In recent times, the role of entrepreneurs has been recognized to be of great significance in accelerating the pace of growth of economic development of any country. Internet-enabled technologies have also challenged existing business models in numerous market sectors and offered innovation opportunities to a variety of stakeholders--not least…

This paper details the assumptions guiding the National Supported Work Demonstration and describes the distinctions between Supported Work and other manpower and employment programs for ex-offenders. The theoretial linkages between crime, poverty, and unemployment postulated by sociologists and economists are discussed, along with their…

In the United Kingdom there are more than 100,000 business executives unemployed as a result of the economic recession. This article describes educational assistance being offered to executives by government agencies and focuses on ways in which colleges and universities responsible for the training have approached their task. (Author)

If you're tired of facing students who have been waiting five hours to sign up for an interview, consider this method of scheduling. (Author)

This article describes the Maryland Comprehensive Offender Model Program (COMP), designed to deliver manpower services to offenders while they are incarcerated and until they are placed in training or employment. Counseling was based on the Reality Therapy model with a high structured format for group sessions. (Author)

Barriers to employment for economically and vocationally disadvantaged persons are presented in this study. Four clusters of barriers are identified: job qualifications, social and interpersonal conflict, legal and financial problems, and emotional-personal problems. Counseling programs are also described to help individuals overcome these…

This booklet provides representative examples of approaches that 36 Chambers of Commerce across the nation have taken to problems of employment in their locales. Their experiences have been selected to illustrate the various means used by businessmen to work cooperatively with others toward the solution of local problems related to school,…

The evaluation is presented with particular attention on the employer contact specialist (ECS) component which provides assistance before, during, and after the ex-offender's employment. The evaluation concludes that the job placement services of COMP was a failure. (EC)

The author discusses and describes various educational programs developed in India in three areas: to reorient the education system to enable its product to fit into the available and developing employment patterns; to increase the paid government jobs; and to promote self employment. (Author/BP)

This first annual report inventories the major state manpower programs during the past year and discusses the objectives of comprehensive manpower planning, with emphasis on a series of legislative and administrative recommendations. The contributions of various manpower systems are discussed, including the Cooperative Area Manpower Planning…

One problem facing a person coming out of prison is unemployment. Employment may be the most important aspect of offender rehabilitation. This article discusses the development of a prerelease employment orientation program. It also looks into the merits of assessment and evaluation of persons entering the prison system. (Author)

The volume describes the PSC (public service careers) program created to secure, within the merit principle, permanent employment for the disadvantaged in public services agencies, stimulating the upgrade of current employees, and thereby meeting public sector needs. PSC aims to attack institutional and individual barriers to promote the most…

The Arizona Department of Economic Security Ex-Offender Program is designed to assist clients with multiple severe employment barriers. A fictional case study outlines the problems of a typical client and traces the work of the Ex-Offender Program from the client's incarceration until after his release. (Author)

Apprenticeship outreach programs operating in some 100 cities with Federal funding were set up to help women enter apprentice and preapprentice training for nontraditional jobs. Although experience has shown that women are interested if jobs are opened to them and can become qualified, their numbers in apprenticeships remain low and discrimination…

Describes rural northwestern Minnesota's employment problem and the local employment and manpower programs, focusing on Rural Minnesota CEP (Concentrated Employment Program), the balance-of-state program, and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program. It is noted that the nature of the land and people and the distances to be…