail and specific…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1967
IN 1966, THE NATION'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED BELOW 4 PERCENT, A 13-YEAR LOW. THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES WAS $58 MILLION MORE THAN IN 1965, AND THE AFTER-TAX INCOME OF AMERICAN FAMILIES INCREASED, AFTER ALLOWING FOR PRICE INCREASES, BY 3.5 PERCENT. THIS PROGRESS RESULTED FROM BUSINESS AND LABOR ACHIEVEMENTS, GRADUALLY IMPROVING…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
O'Leary, Christopher J.; Straits, Robert A. – 2000
Policies to regulate and support labor markets in the United States have mainly been an initiative of the federal government. Historically, states and localities were reluctant to act independently to build up worker rights and protections for fear of competitively disadvantaging resident industries with added costs. Federal constitutional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs
Riessman, Frank – 1967
The New Careers concept involves helping the disadvantaged to help themselves by offering them entry level jobs with the opportunity for training and advancement. New Careers provides the means to upgrade from entry level to professional occupations, with time made available during the work day for the education and training necessary for…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Taylor, Benjamin J.; O'Connor, Dennis J. – 1969
The Indian Manpower Resource Study (IMRS) was undertaken to provide basic information essential to the planning and development of effective programs to make use of the manpower resource of reservation Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. In the past, decision making has largely been undertaken with a minimum of valid information. The reservations…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Consumer Economics, Cultural Background
Aboud, Grace – 1973
The trend in the early 1960's was toward manpower programs to help the unemployed and underemployed to get jobs and improve their job status through federally financed job training. The objective was to get those workers who had been trained in these programs into unsubsidized jobs. The trend toward job creation came later in the decade; the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
The National Society of Professional Engineers, under contract to the U.S. Department of Labor, conducted a study to investigate the conversion of skills of displaced aerospace defense technical professional to other industries. The Long Island team of the study project investigated the banking, finance, and insurance industries. Approximately 250…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Banking, Career Development
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