Using data on wage claims investigations of a state labor department, this study indicates that investigators become significantly more productive during the first six years of job experience. (SK)

This study presents the successes and failures in the delivery of services to low income communities. Executive directors of community-based organizations throughout the county were asked to describe their most and least successful community-based service delivery projects. The service ventures then were classified based on the extent to which the…

Describes a program through which one company, Control Data, has attempted to address unmet social needs in the areas of unemployment, especially for disadvantaged youth and the handicapped; more responsive education and training; revitalization of poverty-stricken areas; a more viable small business sector; and lower cost, more efficient public…

Judgments of 126 military instructors on 129 candidate skills were factor analyzed to identify the basic cognitive skills soldiers must possess before entering the Army. Results suggest that for all occupational specialties studied, skills related to the learning process are as crucial as academic skills for successful training course completion.…

Builds upon Lazear's empirical explanation of mandatory retirement by adding these testable implications: the relationships between mandatory retirement and (1) specific on-the-job training, (2) vested pension plans, and (3) costs of monitoring worker performance. Indicates that a comprehensive explanation requires consideration of human capital…

The duties, training, qualifications, job outlook, salary, and working conditions of emergency medical technicians are described. (EA)

The duties, training, and employment opportunities of a demographer (a scientist who studies the size and characteristics of human populations and how they change) are described. A list indicating United States and Canadian universities with graduate departments emphasizing demography is included. (EA)

The training departments that need consultant help the most often are the least likely to hire it, because they do not realize the time and money outside consultants can save. Training directors are advised on how to increase training value by effective management of the relationship with outside consultants. (Author/AJ)

Most training at Coors Container Company is done by lead production men, supported by an in-house audiovisual program. Methods used in producing and utilizing more than 60 sound-on-slide programs are recounted. Only programs requested by supervisors are produced. Other companies' purchases of the programs help defray production costs. (AJ)

This article reports the activities and successes of the "Special Schools" operated by South Carolina's Technical Education System (TEC), which provide local people with pre-employment training individually designed for new industries moving into the community. In 14 years, 53,903 people have completed job training for 451 new and…

In this article I draw attention to the under-researched domain of emotion in the study of organizational learning and its implications for HRD. The paper identifies four aspects of organization learning in which an emotional dimension is evident. These are: Emotion as a learned response, Emotion as codified meaning, Emotion as affective component…

This report documents the results of a survey of the principal cities of the United States conducted in 1999. The objective of this survey was to help determine the impact of the growing gap between the skills demanded by today's economy and the skills of the workforce, and how mayors and other city leaders, on behalf of their citizens, are…

A good supervisor develops his workers by concentrating on their contributions and the responsibilities they can assume, while trusting them to execute their responsibilities. This attitude must be apparent even in conversation between supervisor and worker for successful on-the-job training. (AG)

The use of community resources during the orientation component of the Portland, Maine Work incentive Program is described. The company or agency representative (from Community Mental Health Clinic, State Employment Services, local businesses, etc.) is introduced to the group by the Counselor. He then discusses his organization (its services,…