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Hollenbeck, Kevin; Huang, Wei-Jang – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2008
The Commonwealth of Virginia, as with other states, operates a panoply of programs whose objectives, either directly or indirectly, are to develop the state's workforce. Some programs enhance the skills of Virginians through training or formal education; whereas other programs, such as the Employment Service, attempt to facilitate the employment…
Descriptors: Human Capital, State Government, Employment Services, Employment Programs
AUSMUS, NORMA F.; AND OTHERS – 1966
FIELD REPORTS ON JUNE 1966 CONDITIONS IN 30 MAJOR LABOR AREAS FOR ENGINEERING, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS, PROVIDED BY AFFILIATES OF THE BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, WERE THE BASIS FOR THIS SEMIANNUAL REPORT. THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS HAD DECLINED 48 PERCENT TO A NEW 8-YEAR LOW, WHILE OPENINGS HAD RISEN TO 9,600, 58 PERCENT OVER THE…
Descriptors: Drafting, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Services
AUSMUS, NORMA F.; SAILE, ALVIN W. – 1965
DATA ON JOB OPENINGS FOR SELECTED ENGINEERING, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS, PROVIDED BY THE BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AFFILIATES FROM FIELD REPORTS ON JUNE 1965 CONDITIONS IN 30 MAJOR LABOR AREAS, ARE PRESENTED IN THIS SEMIANNUAL REPORT. NATIONWIDE DEMAND IN THESE JOB CATEGORIES INCREASED AND BACKLOGS OF APPLICANTS DECREASED BECAUSE…
Descriptors: Drafting, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Services
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Taanila, A.; Rantakallio, P.; Koiranen, M.; von Wendt, L.; Jarvelin, M.-R. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
The aim was to study how many of the individuals with intellectual disability (ID; IQ70) in an age cohort were not receiving a disability pension by the age of 34 years and what their life situation was like in terms of employment, education and morbidity. In 2000, the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort (n=12058 live-born) included 129 individuals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Unemployment, Supported Employment
Wegmann, Robert G. – 1983
This paper is intended to help those in a position to provide workers who are displaced by layoffs or plant shutdowns with assistance in adjusting to unemployment and finding new employment. The first section presents a summary of the transformation of the American labor market, showing the effects of economic and technological changes on the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Coping, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Scrivener, Susan; Azurdia, Gilda; Page, Jocelyn – MDRC, 2005
Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is known about how to help them and other low-wage workers keep jobs or advance in the labor market. This report presents information on the effectiveness of a program in South Carolina that aimed to help former welfare recipients obtain jobs, work more steadily, and…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Human Services, Welfare Recipients, Program Effectiveness
1971
This report is a theoretical and empirical study of the clerical temporary help labor market with particular reference to how that market was affected by changing states of the permanent labor market. Special attention is paid to the hiring process and to the determination of worker quality over the business cycle. Data for the study were obtained…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Clerical Workers, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Disney, Richard; And Others – 1992
Both Germany and Great Britain have recently experienced increases in unemployment. Both countries have developed substantial labor market programs. Germany offers full-time adult training and retraining courses for employed and unemployed persons. Great Britain has a system of youth training but, until recently, has done little for adults. It has…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns, Employment Services
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Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Presenting employment projections for the total labor market through 1985, this document accompanies a series of forty-one reprints (CE 017 757-797) from the Occupational Outlook Handbook which provide current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The employment projections and related…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, 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
Ainsworth, Robert G. – 1991
The Employment Service (ES) was established by the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933. The act established a nationwide network of state-operated, federally financed employment service offices to match workers to jobs. The following services are performed by the ES: employment counseling, special assistance to target populations, the "work test"…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Dislocated Workers
Bartik, Timothy J. – 1999
A study estimated the aggregate effects of antipoverty policies on wages and unemployment of different groups. The context was one in which emphasis was on labor supply policies, such as welfare reform or job training, and not on policies to increase labor demand for the poor, such as public employment or subsidizing private employers to hire the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economically Disadvantaged
Roberts, Brandon; Padden, Jeffrey D. – 1998
This report explores how private sector employers are reacting to, responding to, and participating in welfare-to-work (WTW) efforts. Chapter 1 explains the study background and approach. Chapter 2 examines the environment, perspectives, experiences, and role of business in the WTW process and presents findings about employment patterns of welfare…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Business Responsibility, Employment Patterns
Smith, Barbara E. – 1991
Establishment of the federal-state Employment Service system created a need for a standardized occupational language to ensure uniform matching of workers with jobs. The Occupational Analysis Research Program was initiated to gather a broad base of detailed occupational information. Although the organizational structure of all editions of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Data Collection, Employment Opportunities
Institute of Applied Research, St. Louis, MO. – 1987
A study examined the barriers that Missouri women encounter when trying to gain access to better-paying jobs; trends in women's employment status in the state; and the services that women receive from the state's existing employment, training, and supportive services. A total of 2,104 women were contacted through a random statewide household…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demography, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities
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