Little information exists on the basic elements of diversity recruiting on college campuses. A set of questions was developed for the Collegiate Employment Research Institute's (CERI's) annual college hiring survey that attempted to capture the current practices and benchmarks being employed by organizations in their diversity recruiting programs.…

Project Job Opportunities and Education for Youth (JOEY) attempted to link 290 youthful offenders to a comprehensive employment and manpower development strategy that involves (1) expanding the number of employment opportunities; (2) developing job training and manpower programs; and (3) removing the barriers that unjustly exclude persons from…

An array of innovative policies has been suggested to address more effectively the needs of dislocated workers. A model has been proposed to simulate the impacts of a wage-rate subsidy (or salary supplement) program in which a dislocated worker who becomes reemployed would receive a payment equal to one-half the difference between the wage…

The only non-western member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development presents special opportunities and difficulties for Western observers of its public policies in the areas of employment, manpower, and labor market. While Japan is clearly moving toward a more Western type of labor market, differences remain in employment…

Portland, Oregon, employers approached by Work Incentive Program (WIN) clients were surveyed to determine their reactions to various components of the voucher on-the-job training (OJT) program, to identify the types of employing organizations that were likely to be receptive to vouchered OJT, to assess the actual functioning of the voucher system…

A methodology is needed for comparing the needs and wants of the private sector, public sector, and client sector in order to increase the involvement of the private sector in youth employment programs. Because such a methodology has not been available, the client (unemployed youth) is often at the mercy of the private sector employer and the…

This research study is presented as an indication that the hard core unemployed can be employed, and profitably so, by business and industry. Accounts are given of how 43 companies are organized to work with the hard core unemployed and coach their foremen and supervisors. Emphasis is placed on frequently encountered problems and on how the…

This book summarizes the projects funded by the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development of the Employment and Training Administration. It includes projects completed between 1978 and December 31, 1986. Report entries are arranged by National Technical Information Service order number. Each entry includes the following: title, corporate…

This paper addresses the emerging evaluation and controlling system of Germany's Bundesanstalt fuer Arbeit, which is responsible for employment promotion. Part 1 discusses changes in employment administration in European countries, a process that has occurred in the Federal Republic of Germany, although most of the basic structures have been…