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Cho, Woong K. – 1983
According to a 1981 questionnaire survey of 2,554 heads of rural households in 10 Southern states, rural people perceived that the most serious barriers to securing employment in Southern rural areas were job shortages, lack of personal or political contacts, insufficient training or education, and lack of job information. Respondents perceived…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Discrimination, Attitudes, Employment Opportunities
Download full textVoight, Nancy L.; And Others – 1980
This is a participant's guide of a community-based guidance program designed to help high school graduates become aware of themselves and of educational and employment opportunities and to develop the strength to carry out the life changes they choose to make. It consists of four sections. In section 1, entitled "Becoming Aware," a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Decision Making Skills, Educational Opportunities
Voight, Nancy L.; And Others – 1980
This is the leader's guide of a community-based guidance program designed to help high school graduates become aware of themselves and of educational and employment opportunities and to develop the strength to carry out the life changes they choose to make. It consists of four sections. In section 1, entitled "Becoming Aware," a series…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Decision Making Skills, Educational Opportunities
Barth, Peter S. – 1985
This monograph summarizes 20 recently completed dissertations representative of research being done in employment and training. Each summary has this format: description of the framework into which the study fits, explanation of its purpose, summary of methodology and type of data, and author's findings and conclusions. Six studies in section I on…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Discrimination, Business, Business Cycles
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
This guide presents general information about protection and services provided under federal law that affect women's rights when seeking employment, while working, and when retiring. Section 1 discusses how women can assert their job rights. Section 2 focuses on getting the job. It considers federal laws that provide for employment services and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Apprenticeships, Comparable Worth
Borus, Michael E.; And Others – 1980
This monograph presents preliminary cross-tabulation analyses of the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Labor Market Experience of 12,693 youth of ages 14-21 who will be interviewed annually for at least five years. (Hispanic; non-Hispanic black; and non-Hispanic, non-black, poor youth were oversampled.) Each of the twenty-four topics…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Discrimination, Blacks, Career Education
