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Fairchild, Charles K. – 1970
This report reviews the knowledge gained in 4 years of operation of labor mobility demonstration projects and provides guidelines on the design and operation of a permanent worker relocation program. Data were gathered both from written material covering the experience of each project and from field trips to some of the projects when additional…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Development
Baker, B. Kimball – Worklife, 1976
A sampling of innovative summer jobs funded through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) for economically disadvantaged youth, 14-21 years of age, is presented. (LH)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, Job Development, Labor Utilization
Murphy, Betty – Opportunity, 1971
Describes a program which provided an unexpected opportunity for a group of poor elderly men to earn a decent living for the first time in years. (DM)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Problems, Job Development
National Committee on Employment of Youth, New York, NY. – 1969
This report describes the experience of a group of New Careers paraprofessionals who were trained in human service occupations by the National Committee on Employment of Youth (NCEY) in a special project in 1965 and 1966 and employed by a variety of public and private human service agencies. The report provides data on the longest period for…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
Wolters, Virginia; And Others – 1969
The New Careers concept involves helping the disadvantaged to help themselves, by offering them entry level jobs with the opportunity for advancement to the professional level. A definite hierarchy is established, with specific tasks and educational requirements defined for each level, and with the necessary training made available during the work…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
These hearings focus on various measures submitted by President Carter and Congress to reduce unemployment, including an extension of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1977, and the President's economic stimulus proposals. Some of the primary testimony presented regarding the need…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Riessman, Frank – 1967
The New Careers concept involves helping the disadvantaged to help themselves by offering them entry level jobs with the opportunity for training and advancement. New Careers provides the means to upgrade from entry level to professional occupations, with time made available during the work day for the education and training necessary for…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
This report provides the findings of two skills conversion research teams on the placement of displaced aerospace and defense engineers, scientists, and technicians in the fields of security systems and criminal justice. The teams, located in Philadelphia and San Jose, concluded independently that a minimum of 2,000 positions could be created in…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Correctional Rehabilitation
Hartke, Vance – 1972
A bill to provide opportunities for employment to unemployed and underemployed persons, to assist States and local communities in providing needed public services, and for other purposes is presented. The Act is cited as the Full Employment Act of 1972, under the authority of the Secretary of Labor, and includes such states as the District of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Careers, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
A study was conducted for the U.S. Department of Labor by the National Society of Professional Engineers to investigate the potential for and means of conversion of the skills of displaced aerospace and defense technical professionals to other industries or to public service. The study concentrated on areas where new employment opportunities might…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Employment Opportunities
Ginzberg, Eli, Ed. – 1976
Written under a contract with the National Commission for Manpower Policy, this book contains eight chapters (each by a separate author) intended to aid in charting a national employment strategy and assessing the goal of full employment. Three main themes that pervade the book are (1) the responsibility of the federal government to create jobs,…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Research, Employment, Employment Opportunities

Fazio, Ernest J., Jr.; Kelly, Patricia F. – 1978
Field study and analysis of program documents were undertaken in the first phase of a multi-phased research effort to improve and strengthen the relationships between CETA programs and economic development activities on Indian reservations. Exploratory in nature, the study examined the approaches developed by 24 Indian reservations and Native…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Committee for Economic Development, New York, NY. Research and Policy Committee. – 1978
This policy statement focuses on ways of overcoming unemployment and underemployment for groups (young, old, disadvantaged) that typically experience high or prolonged joblessness, and on increasing incentives for productive work. Recommendations resulting from the CED study focus on these areas: new and expanded use on a nationwide basis of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Business, Change Strategies
Fazio, Ernest J., Jr.; Kelly, Patricia F. – 1978
A perspective on the state of reservation development is provided in this document, which reports the results of a study conducted among 25 Indian reservations to determine the degree of integration between CETA Indian manpower plans and the Overall Economic Development Plans. An introductory chapter provides a history of the study and identifies…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians