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Goldstein, Terri; Chun, Margaret; Winkler, Michael – 2001
This student handbook on job seeking skills was developed by a project to enhance career services for students with disabilities in higher education. The guide is intended to provide students with basic information on setting career goals and looking for work, including special considerations for job seekers with disabilities. Individual sections…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning, College Students
Lidman, Russell M.; Weeks, Gregory C. – 2001
The Washington State welfare reform program WorkFirst is designed to move individuals from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) into the workforce. A critical question facing the program is how to assist participants in sustaining and advancing their employment. Three studies of those who exited the program measured multiple outcomes…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Dropout Characteristics, Employment Counselors, Employment Level
Jacobsen, Yola – 2002
This document presents guidelines and examples of good practices for supporting learning-disabled adults in the United Kingdom as they make the jump from education into employment. The guidelines and resource materials presented in this staff resource pack were developed during the Making the Jump project, which was undertaken to address the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Advocacy
Gardiner, Karen N.; Fishman, Michael E. – 2001
This report examines the disability community's efforts to help individuals who have significant disabilities access and maintain employment. It identifies how welfare agencies can learn from and build upon lessons from the disability community. Chapter 1 describes the hard-to-employ (HTE) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) population…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Agency Role, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)