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Lee, Marjorie; Tenpas, Steven – 1987
The Special Education Parents Alliance created an employment project seeking jobs in the business community for special education graduates and other persons with disabilities. The project serves learning disabled, educable mentally handicapped, trainable mentally handicapped, and physically disabled persons in DuPage County and portions of west…
Descriptors: Business, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Download full textWomen's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
The model is based on the highly successful first Women's Bureau sponsored Colorado Education and Employment Conference for Hispanic Women ("Adelante, Mujer Hispana") held in January 1980 for low-income women seeking employment and employed women seeking better jobs and upward mobility. It is intended for use by groups and individuals in…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conferences, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
Marquette Area Public Schools, MI. – 1984
This booklet is intended to serve as a resource for instructors who are beginning a job club program for their adult students. The following topics are addressed in the guide: the main purposes and activities of a job club, criteria for establishing the success of a job club, competency expectations for job club participants, job club assessment,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Clubs, Curriculum
Workforce Information Council (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2001
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 emphasizes the importance of high quality, accessible, and relevant information about the labor market for making sound decisions. In order to help both workers and employers, as well as the government agencies that serve them, the Workforce Information System was created and is being improved. The action plan…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Information Systems, Delivery Systems, Employment Opportunities
Ferrini, Paul – 1977
This case history describes the Washington State Career Change Program which is designed to respond to the career needs of unemployed residents who have been laid off or unable to continue their jobs as a result of economic, technological, or health factors beyond their control. The career change program assists these individuals in identifying…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Change
K. N. Associates, Wyomissing Hills, PA. – 1983
This handbook is designed to provide a framework to assist resource persons in counseling adult students seeking a method for gaining access to employment. Presented first are an overview of the handbook and suggestions for its use. The next chapter deals with the characteristics of a traineeship and the benefits of traineeships to trainees and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs, Counseling Techniques
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Adult and Vocational Education. – 1977
This operational guide for job placement specialists and others charged with establishing and operating placement and followup programs in state and area vocational-technical schools and joint college programs is presented in eleven sections: (1-3) A centralized, specialized program is proposed to meet state board of education requirements, to…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Advisory Committees, Employment Interviews, Employment Opportunities
Women's Center of Dallas, TX. – 1980
This document is a guidebook for counselors working with Black and Hispanic American women, women reentering the workforce, and underemployed/career-changing women. The material contains workshop designs, activities, checklists, readings, techniques for recruiting women, and other community outreach suggestions. Topics covered included evaluation,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Guidance
