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McMahon, John M.; Wolffe, Karen E.; Wolfe, Judy; Brooker, Carrie – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
This Practice Report describes the development and implementation of the "Maine Employability Skills Program," a model employment program developed by the Maine Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI). The program was designed to support the efforts of the chronically unemployed or underemployed. These consumers were either…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Vocational Rehabilitation, Job Training
Rowley, Thomas D.; Freshwater, David – Rural Development Perspectives, 1999
Highlights recent research findings on the status of rural southern workers and their readiness for the future. Presents information on poverty, undereducation, underemployment, and racial inequality in rural southern areas. Examines two avenues of action: helping workers get the education and skills they need and helping workers find suitable…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities
Bobbitt, J. Frank; Booth, Jim – 1974
The job readiness workshop was designed to offer participants improved methods of finding employment. The manual is intended to be used with small groups of unemployed or underemployed individuals in a workshop setting. The workshop's materials are designed as a resource unit, not as a teaching plan. The attempt has been to present desirable…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Guides, Instructional Materials, Job Application
Mangie, Bernadette A.; Goberish, John S. – PASSAGE: "Your Workplace and Job Skills Information Newsletter, 1995
The main objective of the 1994-95 PASSAGE Newsletter project was to provide timely workplace and job skills information to Pennsylvania's adult learners, unemployed/underemployed individuals, adult educators, career counselors/trainers, and resource/training centers. The newsletter highlighted a variety of topics: classroom skills used in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Career Development, Career Education
Atlanta Univ., GA. Women's Inst. for the Southeast. – 1983
This booklet is a description of a model program developed to improve the status of transitional black women in the southeastern United States. These women are defined as under- or unemployed, poor, undereducated, migrant, or household heads, unaware of specialized educational and occupational opportunities available to them, and/or unable to take…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Career Education, Children
PASSAGE, 1992
This document consists of a report on a project to develop a newsletter for adult learners and unemployed and underemployed individuals in Pennsylvania who want to expand their educational training and improve their career opportunities. The ten newsletter issues published for volume 3 are appended to the report. Among the articles are the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Information Systems, Career Planning, Education Work Relationship
Hartz, John; And Others – 1978
This report consists of a background and discussion of the methods used to design the employability inventory as well as results obtained from field testing it with graduates from and current students at two postsecondary vocational technical institutions in Wisconsin. Results obtained are reported in number and percentage distribution tables…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Business Education, Employees, Employment Qualifications
Meyer, David P. – 1985
The issue of underemployment (a condition characterized by inadequate hours, inadequate income, and/or inadequate use of skills) is explored in this monograph. The methodology and vocabulary of underemployment are first examined, including a definition synthesis of hours worked, skill utilization, and compensation. The second section provides…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Laborers, Automation, Career Development
Women's Center of Dallas, TX. – 1980
This document is a guidebook for counselors working with Black and Hispanic American women, women reentering the workforce, and underemployed/career-changing women. The material contains workshop designs, activities, checklists, readings, techniques for recruiting women, and other community outreach suggestions. Topics covered included evaluation,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Guidance