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Rutstein, Jacob J.; Schick, Richard P. – 1972
This report presents a plan indicating how State and local governments might hire the unemployed and the underemployed for government jobs under the provisions of laws such as the Emergency Employment Act. Two major jurisdictions were selected for the field study, the city of Chicago and the State of Connecticut, to represent a broad spectrum of…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Employment Qualifications, Field Studies
Download full textSperber, Leslie; Bloom, Dan – 2002
Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project (WRP), which was implemented in 1994-2001, required that single-parent welfare recipients who could not find wage-paying jobs after receiving cash assistance for 30 months accept work in subsidized, minimum-wage community service employment (CSE) positions to satisfy their work requirement and improve their…
Descriptors: Community Services, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Employment Qualifications
Smith, Janet, Ed. – 1987
The conference "People and Technology: Investing in Training for Europe's Future" was the largest combined conference and exhibition ever launched by the European Community in the field of vocational training. The major themes discussed during the course of the conference were the future of training and work in light of technological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Economic Development, Employment Programs
Commission des Communautes Europeennes (Luxembourg). – 1987
The following papers are included in this volume: "Technological Change: The Future of Training and Work" (Lord Young of Graffham); "L'Education, la Formation et l'Evolution Technologique dans l'Industrie" (Mathias Hinterscheid); "Education, Training, and Technological Change in Industry" (Philippe Meyer);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Economic Development, Employment Programs
CONSAD Research Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1976
This report presents the study of a project conceived as a means of developing and testing a model Career Development Program. The project was designed to contribute significantly to the opening of nontraditional occupations to young women of low socioeconomic status and varying race and ethnic backgrounds. Three major goals were: (1) To assist a…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
This document consists of transcripts of testimony presented at Congressional hearings concerning Title II of the Youth Act of 1980. The provisions of the act include extending the authorization of youth training and employment programs and improving such programs; extending the authorization of the private sector initiative program; and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth
2000
This document details the purposes and principles of community audits and presents guidelines for designing and conducting a community audit to assess a local community's workforce development needs and resources. Section 1 presents an overview of the U.S. Department of Labor's Community Audit Project and explains the following key steps in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Career Ladders, Community Development
