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Download full textGordus, Jeanne Prial; And Others – 1987
This report addresses the degree to which retraining has met the challenge of ensuring that the American work force has adequate skills to cope with the changing world of work. Chapter 1 sketches economic, social, and technological changes that help explain why the current reactive approach needs to be more active. In chapter 2, the extensiveness…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Cycles, Career Education, Corporate Education
VanderLugt, Marilyn J. – 1984
Goals of the "Transition, Retraining, and Change for Entry" project were to provide counseling and/or group support for single heads of households or persons entering nontraditional employment and to provide placement services for the target group. A third goal was to disseminate information about the value of and opportunities in…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Exploration, Displaced Homemakers
Rosenberg, Jeffrey A. – 1991
An attempt was made to increase dislocated worker's self-esteem and decrease their anxiety through implementation of a technical retraining program that included teaching employability skills and counseling. The program was offered by a community college to 23 dislocated workers. Self-esteem and anxiety were measured three times during the program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anxiety, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers
United Steelworkers of America (AFL-CIO), Pittsburgh, PA. – 1986
This report describes job training and placement programs offered by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) for members dislocated by plant closings and job reductions. The first part of the booklet provides general information about the Steelworkers' worker assistance programs, including program summary, program principles, the comprehensive…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
Wandner, Stephen A., Ed.; Messenger Jon C., Ed.; Schwartz, Suzanne, Ed. – 1999
The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) was a program established in states by regulation of the federal government to profile Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients who were most likely to exceed their time limits for UI and to give those recipients training in job search methods. The WPRS Policy Workgroup was established in January…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers, Employment Potential
Whittier, Sally, Ed; Miguel, Richard J., Ed. – 1985
This audioconference report consists of nine sessions, each featuring a panel of experts who discussed a variety of issues related to collaboration in education and employment. The focus is on practitioners and employers and how they can collaborate to improve the quality of schooling and employment opportunities for secondary- and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Perona, Gerald; Fowler-Hill, Sandra – 1985
This curriculum guide is intended to serve as a model for the educational component of a Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) reemployment training program for dislocated workers. The first section consists of a profile of the Dislocated Worker Project curriculum and an institutional data sheet. Included in the next section are an introduction to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Counseling, Career Education
