This report provides guidelines for educational policy based on an analysis of current and projected manpower development in the state of California. The major findings and recommendations are: (1) A specific agency must be developed to recommend to the state government long-range policies for manpower development and education. (2) The secondary…

A Neighborhood Youth Corps trainee orientation program was developed in order to prevent early dropout from training caused by a new trainee's lack of information about job training and its concomitant problems. Orientation sessions used group techniques, role playing, audiovisual aids, and field trips to give the trainee a clearer picture of the…

This document contains the proceedings of the fifth of a series of seminars developed by the Colombo Plan Bureau to serve as a catalyst in the planning and development of skilled manpower in the Colombo region of south and southeast Asia. The seminars resulted from a realization that the shortage of technical and skilled manpower in the area is…

Concerned with the possible redesign of training incentives developed by the Neighborhood Youth Corp (NYC) for use in its former project so as to enhance program desirability for trainees who have difficulty sustaining training programs, 149 disadvantaged NYC applicants were asked to rank their preferences among ten luxury and basic items as…

An analysis of efforts being undertaken by the federal government to provide much needed manpower and financial resources necessary to tackle unemployment plaguing American Indians, this study inventories ten manpower services being operated on reservations. The programs and services evaluated include: (1) concentrated employment program, (2)…

Developed through the Career Options Research and Development (CORD) Project and based on an analysis of 200 YMCA jobs, this syllabus includes training designed to improve the career mobility of YMCA employees. Topics include: (1) Fundamentals of Financial Development, (2) Techniques in Board and Committee Development, (3) Building Management, (4)…

Conceived in December, 1970, this project directed its efforts toward aiding in the alleviation of unemployment problems faced by the hardcore disadvantaged population of Arizona's northern and central counties. An area with a high out-of-school population lacking in job skills, this portion of Arizona was also without industries. As a means of…

The Federally-sponsored manpower development project is concerned with two major issues: (1) ways to determine what particular services are needed by given clients in manpower programs for the disadvantaged, and (2) ways to organize a manpower program so that each individual receives appropriate services to fulfill individual needs. Following two…

An in-house assessment of the New Careers program, nationwide, covered 112 projects. Information was obtained on program components, enrollee data, effect of affiliation, and benefits and costs of training. The report describes types of agencies training new careerists, recruitment and selection procedures, supportive services being used,…

This speech, given by the director of the Federal Bureau of Health Manpower Education, reviews current major problems in education and training for the allied health manpower professions, possible solutions, and implications of these developments for training programs in these areas. Background information precedes a discussion of six specific…

This three-part package provides a description of the philosophy and operating instructions for New Careers training programs in Employment Security (NCES) agencies. The first part gives instructions to State agencies and Department of Labor staffs on the operations of a training project. Included are term definitions, program standards, training…

The report is based on the results of a mail questionnaire sent to a sample of the total population of persons involved in the registered apprenticeship program in Wisconsin during the years 1965-1970. The returned questionnaires consisted of approximately the same number of dropouts and completers; these two groups were compared throughout the…

Five studies were conducted by the Experimental Manpower Laboratory for Corrections (EMLC) during this reporting period. One dealt with barriers to the employment of released offenders; another examined the post-release economic status of the offender, and still another dealt with factors within the prison environment which appeared to markedly…

This 1-year pilot project in training nurse's aides to become eligible for licensing as practical nurses in isolated rural hospitals was designed to upgrade their skills, expand their theoretical knowledge, and aid in occupational mobility upon successful completion of the program and the State's examination. Conducted in a typical rural hospital…

Trainees with low reading achievement (0 to 4th grade levels) were recruited, tested, and selected for training in four areas: auto mechanics, appliance repair service, heating services, and electronics, especially radio and television repair. The project employed a work simulation device, the SMART simulator, to help overcome the traditional…