This second volume of a two-volume final report contains appendixes to Volume I, the description and findings of a 3-year research and demonstration project in which the Utah State University Manpower Development Service (MDS) was established to provide technical assistance to private and public agency employers for improving personnel systems,…

A survey of 87 institutions of higher education, most in North Carolina, were surveyed about the provision of structured nontechnical skills training for nonfaculty personnel, including the existence or nonexistence of a training program, program design, levels of management for which training is provided, budgets, on-site versus off-site…

This workbook can be used to publicize employment training programs and in dissemination efforts for projects. The workbook is organized into three major sections. The first is a series of key questions about important project ideas, activities, and experiences. Categories include community context, general vocational issues, project information,…

Both program and facilities are described in this report of a one-year old technical school in Framingham, Massachusetts, designed to give high school students a choice of preparing either for immediate employment or further training by offering college preparatory courses as well as wage-earning programs. (Author)

This brief booklet outlines the facts of the youth unemployment problem and details some strategies which have proven effective. In 1981 the unemployment rate was 17.3% for people age 16-21, well over twice the national average for the labor force as a whole. For Black youths the rate was almost 35%; for Hispanics, over 20%; but for Whites, 15%.…

Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) aides were paid on the basis of proportion of tasks completed on a simple checklist of job performance rather than on simply being physically present. This procedure was found to be effective for increasing the level of work performance. (EH)

THE TRAINING OF WORKERS IN SAFETY AND IN SAFE METHODS OF WORK IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION. IT IS A MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THIS, AND, TO BE EFFECTIVE, MANAGEMENT ITSELF MUST BE CONVINCED OF THE NEED FOR SAFETY TRAINING. IT SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT AS PART OF THE NORMAL TRAINING WHICH ALL ENTRANTS TO INDUSTRY RECEIVE. THE…

THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED IN WEST VIRGINIA, INVOLVED PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED A TRAINING COURSE UNDER THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT, THOSE WHO DID NOT BEGIN OR DROPPED OUT OF TRAINING, THOSE WHO WERE DENIED TRAINING BECAUSE OF TEST RESULTS, AND THOSE WHO WERE WORKING INSTEAD OF BEING RETRAINED. THE OBJECTIVES OF RETRAINING WERE SHORT-RUN INCREASE IN…

DESPITE PROBLEMS IN FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION, THE ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM HAS CREATED NEW LEADERS IN THE GHETTOES, DEVELOPED NEW SKILLS FOR THE POOR, AND CONTRIBUTED TO SELF CONFIDENCE AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EAST HARLEM ANTIPOVERTY PROJECT, TEN LOCAL RESIDENTS (NEGROES AND PUERTO RICANS) WERE TRAINED AS RESEARCH…

This survey of opinions of architects, certified public accountants, and educators (who have written concerning, shown leadership in, or have specialized knowledge about warehousing) covers the planning, organizing, material handling, and paper processing of presently operated school district central warehouses. All recommendations concerning…

One of the series for enlisted Navy and Naval Reserve personnel, the training manual prepares students for advancement within their rating, aids in on-the-job training, or serves as a review source. Charts, graphs, tables, maps, and illustrations supplement detailed text covering atmospheric physics and world climatology, air masses, circulation,…

The major goal of this research study was the identification and validation of measures of components of personal achievement orientations that can be used in the job training program context. The guiding conceptions for the research were based on Atkinson's theory of achievement motivation, Gurin's investigations of expectancies, and measurement…

Volume I is the narrative and statistical account of a study identifying and measuring individual characteristics which may influence a job trainees' capacity to obtain and maintain successful employment. (CE000159). This is Volume II which contains appendix materials: Appendix A-Interview, B-Job History, C-Behavior Instructions and Score Sheet,…