Objectives of Project HAVE (Homemaking and Volunteer Experience) Skills are to develop, validate, and field test educational planning and experiential evaluation materials which can be used by women, counselors, and employers in assessing the skills which women have acquired from their volunteer work and homemaking experience. Progress to date has…

Case studies illuminate the psychosocial characteristics of special populations of reentry women, the barriers they face, and their unique needs. (JOW)

Analyzes eight years of panel data from 895 White married women, with husband present, who had a first birth prior to the 1978 interview to investigate social-psychological factors that may affect exit from the labor force prior to the birth event and reentry following the birth event. (Author/ABB)

This article reports the results of a training program intended to help women reenter the labor market and to create a pool of female labor skilled in the methods of modern business management using new technology. The course was directed at unemployed women residents in the Teifi Valley of Mid-Wales. (CT)

Summarizes the responses of (N=131) adult women to a questionnaire survey of their experiences and activities in homemaking, parenting, volunteer work, recreation, formal and nonformal education, and paid work. Results showed that reentry women have had a wide variety of life experiences through which they have developed job-related skills.…

Notes the economic, social, and psychological reasons older adults consider a return to paid employment and discusses the need for courses geared toward second career preparation. Describes representative programs initiated at community colleges to provide training opportunities and support services that are effective in the placement of older…

Inteviews with 60 welfare recipients found that they often do not understand the income and support services incentives. The lack of knowledge seems to stem from the complexity of the information. Counselors need to play a role in helping to simplify and disseminate the information to recipients. Discusses implications for states as they develop…

An increase in the number of adult women in the paid work force, many of whom are returning to work after a period as homemaker and parent, appears to be one of the major social changes of the past decade. As part of the Project HAVE Skills program, which was designed to develop career counseling materials for reentry women, questionnaires…

This study examined career paths and job satisfaction of teachers completing their preparation and entering the profession during the 1980s. Annual follow-up studies of teacher education graduates at the institution during the year after graduation over several years have indicated from 45 to 55 percent of the graduates were employed as full-time…

This directory is designed to be a source for research and help to women preparing for careers or for entry or reentry into the work force. Section One is an alphabetical listing of national organizations, associations, programs, and government agencies. Section Two is divided by State; resources cited here are listed numerically by zip code so…

This employer's guide is part of the HAVE (Homemaking and Volunteer Experience) Skills materials designed to help women identify the job-relevant skills they have learned as homemakers and volunteers and to match those skills with paid jobs. The main purpose of this guide is to help employers who are interested in hiring women returning to paid…

This counselor's guide is part of the HAVE (Homemaking and Volunteer Experience) Skills materials designed to help women identify the job-relevant skills they have learned as homemakers and volunteers and to match those skills with paid jobs. The main purpose of this is to help counselors work with women who are entering paid work after spending…

Examined the effects of a group counseling model on the vocational maturity, self-esteem and self-confidence, degree of conformity, personal effectiveness and integration, and perception of needs of reentry women. Short-term group career counseling was effective; counselor facilitation and mutual group support promoted positive personal change.…

Describes a project assisting women with academic concentrations in liberal arts to crystallize vocational interests into marketable skills. Evidence indicates that objectives were realized in developing awareness of career opportunities and increasing confidence for women who are returning to the work force or who are underemployed. (Author)

Existing literature on anticipated role problems by mothers who reenter higher education after marriage and child rearing is examined, and data from a study of the characteristics, role difficulties, and role satisfactions of a group of women with children who recently completed an MSW program is presented. (Author/MLW)