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Kokas, Maria Sarivalas – Performance Improvement, 2010
Still-rising national jobless rates are surpassing 8.9%. This translates to millions of ill-prepared job seekers, raising complex questions about how to manage layoffs. Even if workers receive severance benefits, most struggle with how to move on and find jobs. Rather than focusing primarily on work skills and practices within individual…
Descriptors: Structural Unemployment, Job Layoff, Job Search Methods, Job Applicants
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Rosove, Bruce – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1982
Describes a new programmed learning package, PLACE: Guided Steps to Employment Readiness. The package provides a measurable definition of employability and helps clients measure their own employability and prepare themselves for work. (Author)
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Employment Qualifications, Individual Needs, Job Performance
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Liptak, John J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2005
Research related to the characteristics that are sought by recruiters and prospective employers in graduating college students suggests that emotional intelligence (EI) skills are as important as, if not more important than, job-related skills. Counselors working with college students, however, usually focus on career management and job search…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Emotional Intelligence, Career Counseling, College Students
Colombo, Louis; Cantwell, Glo – 1981
The Albuquerque Office of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Administration (OCETA) contracted with the Albuquerque Urban Observatory to conduct a study of employability skills needed by OCETA participants, to identify training programs that might be available to teach these skills, and to suggest a new model for OCETA job preparation…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Educational Needs
Turner, Shirley A.; And Others – Journal of College Placement, 1981
A model for career development involves three basic phases: self-assessment and initial career exploration, reality testing, and implementation of plans. Workshops oriented around "surviving in the world of work" were suggested to help minority studetns after graduation and employment. Topics included interoffice politics and financial planning.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Planning, College Students
Kansas State Dept. of Human Resources, Topeka. – 1985
This report describes a youth competency model that was developed to help trainers involved in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in Kansas to evaluate program participants' competency in four major areas: pre-employment, work maturity, basic education, and job-specific skills. Discussed in the first section, which provides background on…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Competence
Perona, Gerald; Fowler-Hill, Sandra – 1985
This curriculum guide is intended to serve as a model for the educational component of a Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) reemployment training program for dislocated workers. The first section consists of a profile of the Dislocated Worker Project curriculum and an institutional data sheet. Included in the next section are an introduction to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Counseling, Career Education
Scarborough, Jule Dee; Ellis, Joseph R. – 1984
The second year of a project that developed and implemented a model for on-bus instruction during travel time from two high schools to area vocational centers demonstrated that such an innovative delivery system was viable and effective. All units from Pollock's "A Curriculum Guide for Pre-Employment Skills" were adapted for use in the project.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Audiovisual Instruction, Bus Transportation, Delivery Systems
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1981
A project identified those skills that are necessary for disadvantaged youth to make a successful transition from school to work and disseminated resource materials for use in helping vocational educators plan and develop school-to-work transition skills development programs. Data from a literature search and interviews with vocational educators…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Choice, Career Exploration, Communication Skills
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Dept. of Special Education. – 1981
Intended for use as an aid by personnel working with handicapped clients, this implementor's manual and resource guide presents model components of the Vocational Habilitation for Severely Handicapped Youth Project. It contains 6 sections (each describing a major component of the program model) and a bibliography/resource guide. Each section…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs
Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Ann Arbor, MI. – 1980
As part of the career development curriculum materials for Michigan schools, this book contains 63 strategies (learning activities) for teachers to use in presenting various aspects of career development to students in grades 7-12. The strategies are organized around the four components of the Michigan career development model: self-awareness and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Fitch, Brian; And Others – 1981
This booklet describes a model technical assistance program of 16 products and services for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act prime sponsors. An introduction overviews the developer, the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and the model. Goals and components of the model are described. This information is provided for…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Career Education, Career Guidance
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