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Download full textMonear, Daryl – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 triggered a recession and deep changes in Washington's labor market. Widespread temporary business closures, followed by a slow-paced phased reopening, have caused soaring unemployment rates. Workers are looking to improve their employability in a rapidly shifting economic landscape by reskilling into…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Job Training, Labor Market, Career Development
Spiker, Katie – National Skills Coalition, 2020
The recent health crisis -- and unprecedented, rapid job loss associated with it -- has illuminated how unprepared the United States is for helping workers who lose their jobs reskill to prepare for and successfully enter new employment. Policy responses to the current crisis -- while critical -- have fallen far short of addressing challenges…
Descriptors: Unemployment, COVID-19, Pandemics, Employment
Direct linkGibbons, Jim; Templin, Robert, Jr. – Community College Journal, 2011
Many have heard calls from national policy experts, the Obama administration, and influential foundations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Lumina Foundation for Education to increase the number of Americans with postsecondary credentials earned at community colleges by 5 million within 10 years. If community colleges choose to…
Descriptors: Expertise, Credentials, Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedDonnelly, Mike; Scholarios, Dora – Personnel Review, 1998
A study of 180 laid-off defense industry workers in Scotland showed that outplacement advice and support they received varied by gender, age, and skill level. Typically, the jobs in which they were reemployed were temporary, part time, and at lower skill levels. (SK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Dislocated Workers, Foreign Countries, Job Layoff
NAB Clearinghouse Quarterly, 1984
This document is the first issue of a National Alliance of Business publication designed to present proven solutions, cutting-edge strategies, and comprehensive reference materials and to examine in depth in each issue a critical issue related to public/private employment and training partnerships. This first issue addresses one of the most…
Descriptors: Adults, Citations (References), Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
Henry, Ann; Teschendorf, JoAnn – 1984
The Older Worker Project was conducted to provide employment services to unemployed persons aged 45 and older who live in the western part of the Hennepin County (Minneapolis, Minnesota) area. Although the expected result was permanent employment of the participants, the intention of this demonstration project was to refine service approaches…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Attitude Change, Career Change, Career Counseling
Eberts, Randall W., Ed.; O'Leary, Christopher J., Ed.; Wandner, Stephen A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 papers on targeting employment services. The following papers are included: "Targeting Employment Services under the Workforce Investment Act" (Stephen A. Wandner); "Predicting the Exhaustion of Unemployment Compensation" (Robert B. Olsen, Marisa Kelso, Paul T. Decker, Daniel H. Klepinger);…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Services, Decision Making, Delivery Systems
