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Delaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1988
A project was conducted to recommend the acquisition and installation of state-of-the-art computer laboratories, software, and teacher training that will better prepare students in Delaware for employment in information processing occupations. Four major activities were undertaken: (1) a survey of 1,426 Delaware office workers to determine the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Software, Data Processing Occupations, Employer Attitudes
Download full textSouth Carolina State Council on Vocational and Technical Education, Columbia. – 1986
This report, the fifth in a series of studies of South Carolina's vocational education system, summarizes the results of a recent mail survey of more than 1,200 employers throughout the state regarding their perceptions of and experiences with vocational education, its graduates, and entry-level workers. Some of the results of the survey were as…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1994
An analysis conducted by the state of Washington showed that the new jobs of the future will require workers with skills acquired in technical areas, but not college degrees. The analysis suggests that the present educational system is not producing an adequate supply of such workers and that more nontraditional workers will have to be recruited…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Stevenson, Bill; Bowers, Ellen – 1986
Personal interviews were conducted with persons involved in the hiring process in 60 companies throughout Ohio to determine what qualities they seek when they hire young, inexperienced workers at beginning skilled or semiskilled levels. Companies, selected to represent all sections of the state, varied in size. The study found the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Petty, Gregory C.; And Others – 1989
A study was conducted to determine the types of training and educational levels desired for entry-level employees in Tennessee and to obtain employer ratings of entry-level work skills for Tennessee vocational education graduates as compared to nonvocational education graduates. Additionally, 61 Tennessee employers identified by school districts…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
Junge, Denis A.; And Others – 1983
This study was conducted to assess business and industry's perceptions of the basic skills needed for entry-level successful employment. It also assessed business and industry's perceptions of the competencies that entry-level employees now have. Information was gathered via a basic skills questionnaire that was mailed to the personnel directors…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer), Education Work Relationship
