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Boeren, Ellen; Mackie, Alan; Riddell, Sheila – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
Until today, thousands of young adults still dropout of school with no or low qualifications and experience difficulties in entering the labour market. The European Commission offers funding and opportunities for young adults to enter employability enhancing training, often organised under its flagship initiative 'The Youth Guarantee'. The aim of…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Dropouts, Employment Potential, Intervention
Ositelu, Monique O. – New America, 2021
Policymakers are interested in extending federal higher education dollars to programs fewer than 15 weeks. This analysis shares key facts about the outcomes and equity implications of very-short-term (15 weeks or fewer) programs. This analysis of nationally representative survey data from the Adult Training and Education Survey, combined with…
Descriptors: Credentials, Program Length, Program Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship
Gibbs, Kauthar S. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Many unemployed or underemployed workers find it difficult to attain wages that support them and their families. Due to a skills gap, a program evaluation was conducted using a qualitative case study methodology and was intended to determine the efficacy of a workforce training and education program in Maryland. The study was designed to gain…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Program Evaluation, Job Training, Unemployment
Waugh, Joanne; Circelli, Michelle – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
Australia entered the COVID-19 pandemic with a youth (15 to 24-year-old) unemployment rate of 11.6% in December 2019, three times higher than the 25 to 64-year-old unemployment rate of 3.6%. The strategies taken by governments to minimise the spread of COVID-19 have had widespread economic impacts. By July 2020, youth unemployment had risen to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Unemployment
Sylvester, Paul; Myran, Steve – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
This study synthesizes lessons learned about the promising role of "career navigators" at community colleges to aid students in the transitions through disjunctures in their careers. Career navigators are student support personnel who follow students from recruitment, through their studies or training programs, to job placement. Findings…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Career Planning, Career Counseling
Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, implemented Career Pathways, an innovative program designed to increase the local talent pool and help lower-skilled, unemployed, and underemployed individuals train for work in growing fields. RAND Corporation researchers evaluated…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Training, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness
Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
Lower-skilled workers in the United States face a shrinking pool of employment opportunities. To combat this, the city of New Orleans' Office of Workforce Development (OWD) developed a job training program with a grant, awarded in 2014, from the U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Innovation Fund. The program, Career Pathways, was designed to help…
Descriptors: Job Training, Disadvantaged, Unskilled Workers, Career Pathways
Mayombe, Celestin – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
This article outlines the results of a qualitative study, which investigated the adult non-formal education and education (NFET) centre linkages with external role-players in providing post-training support for the employment of graduates. The concern that informed this article is that adults who face long-term unemployment remain unemployed after…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Adult Education, Nonformal Education
Brunetti, Irene; Corsini, Lorenzo – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of an Italian training program on the re-employment probability of young unemployed workers. The program consists exclusively of workplace training and is coordinated by employment centers, even if it is fully implemented by firms. Design/Methodology/Approach: The authors develop a…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Human Capital, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
Seddon, Fred; Hazenberg, Richard; Denny, Simon – Journal of Youth Studies, 2013
The research examined the effects on participants of an employment enhancement programme (EEP), which was delivered by a work-integration social enterprise in an area of high unemployment in the South-East of England. The EEP was designed to increase the employability of young people aged 16-24 years who are not in employment, education or…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews
Koffarnus, Mikhail N.; Wong, Conrad J.; Fingerhood, Michael; Svikis, Dace S.; Bigelow, George E.; Silverman, Kenneth – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
The current study examined whether monetary incentives could increase engagement and achievement in a job-skills training program for unemployed, homeless, alcohol-dependent adults. Participants (n?=?124) were randomized to a no-reinforcement group (n?=?39), during which access to the training program was provided but no incentives were given; a…
Descriptors: Incentives, Adults, Homeless People, Alcohol Abuse
del Puerto, Carla Lopez; Crowson, Adrienne – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2013
Training individuals who are at risk of unemployment/underemployment to increase their employability is a mission of many nonprofit agencies. These training programs, often supported by government funding, attempt to reduce these individuals' reliance on government assistance. The purpose of this study is to obtain hard data and an in-depth…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Mixed Methods Research, Unemployment, Employment Potential
McMahon, John M.; Wolffe, Karen E.; Wolfe, Judy; Brooker, Carrie – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
This Practice Report describes the development and implementation of the "Maine Employability Skills Program," a model employment program developed by the Maine Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI). The program was designed to support the efforts of the chronically unemployed or underemployed. These consumers were either…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Vocational Rehabilitation, Job Training
US House of Representatives, 2011
This hearing reviewed ways individuals can make federal job training programs more efficient and effective. Such programs are critical to fostering a competitive workforce and assisting unemployed citizens. However, serious concerns about program fragmentation and potential duplication exist that could result in significant waste. This Committee…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor Force Development, Program Effectiveness, Competition
Duru-Nnebue, Thomisha M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This project study is an evaluation of a job-training program designed to serve unemployed adult learners at a community college. The program lacked empirical data about participants finding employment. The rationale for selecting the problem is the need to provide skill development and vocational training in response to high unemployment rates.…
Descriptors: Job Training, Adult Learning, Community Colleges, Unemployment