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Decore, Anne Marie – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1992
A study of the employment experiences of recent education graduates of the University of Alberta (Canada) suggested that teaching jobs were in short supply. Only 62 percent found full-time employment, although 86 percent sought teaching jobs. Job location, age, and extent of job search emerged as important influences on employment status.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Education Majors, Employment Experience, Employment Opportunities
Borman, Kathryn M., Ed.; And Others – 1985
The Adolescent Worker Study was designed to provide an in-depth analysis of the job experiences and related life histories of out-of-school working youth. To do this, a team of investigators first identified work sites across a range of industrial sectors that were currently engaged in hiring young workers between the ages of 17 and 21. Then, the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Case Studies, Dismissal (Personnel)
Blaustein, Saul J. – 1981
This monograph describes a proposed program called the Job Security System (JSS), which would integrate the various public programs designed to help experienced unemployed workers find work. A justification for JSS and its general design are presented in the introduction, followed by a description of such potential JSS clientele as previously…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Coordination, Counseling Services
Social Science Research Council, Washington, DC. Center for Coordination of Research on Social Indicators. – 1978
This report of the Social Science Research Council's Conference on the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience (NLS) begins with a description of the rationale and background for the conference. In the first of four parts, the conference objectives are stated: (1) review previous research based on the National Longitudinal Surveys…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Blacks, Career Change, Child Rearing
Crysdale, Stewart; King, Alan J. C.; Mandell, Nancy – 1999
This book examines the factors responsible for the difficulties being experienced by many young Canadians trying to find permanent jobs in a growing economy and explains how Canadian youths can make the best use of the opportunities offered by academic and other programs to find a satisfying life in the workforce. The following are among the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Education