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Download full textNational 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
Koppa, Tapani; Kivi, Tapio – Adult Education in Finland, 1984
The importance of rural areas in Finland is discussed. Padasjoki is used as an example of the problems of a small rural town and the solutions: creation of jobs and changes in land and housing policies. The Padasjoki model in theory and practice is examined. (CT)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Demography, Economic Change, Entrepreneurship
Attard, Adelaide – Industrial Gerontology, 1977
To begin implementation of job development and other efforts, a Nassau County task force committee composed of representatives from business, labor, education, and government recruited a job developer to coordinate a county-wide program designed to increase employment opportunities for persons age 55 and over. Objectives of the committee include…
Descriptors: Community Action, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, County Programs
Larson, Rick; King, Lisa; McGee, Mark; Shea, Brendon – 1997
This paper discusses the REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) model as a necessary component of rural school-to-work (STW) programs. In rural areas where opportunities for traditional STW approaches (such as apprenticeships) are limited, entrepreneurial education teaches students to be job creators, not just job applicants. This…
Descriptors: Community Development, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship
Butterworth, John; And Others – 1992
This report summarizes the results of a 3-year project in the metropolitan Boston (Massachusetts) area designed to demonstrate job placement and support for individuals with multiple disabilities that include severe physical disabilities and mental retardation. The report summarizes project outcomes, the cost and range of supports that…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment Programs, Human Services, Job Development
Rinehart, Eric L., Ed.; Lamb, Melissa, Ed. – 1987
This resource guide is intended to help communities that want to implement an entrepreneurship training program. Chapters I and II contain general advice for the planning process, such as how to assess need and community support, assess current services for entrepreneurs, select target clientele, develop a community support network, and identify…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Business Education, Community Resources
Van Horn, Carl; And Others – 1983
This guide, based on approaches for targeting jobs and business opportunities that were developed during the Targeted Jobs Demonstration Program (TJDP), contains strategies and techniques for ensuring that some of the benefits of economic development investments are directed to low-income individuals and small and minority businesses. Addressed in…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections
New York State Div. for Youth, New York – 1984
This handbook provides information related to the development and implementation of a public/private venture in the development of summer jobs for youth. Chapter I briefly describes preliminary planning. Chapter II focuses on developing a task force, including its composition, recruitment, and responsibilities. Chapter III discusses activities of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Job Development, Job Placement
Wasil, Raymond A. – 1968
In this brief overview of placement services for a comprehensive school, the following topics are discussed: (1) the history of job placement; (2) the need for job placement services (accountability); (3) general objectives of placement services; (4) format for establishing a school placement service; (5) school-business-industry cooperation; (6)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Guidance Programs, Guidelines, Job Development
Rutstein, Jacob J.; Schick, Richard P. – 1972
This report presents a plan indicating how State and local governments might hire the unemployed and the underemployed for government jobs under the provisions of laws such as the Emergency Employment Act. Two major jurisdictions were selected for the field study, the city of Chicago and the State of Connecticut, to represent a broad spectrum of…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Employment Qualifications, Field Studies
New York Univ., NY. Graduate School of Social Work.
This 4-volume research guide to New Careers programs, which was derived from personal interviews with approximately 100 respondents in individual and group sessions, is intended to serve a variety of uses, such as: (1) to encourage program planners and operators to utilize research as a means of contributing to problem solving, and (2) to…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Research, Guides, Human Services
Kerner, Tom; And Others – 1996
From 1993 to 1996, Massachusetts' Springfield Technical Community College implemented Students Creating Optimal Resources for Employment (Project SCORE) to develop a model for increasing job opportunities and career prospects of students and graduates with disabilities. The project provided individual career and academic services to students,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Disabilities, Educational Strategies
Racino, Julie Ann – 1991
The Center for Independent Living (CIL) in Berkeley, California, is described as a mecca for the disabled since 1972, when a coalition of severely disabled people founded the Center with the goal of integrating disabled people into the community-at-large. The CIL's mission is to create and maintain independence for disabled people through…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Attendants, Attitudes
Greenwood, Reed; And Others – 1988
This manual is written for trainers working in the RehabMark system of employer development in vocational rehabilitation services. Videotapes are available to accompany lectures and other training activities, and materials for transparencies are provided in an appendix. After an introductory chapter, the first half of the manual contains training…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Business, Cooperative Programs
Hedges, Donna M., Comp.; And Others – 1987
This selective list of resource materials focuses on education and training for employment of the learning disabled, to be used as a basis for modifying and developing attitudes, programs, materials, and resource libraries. It aims to assist the learning disabled in the transition from school to work, assist employers and employment agencies in…
Descriptors: Adults, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources, Employers
