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Giblin, Edward J.; Levine, Louis L. – 1972
This monograph is an outgrowth of a research and demonstration project designed to experiment with technique for increasing the quantity and quality of jobs listed with a state Employment Service Branch Office in order to create the potential for increased placements. The project's basic approach has been to improve the quality and extent of…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Services, Job Placement, Labor Force Development
Gordon, Jesse E. – 1971
This paper is concerned with the question of standardization of manpower services. It deals with the extent to which there is too much standardization in the mix of programs, with the cause of standardization, and with what can be done about it. The author proposes: (1) that the solution to over standardization of manpower services lies in…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Job Placement, Labor Conditions, Labor Demands
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1965
THE SELECTED READINGS WERE COMPILED TO PROVIDE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH A BROAD BACKGROUND OF DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO THE EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946 AND WITH APPRAISALS OF ITS ADEQUACY AND EFFECTIVENESS. MATERIAL IN THIS VOLUME SPANS THE LATE 1920'S AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION. PARTS III AND IV (VT 004 820) CONTINUE THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND REVIEW.…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs, History
Berry, Dale W.; And Others – 1972
This volume contains an inventory of programs of national organizations which offer manpower services to veterans of the United States Armed Forces. The programs and components described offer employment opportunities, job referrals, and employability development or counseling. The inventory presents both Federal programs and programs operated by…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Employment Opportunities, Employment Services
Butcher, Harvey – Manpower, 1974
There is now available to manpower agencies a manual for an on-the-spot, self-instructional, self-administered workshop on group leadership techniques. Developed by Manpower Science Services, the workshop consists of 15 sessions. It was designed for counselors, leaders of orientation groups, staff meetings, staff development programs, and similar…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Counseling, Counselor Training, Employment Services
Glover, Robert W.; And Others – Manpower, 1975
The article discusses the MWEP (Minority Women's Employment Program) funded by the Manpower Administration and designed to place underutilized college-educated minority women in managerial, professional, and technical jobs for which they qualify. The program is the first major attempt to apply outreach techniques to persons seeking white-collar…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Females, Job Placement, Labor Force Development
Holmes, Horace R. – 1970
The District of Columbia Manpower Administration (DCMA) is a federal agency established as part of the Department of Labor. It provides the leadership for an integrated system of cooperating manpower agencies working to bring people and jobs together. Two major tools for achieving the agency's goals are the Job Bank System and improved job…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Coordination, Disadvantaged
MacFarland, Thomas W. – 1986
The investigation explores the impact that changing economies have had and will continue to have upon Human Resources Development (HRD)--the collective body responsible for training and retraining labor--and from that perspective offers recommendations to improve the impact HRD has upon society. The challenge for HRD is to recognize the economic,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Emerging Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
These hearings focus on various measures submitted by President Carter and Congress to reduce unemployment, including an extension of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1977, and the President's economic stimulus proposals. Some of the primary testimony presented regarding the need…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Berry, Dale W.; Van Dresser, Steven L. – 1972
This is Volume I of a 2-volume report which constitutes a national evaluation of manpower services being provided to veterans primarily through the nationwide network of employment service agencies. It assesses and analyzes the nature and extent of manpower services available to veterans, the relevance and quality of the services, the…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development, Labor Utilization
Kirsch, Arthur W.; And Others – 1973
This report outlines a program through which a State Employment Service, using existing resources, can provide employers and their workers with a broad range of technical services in order to improve productivity and make work more tolerable. The report is based on observations and analysis by a team of participant-observers of a Skill Improvement…
Descriptors: Employees, Employment Practices, Employment Services, Guides
Thal-Larsen, Margaret; And Others – 1970
The objectives of the study were: (1) to determine the impact of manpower legislation, policies, and practices on the relative roles and effectiveness of public and private employment agencies and on the conduct of school occupational guidance activities in the period 1960-1968, and (2) to determine the relationships that exist between employment…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Counseling Effectiveness, Employment Services, Government Role
Ultrasystems, Inc., Irvine, CA. – 1972
In order to assist the Manpower Administration of the U. S. Department of Labor in the planning, development, and expansion of over a hundred computerized "job banks," located in nearly every State, field interviews were conducted with job applicants, employers, Employment Service staff, and community agencies to evaluate the current…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Databases, Employment Services, Federal Programs
New York State Manpower Advisory Council, Albany. – 1966
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERS IN THE FIELDS OF ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, PUBLIC AND WORLD AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT, MANPOWER UTILIZATION, LABOR, AND INDUSTRY PARTICIPATED IN A CONFERENCE ON MANPOWER UTILIZATION AND TRAINING TO REVIEW TRAINING NEEDS AND PROPOSALS FOR MEETING THEM AT ALL SKILL LEVELS, FROM THE DISADVANTAGED GROUPS TO THE PROFESSIONALLY…
Descriptors: Conferences, Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1974
Two elements were identified as being of paramount importance in the examination of manpower policy in Denmark: (1) the division of responsibilities for matters of direct concern to the labor market between different branches of government and the social partners--an important facet of the social framework of a country, and (2) the impact of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Employment
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