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Employability Skills, the Student Path, and the Role of the Academic Library and Partners
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Tyrer, Gwyneth; Ives, Joanne; Corke, Charlotte – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2013
This case study explores the introduction of a university wide employability program by the World of Work Careers Centre (WOWCC) at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). The article reports the background against which an employability program was implemented; the justification and growing demand for more emphasis on employability skills in…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Academic Libraries, Partnerships in Education, Case Studies
An Analysis of the Procedural Components of Supported Employment Programs Associated with Employment Outcomes.
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McDonnell, John; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1989
Evaluation of 120 participants in a supported employment program suggests that successful program implementation led to on-going employment in community work sites, increased wages, and ongoing opportunities for interaction with nondisabled peers. Important procedural components included development of comprehensive Individualized Program Plans…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Employment, Employment Programs
Supported Employment as an Intervention Package: A Preliminary Analysis of Functional Variables.
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Wacker, David P.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1989
The long-term employment of 51 moderately mentally retarded clients who were placed into 64 supported employment positions was evaluated relative to 10 training and post-training components in a supported employment training package. Three components differentiated successful from unsuccessful employment: client advocate, collateral behavior, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Employment Programs, Job Placement
Cross-Cutting Performance Management Issues in Human Resource Programs. Research Report No. 88-12.
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King, Christopher T. – 1988
Concern for performance management has increased sharply in recent decades in both the public and private sectors. This has been particularly true in the management of state and federally funded human resource development programs. Legislative purpose, level of use, the role of performance standards, appropriate measures of performance, target…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Educational Policy, Employment Programs, Government Role
Training Program Performance 2000. Employment and Earnings of Training Program Participants Exiting Alaska Training Programs in FY 2000. With a Comparison of Performance with FY 1997, FY 1998, and FY 1999 Program Data.
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Hadland, Jeff; Landry, Gerald – 2002
The performance of Alaska's State Training and Employment Program (STEP) in fiscal 2000 was evaluated by matching the records of participants of the following STEP subprograms with Alaska and Washington state unemployment insurance (UI) wage records and federal military and federal civilian payroll records. Data were collected for participants of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Definitions, Demand Occupations, Dislocated Workers
National Job Corps Study: Impacts by Center Characteristics.
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Burghardt, John; Schochet, Peter Z. – 2001
The question of whether the Job Corps's impacts on students' employment and related outcomes differ according to the characteristics of the Job Corps center attended was examined. The study sample consisted of approximately 9,400 program group members and 6,000 control group members who were randomly selected from among the nearly 81,000…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services, Delivery Systems, Differences