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Evans, Stephen – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
In this ever-changing world, particularly in attempting to overcome the challenges around COVID-19, the need to support the upskilling of all people in Northern Ireland has never been greater. The pandemic has led to significant rises in unemployment. These rises have been limited by the furlough scheme, but significant numbers of people were…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Economic Impact

Kenyon, Alice – BioScience, 1972
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Retraining, Underemployment

Environmental Science and Technology, 1975
Julian Josephson finds the environmental employment picture bleak, but far from hopeless. He looks at training and future trends, and lists a number of leads aimed at helping the unemployed. (Author/BT)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
O'Leary, Christopher J. – 1995
In 1993, about 93 percent of respondents previously surveyed in 1992 were reinterviewed as part of a study of the impact of labor market programs in postsocialist Hungary. The surveys investigated the impact of retraining and public service employment (PSE) on labor market success by comparing outcomes for participants to others who were…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Foreign Countries
California State Employment Training Panel, Sacramento. – 1986
The Employment Training Panel consists of seven representatives of business and labor who were appointed by the Governor of California and the state's legislature to administer funds transferred from the state unemployment insurance fund for job training. The panel is authorized to contract with employers and schools to conduct training that puts…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Job Training
Rocha, Cynthia; Strand, Elizabeth B. – Journal of Family Issues, 2004
This article explores how labor market trends and current employment assistance policies affect reemployment opportunities and emotional well-being in a sample of female dislocated apparel workers. The study follows the displaced women from the time the plant closed for 6 months to assess their financial and emotional well-being as they reentered…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Labor Market, Health Insurance, Females
SULTAN, PAUL; PRASOW, P. – 1964
THIS SAMPLING OF COLLECTED TESTIMONY WAS INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DIMENSIONS OF MANPOWER PROBLEMS FACED EVEN IN EXPANDING LABOR MARKETS. A REVIEW OF SELECTED "STRUCTURAL" ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT ANALYSIS GAVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE IMPACT OF AUTOMATION ON EMPLOYMENT WHEN CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN, NOT TO THE AMOUNT OF LABOR DEMANDED,…
Descriptors: Automation, Educational Needs, Employment, Employment Patterns
GORDON, MARGARET S. – 1966
WITH THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT OF 1962 THE UNITED STATES EMBARKED ON A TYPE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT HAS EXISTED IN WESTERN EUROPEAN NATIONS SINCE WORLD WAR 2. IN ALL THE EUROPEAN NATIONS STUDIED, RETRAINING PROGRAMS ARE A PERMANENT INSTRUMENT OF LABOR MARKET POLICY, AS USEFUL IN TIGHT LABOR MARKETS AS IN PERIODS OF UNEMPLOYMENT.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This is the final report in a series issued to assist Congress in assessing the problems of worker dislocation and employer practices related to advance notice and assistance provided to workers. A national survey of 2,600 business establishments was conducted to determine: (1) the extent of business closures and permanent layoffs between January…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Dismissal (Personnel), Employment Patterns
Philadelphia Manpower Utilization Commission, PA. – 1969
This study of prevocational training and family service counseling in Philadelphia is based on the premise that the long term unemployed male needs preparation on how to become a worker before he can successfully be trained for, or accept and handle, unemployment. It is also asserted that there are social and psychological factors, chiefly lack of…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Age Differences, Career Counseling, Educational Background
Disney, Richard; And Others – 1992
Both Germany and Great Britain have recently experienced increases in unemployment. Both countries have developed substantial labor market programs. Germany offers full-time adult training and retraining courses for employed and unemployed persons. Great Britain has a system of youth training but, until recently, has done little for adults. It has…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns, Employment Services
California State Employment Training Panel, Sacramento. – 1986
A study examined the long-term effects of three training projects sponsored by the Employment Training Panel that were established in California in 1983. The three projects, which were all designed to prepare participants for entry-level jobs, were implemented in 1983-1984, with placements into new jobs generally occurring in early- to mid-1984.…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Entry Workers
Juravich, Tom; Gall, Gilbert J. – 1989
A study asked trade union leaders in Pennsylvania about present and future levels of worker dislocation, how familiar they were with programs for dislocated workers, what factors caused job dislocation, and what factors affected the use of existing programs. Data were collected through a telephone survey of all 1,824 local unions who were…
Descriptors: Career Change, Dislocated Workers, Dismissal (Personnel), Employment Patterns
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1986
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the median age of workers will rise from 34.8 years in 1982 to 37.3 years by 1995. In the 30 years between 1955 and 1985, the number of workers aged 45 and over has risen from 25 million to nearly 32 million. Workers over the age of 45 are established in all types of occupations. The number of men aged…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography, Employee Attitudes
DELEHANTY, JOHN; MISHNUN, FLORENCE – 1966
DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST 1962-MAY 1965, ABOUT 65,000 PERSONS RECEIVED TRAINING IN SERVICE AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS UNDER THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA). MOST PREPARED FOR SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS, ALTHOUGH MANY OTHERS RECEIVED TESTING, COUNSELING, LITERACY TRAINING, AND OTHER SERVICES THROUGH MULTI-OCCUPATIONAL PROJECTS. OVER HALF THE…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Enrollment
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