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CNA Corporation, 2017
This summary document highlights findings from CNA's study, "Manufacturing a Way to Career Readiness: How Industry Measures Student Readiness" (ED612988). In the study, CNA Education examined how central Kentucky employers in a high-wage, high-growth industry--advanced manufacturing--determine the readiness and additional training needs…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Manufacturing Industry, Measures (Individuals), Job Applicants

Breen, Richard – International Labour Review, 1988
The author describes the Irish Work Experience Programme designed to give youth work experience to increase their employability. Trainees were placed with a private sector employer for 26 weeks and paid a training allowance. Although many subsequently found permanent employment, the program reached few of the most disadvantaged among first-time…
Descriptors: Entry Workers, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation
Morley, Peter – Transition from Education through Employment, 1988
The author describes development of certification standards and an integrated training package for entry-level retail employees. Evaluation methods are discussed. (CH)
Descriptors: Distributive Education, Entry Workers, Foreign Countries, Job Training

Minehan, Paula L.; And Others – Journal of Nursing Administration, 1981
Describes a hospital-sponsored program to train bicultural leaders to ease the school-to-work transition for new graduate nurses. Specific information on planning, implementation, sponsorship requirements, and evaluation is presented. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Conflict Resolution, Education Work Relationship, Entry Workers
Walk, Mary H. – 1985
A study was conducted to determine the entry-level requirements for meeting planners. The study benefited from the definition of the body of knowledge that had already been done for a professional meeting planner certificate by the Association of Professional Meeting Planners International. To document the competencies needed for an entry-level…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Brett, Belle – 1988
Inner City, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaroid Corporation, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, that has provided job training for the past 20 years to Boston's unemployed, underemployed, and disadvantaged residents, with entry into meaningful employment. Training occurs within the framework of an actual manufacturing environment so that the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Entry Workers, Graduate Surveys
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1988
Written by a technical committee's industry representatives, state officials, and educators in Oregon, this document lists the skills and knowledge required by employees in travel and tourism occupations. The following occupations are considered: rental representative; service agent; travel agent; bus/tour/driver/guide/sightseeing leader; manager…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Employment Potential, Entry Workers, Hospitality Occupations
Washington State Board for Vocational Education, Olympia. – 1987
The Washington State Job Skills Program (JSP) was established by the legislature in 1983 as an economic development incentive to provide customized, quick-start training to meet the employment needs of new or expanding businesses in the state. Funds are granted to public and private educational institutions to train people for new jobs, prepare…
Descriptors: Contract Training, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
Fisher, Donald W.; D'Costa, Ayres – 1979
Using the Role Delineation study as the basis (see CE 031 628), a project developed a criterion-referenced self-assessment examination for physican assistants (PAs) from which appropriate continuing education could be developed. Working committees consisting of PAs and PA educators first developed five 80-item test sections and then 315 items…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Competence, Continuing Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
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
Rochester City School District, NY. – 1994
The Rochester (New York) School-to-Work Transition Initiative introduces career opportunities and choices to students from prekindergarten through 12th grade and beyond by preparing them for the workplace. The initiative helps students identify their interests and a career direction and enables them to pursue the education and technical training…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Curriculum, Education Work Relationship
Texas State Technical Coll., Waco. – 1996
The Machine Tool Advanced Skills Technology (MAST) consortium was formed to address the shortage of skilled workers for the machine tools and metals-related industries. Featuring six of the nation's leading advanced technology centers, the MAST consortium developed, tested, and disseminated industry-specific skill standards and model curricula for…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Consortia
1993
A project was conducted to establish criteria for entry- and exit-level competencies in computer technology along with concomitant entry-level job positions and to recommend a modified, updated computer technology curriculum. Information was gathered through employer interviews, discussions with educators, and examinations of exemplary programs…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer Science, Course Content
Training & Employment: French Dimensions, 1991
Over the past 15 years, the level of initial training among French youth has shown a rapid rise, with one of the highest rates of full-time school attendance in Europe. This sharp increase in school attendance clearly improves the training capital. In their hiring policies, employers have become more and more selective, with the result that…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices, Entry Workers
Riley, Roberta D.; Huffman, Gail M. – 1981
A summer Career Guidance Institute, conducted for graduate credit, placed 16 secondary teachers in entry-level positions in jobs not requiring college education for six weeks. The teachers worked four days a week and attended seminars and group discussions one day a week. Study of this pilot program was conducted to investigate three questions:…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Employer Attitudes, Employment Experience