Determined the effects of a concentrated vocational assessment and counseling program for high school dropouts. Approximately 60 percent of the dropouts were still employed six months after the program. Dropouts reported increased awareness of their own abilities and awareness of employers' needs. (Author/JAC)

Educational and occupational training programs initiated in times of high unemployment are actually designed to maintain social control of the unemployed. Current efforts by the Australian government to educate young, unemployed school leavers wrongfully shift the blame for unemployment away from the economy and onto the work force itself.…

Developed originally for juvenile offenders in the Wisconsin correctional facilities, this curriculum is organized in the same areas and format specified by the Job Training Partnership Act. It focuses on basic skills and survival (preemployment) skills identified as necessary to perform as effective adults. The five competencies covered are…

Addressed in this report are the major proposal objectives, activities, and accomplishments of the Lewiston High School job placement program. Particular attention is given to the employment opportunities, pre-employment skill training, and career-related supportive services provided by the project for Lewiston's day students, adult education…

Examines postprogram experiences of minority youth in the National Urban League Youth Career Development Project. Results confirmed the difficulties minority female teenagers have obtaining jobs. Found parents' employment status had little effect, and unemployed youth tended to rely on informal job search techniques. (Author/JAC)

This directory lists an array of socioeconomic, employment and training, career decision-making, and job search information available through Arizona's Labor Market Information (LMI) program. Publications are first arranged by subject. Following the subject guide is a complete alphabetical listing of all publications, including their description…

An investigation focused on determining whether additional services should be provided to Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program terminees to help them find and retain employment. It was illustrated that follow-through services were needed to help the significant number of CETA terminees who do not become employed after their…

Objectives of the second-year project described in this report were (1) to conduct a series of one-day workshops on job searching skills for at least 400 high school students and recent graduates; (2) to test interested students and match individual abilities and interests with available employment; (3) to contact at least 600 potential employers;…

This report presents findings of a study that sought to identify the degree to which employment and training programs, especially Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs, provide follow-through services to disadvantaged and nontraditional graduates and the current barriers and facilitators to their delivery. It first describes…

This curriculum was designed to help teachers to prepare youth for employment. It is targeted for youth who are not academically oriented, have a low reading level, and are easily distracted, but it is intended to be flexible enough to challenge academically advanced youth as well. This curriculum was developed to serve as a teacher's manual, a…

This volume is one of the products of the "knowledge development" effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) of 1977. Under YEDPA's discretionary authority there have been a number of efforts to better measure the impact of services that facilitate the transition of youth from…

This report presents representative findings from the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act's (YEDPA) experiments and evaluations since 1977, focusing largely on the programs' impacts on participants. The report begins with a review of YEDPA-sponsored research on the nature, causes, and consequences of youth unemployment. Chapter 2 deals…

This booklet lists and describes materials that can be used for employment counseling in Canada. The booklet is organized in two parts. The first part lists and describes counseling tools. Some of the tools listed include Moving On, the Canadian Occupational Interest Inventory, the General Aptitude Test Battery, Index to Canadian Occupations,…

This booklet describes a model technical assistance program of 16 products and services for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act prime sponsors. An introduction overviews the developer, the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and the model. Goals and components of the model are described. This information is provided for…

This document, which was developed through a decade of research and field testing involving more than 700 people, offers step-by-step strategies that educators, employment specialists, occupational therapists, and other professionals can use to help youths and adults with mild, moderate, or severe disabilities make their own employment choices.…