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Download full textYoung, James W. – 1977
The perceptions of experienced contractors regarding elements of a construction curricular guide at the baccalaureate level that was recommended by the education committee of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) were studied. The curriculum is designed to prepare individuals for the construction industry. Sixty-three employees of Colorado AGC…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Curriculum, Construction Industry, Construction Management
Napier, Ted L.; Jarrett, Charles W. – 1980
Investigation indicated factors other than human resource variables must be used to understand unemployment status. Based on a 1979 survey of a random sample (N=640) of rural adult California residents from a multi-county development district, 15 human resource development factors (including educational level, job training, match of work skills…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Correlation, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities
Bender, Carl M.; Petty, Gregory C. – 1980
This document contains one of two reports presented at the Governor's National Forum on Youth Employment, May 22-23, 1980. Focusing on Missouri Youth and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), this report is divided into five sections. Section 1 presents a geo-economic profile of Missouri by the following regions: (1) the St. Louis…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Employment Statistics
Carpenter-Huffman, Polly – 1980
Cost effectiveness of on-the-job training (OJT) can be determined by measures of effectiveness and by cost assessing the relationship between output and input. Defining effectiveness to be a measure of what an activity produces leaves two main groups of problems unresolved: hierarchies of effectiveness and multiple outcomes. The most significant…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Input Output Analysis, On the Job Training
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Adult and Community Education. – 1975
This booklet along with six others comprises a curriculum guide developed for adult education supervisors and teachers of undereducated workers or job seekers whose inability to develop the skills and obtain the knowledge necessary to meet the requirements of the working world are primarily due to a lack of competence in reading and math skills.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides
Gell, Robert L.; Armstrong, David F. – 1977
In a survey of 374 career curriculum graduates of Montgomery Community College in 1976, 280 indicated they were working in jobs related to their college programs. Of these, 225 (80%) gave employer names and addresses and permission to contact them. Questionnaires drew responses of 159 employers to questions about skill levels of students, employee…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Followup Studies
Steiger, JoAnn M.; Szanton, Eleanor S. – 1976
This document presents the conclusions and recommendations of a study conducted to explain the inequalities faced by low-income women in job training, employment, and earnings. The study explored the dimensions of the problems such women face, possible solutions, and the extent to which a group of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) and HEW-related…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employed Women, Employment Problems, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Prager, Audrey; Goldberg, Judith – 1977
Intended to serve as a sourcebook for prime sponsors, this report summarizes the first phase of a project to analyze and document the activities of the National Program for Selected Population Segments (NPSPS). NPSPS was funded under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to provide employment and training services to special…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. Bureau of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education.
This document contains ten information modules designed for use in an industrial supervisory training seminar. The first module focuses on the role of the supervisor. Topics include a definition of supervision and its four basic functions: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. The second module deals with authority, power influence,…
Descriptors: Discipline, Grievance Procedures, Human Relations, Industry
BENJAMIN, JUDITH G.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE HIRING AND TRAINING POLICIES OF VARIOUS MANPOWER PROGRAMS ARE REVIEWED. THE MANPOWER OBJECTIVES OF EMPLOYING NONPROFESSIONALS IN ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS POSE SPECIAL PROBLEMS NOT NORMALLY FACED BY EMPLOYERS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT, RESTRICTING EMPLOYMENT TO RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL PROGRAM TARGET AREAS, IMPOSES GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS ON THE…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Employment Problems, Indigenous Personnel, Job Training
Burt, Samuel M.; Striner, Herbert E. – 1968
In recent years there has been a significant increase in the efforts of private industry to employ and train the hard-core unemployed youth and adults of this nation. The time has come, however, for a change in the continuing pattern of employers engaging in experimental and demonstration projects, each learning anew what others have learned about…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employer Attitudes, Government Employees, Government Role
Scientific Resources, Inc., Union, NJ. – 1967
This proposal to use nonprofessional aides in school and afterschool programs in Newark, N.J., delineates five program objectives: (1) to develop the two new positions of nonprofessional teacher aide and assistant teacher; (2) to develop, in cooperation with Newark State College and Montclair State College, training programs to move…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Job Training, Language Acquisition
Taylor, Henry L. – 1969
Problems in rural communities stem from the steady downtrend of employment in agriculture, forestry, and mining, while gains in non-farm industries have not been sufficient to offset this decline and provide jobs for a growing rural labor force. There is an increasing deficit of talent in rural areas due to urban migration. The overall strategy to…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Community Action, Community Development, Educational Programs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. – 1976
Intended to provide a uniform pattern for use by employers and labor representatives in setting up and operating effective apprenticeship programs for glaziers and glassworkers, guidelines are listed under the following headings: Definitions, qualifications for apprenticeship, selection of apprentices, term of apprenticeship, related instruction,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Apprenticeships, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Training Leadership Div. – 1976
The process of evaluating the training of federal civil service employees is summarized in three phases: (1) the focus--establishing the scope and objectives of the evaluation effort, (2) the plan--developing a blueprint for conducting the project, and (3) the implementation--obtaining necessary data, interpreting them, and providing conclusions…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
