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It's Summer Job Time Again
Baker, B. Kimball – Worklife, 1976
A sampling of innovative summer jobs funded through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) for economically disadvantaged youth, 14-21 years of age, is presented. (LH)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, Job Development, Labor Utilization
Idea plus VITA plus People equals $ Jobs in West Virginia
Murphy, Betty – Opportunity, 1971
Describes a program which provided an unexpected opportunity for a group of poor elderly men to earn a decent living for the first time in years. (DM)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Problems, Job Development
Public Service Careers Program: A General Description.
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1969
The volume describes the PSC (public service careers) program created to secure, within the merit principle, permanent employment for the disadvantaged in public services agencies, stimulating the upgrade of current employees, and thereby meeting public sector needs. PSC aims to attack institutional and individual barriers to promote the most…
Descriptors: Agencies, Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
Case Studies in Public Jobs for the Disadvantaged. Reference File No. 9.
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National Civil Service League, Washington, DC. – 1970
Rigid entrance requirements and lack of recruiting have curtailed job opportunities for the disadvantaged in state and local government employment, perpetuating both unemployment and manpower shortages. This project is an attempt to improve the employment opportunities of the disadvantaged and develop a model program and model civil service laws…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, City Government, Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Public Employment and Wage Subsidies in Western Europe and the U.S.: What We're Doing and What We Know.
Havemen, Robert H.; Christainsen, Gregory B. – 1978
This paper examines various aspects of public employment programs designed to reduce unemployment in Western industrialized countries. The historical context in which these programs emerged and the forms such programs might take are discussed. Public employment is considered in terms of special public service jobs, public works, and training and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Employment Level, Employment Practices, Employment Programs
New Careers in the State Employment Security Agencies: Part I, Instruction for a New Careers Program; Part II, Suggested Staff Training Guide; and Part III, Handbook.
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1970
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…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Career Development, Career Ladders, Disadvantaged
Labor Mobility Demonstration Project. Final Report.
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Tuskegee Inst., AL. – 1968
The labor mobility program is designed to provide such counseling, technical, and financial assistance as will be needed to place retrained persons on jobs that make decent wages in other communities, in contrast to those programs which retrain persons for local employment. The general objectives include: developing jobs for persons having…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Demonstration Programs, Financial Support