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Direct linkElizabeth C. Danielson; Matthew J. Smith; Brittany Ross; Kari Sherwood; Justin D. Smith; Marc Atkins; Neil Jordan – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2024
Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) and Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth (VIT-TAY) demonstrated initial effectiveness at increasing employment among transition-age youth with disabilities engaged in pre-employment transition services. We characterized activities and estimated the labor and non-labor costs required to…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Computer Simulation, Virtual Classrooms, Training
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Job Training
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Job Training
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Job Training
Cummings, Danielle; Farrell, Mary; Skemer, Melanie – Administration for Children & Families, 2018
This report presents 30-month impact results from a random assignment evaluation of the Young Adult Internship Program (YAIP), a subsidized employment program for young people in New York City who have become disconnected from school and work. Operated by various provider agencies, YAIP offers disconnected young people between the ages of 16 and…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Employment, Program Descriptions, Young Adults
Peer reviewedGeers, Frederick – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1986
The author states that a more systematic evaluation of labor market training is advisable. This includes permanent and refined monitoring of the trainee population for effective planning and proper longitudinal studies of different target groups in relation to the regional and national labor market policy. (CT)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Job Training, Labor Market, Program Costs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1971
The Postal Academy program was designed in late 1969 to provide basic education skills and job opportunities for disadvantaged school dropouts and to give educational help to postal employees who were unable to qualify for advancement. To determine the effectiveness of the program, this study sought to: (1) identify changes in the students'…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Enrollment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This report of a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Employment concerns the implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Witnesses addressed concerns about the program's allegedly unspent funds and the proposed funding cuts. Testimony was heard from William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor, and Raymond Flynn, Mayor of Boston,…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Hoffman, Frank O. – Personnel Journal, 1984
The author states that the real purpose for a training department's existence should be to help determine if training might be the best solution to a problem or a key contribution to an opportunity. How to cut training costs is explored. (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Guidelines
Warren, Paul; Johnson, Hadley – 1985
As part of a review of California's strategy for helping recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) find jobs through the Work Incentive Program (WIN), eight demonstration programs were analyzed. There were four major findings. First, the Department of Social Services (DSS), which targets AFDC recipients with recent job…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Job Training, Program Costs
Soong, Robert K.; And Others – 1971
Since the early 1960's, new programs have been developed to prepare poor people for jobs in hospitals, schools, social agencies, and community centers offering human services. To ascertain the cost effectiveness of these programs the Career Options Research and Development (CORD) Project focused on the need for cost and benefit studies that…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Educational Benefits
Peer reviewedKaas, Duane A. – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1985
Describes a study conducted to evaluate the cooperative education program at the Technical College at Waseca as perceived by graduates during the years 1972-1981. Findings included academic departments varied in their knowledge of and assistance in planning learning objectives of co-op students, and graduates believed they received little or no…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Federal Aid, Graduate Surveys, Job Training
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1986
In 1983, Congress established the Veterans' Job Training Act (VJTA) Program to provide stable and permanent employment for Korean Conflict and Vietnam era veterans who have been unemployed for long periods of time. About 99 percent of VJTA participants are male, 81 percent are white, 90 percent are at least high school graduates, and over 80…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training, Outcomes of Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
This document is a transcript of hearings on evaluation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Focus of the hearing was on mismanagement and misappropriation of CETA contract funds, especially in the last days of the Carter administration. Testimony was given by various present and former officials of the Department of Labor,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Olympus Research Corp., Salt Lake City, UT. – 1972
The major purposes of this evaluation were to: (1) assess the effectiveness of the Individual Referral (IR) program in providing training in broadening occupational choices and in making institutional training available to enrollees in areas where class-size projects are not feasible; (2) develop comparable data on such items as trainee…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Guidance Programs, Job Training, Labor Force Development
