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Taylor, Gwen; Heflin, David – Adult Learning, 2015
In this article, Gwen Taylor describes the West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) groundbreaking program, "Accelerating Opportunity" (AO), which targeted students who are deficient in math, reading, or writing. The program uses the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges' (2013) Integrated Basic…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Acceleration (Education)
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Morgan, Robert L.; Openshaw, Kristi P. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2011
In rural areas, transition planning for young adults with disabilities presents considerable challenges, including linkage to employment upon completion of special education services. Two assessment programs, described in this article, work in concert to assist transition teachers and youth with disabilities in rural areas and include: (a)…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Disabilities, Rural Areas, Transitional Programs
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Vollman, Jim – Community College Journal, 2009
The Job Central National Labor Exchange (www.jobcentral.com) has become the effective replacement for America's Job Bank with state workforce agencies and, increasingly, with community colleges throughout the country. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has formed a partnership with Job Central to promote its use throughout the…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Job Placement, Community Colleges, Career Centers
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Summerville, Jennifer; Bolliger, Doris U. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
The job seeking and candidate selection process in academia can be mystifying to recent or soon to be graduates. Many graduate students have expressed concern about the fact that they do not feel quite prepared for the application process, and they have raised many questions while attending sessions and visiting on-site job placement centers at…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Development, Graduates, Educational Technology
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Yost, Alan E. – Journal of Career Planning and Employment, 1988
Describes the design and implementation of Career Centers, Inc., a community-based career center in Omaha, Nebraska, which was developed to offer career planning assistance, occupational information, employer literature, job-search skills training, workshops and seminars, a job opportunity bulletin, and a computerized resume listing and selection…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Job Placement, Job Search Methods, Occupational Information
Gurney, Darrell W. – 2002
This chapter provides an overview of the role and responsibilities of a recruiter or headhunter, and specifically how those responsibilities differ from those of career counselors, coaches, resume writers, or unemployment office workers. The mentalities of both the recruiter and employee are also explored. The benefits of using a headhunter for…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Employment Services, Job Applicants, Job Placement
Canadian Vocational Journal, 1981
Canada's Jobscan is being developed as an effective automated worker-job matching system which also has applications in the administration of unemployment insurance by assisting clients in their active job search and through the actual identification of valid alternative employment opportunities. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Job Placement, Job Search Methods
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Lucas, Susana – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2007
A three-fold research challenge, focused on the following general, interrelated questions, is undertaken in this study: (1) How does one develop competencies required in different university degrees in order to adequately function both as a person in society as well as in professional practice? (2) What role do Institutions of Higher Education,…
Descriptors: Colleges, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Social Psychology
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Rose, Robert F. – RQ, 1988
Reports on a workshop presented at San Diego State University as a cooperative project between the university library and the Center for Counseling Services and Placement to teach students how to identify potential employers, develop corporate research strategies, and find relocation information. Background, organization, content, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employment Services, Higher Education, Job Placement
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Kimeldorf, Martin; Tornow, Janice A. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1984
Provides background on the job club process and how it can be used for integrated training of special needs and regular education students in need of job search assistance. Includes field test project information. (JOW)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Job Placement, Job Search Methods
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Carr, Patricia Beck; Perkowski, Robert R. – Journal of Career Planning and Employment, 1988
Describes a personal job market concept used by college placement officers in which clients are shown how their choice of job-search strategy can either help or hinder their efforts to connect with employers. Steps in the plan include understanding employer, selecting and packaging selling points, and choosing delivery system. (ABL)
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Students, Higher Education, Job Placement
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McCollum, Sylvia G. – Journal of Correctional Education, 1998
Federal prisons have begun holding job fairs for inmates close to being released. Texas prisons have successfully used job fairs to assess inmates' interviewing skills, provide assistance with job placement, and offer interviews with company recruiters. (SK)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Employment Potential, Job Placement, Job Search Methods
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Pavis, Ross – Journal of Correctional Education, 2002
The Inmate Placement Program of the Federal Bureau of Prisons focuses on job skills to aid their readjustment to the community after release. The program includes a mock job fair and has served 7,000 inmates. (Contains 10 references.) (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Education Work Relationship, Job Placement
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Azrin, Nathan H.; Philip, Robert A. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1979
Compared the Job Club method with an alternative method, using clients who had job-finding problems, such as physical, emotional, intellectual, and social handicaps, or long-term unemployment. Results suggest that virtually all handicapped or "hard-core" unemployed persons can obtain and retain a job under an intensive Job Club program.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disabilities, Employment Problems, Job Applicants
Etherington, Helen M. – ABCA Bulletin, 1980
Describes a systems approach to the job search. Notes how courses in business communications, technical writing, and report writing can help students acquire job search skills. (RL)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Higher Education, Job Applicants, Job Application
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