This report describes an inquiry into the work attitudes and career decision making skills of 754 sophomores in seven rural and one urban high school in Maine. The study is the first part of a planned 7-year longitudinal study that will interview these students again when they are seniors and then again 5 years later. The eight papers in the…

Interviews with young workers, their parents, and their employers in seven communities (Birmingham, Alabama; Salinas, California; Esterville, Milford, and Terril, Iowa; Lawrence, Massachusetts; and Detroit, Michigan) show that today's young workers--the 20 million 16- to 24-year-olds who do not plan to go to college--do not receive the support…

Project Exploration developed and pilot-tested a process for the career development of 21 learning-disabled (LD) women on the Fayetteville campus of the University of Arkansas. The project focused on enlightened self-awareness as well as the development of essential academic and behavioral skills. The project helped the LD women to gain knowledge…

This guide is intended for job developers, counselors, and other staff who interact with employers to locate jobs for their clients. The guide was written specifically for individuals working with Indochinese refugees, but may be useful to practitioners working to place any limited-English-speaking or otherwise hard-to-place population. The…

This course content guide was developed in accordance with the Standards for Accreditation of Public Schools adopted by the Arkansas State Board of Education. The guide is offered as a framework upon which a curriculum can be built. The content guide identifies skills at three instructional levels: basic, developmental, and extensions. The basic…

A study was conducted to determine how job clubs help two-year college students with learning disabilities improve their job-seeking skills and knowledge of the world of work in preparation for making a successful transition from school to work. The approach was based on a previous demonstration project in which job clubs showed promising results…

The Eidos Program, sponsored by the Idyllic Foundation, is a private community-based organization that, with schools and other cooperating agencies and sponsors, helps young people whose needs are not adequately met by existing instituions. The program, which was funded for six months by the Job Training Partnership Act, provided educational and…

This instructor's manual complements the Job Seeker's Workbook, which is a practical, step-by-step course on job seeking and related skills. The manual contains a suggested lesson plan for a 30-hour course. The lesson plan is structured around goals and measurable outcomes for each section of the six-unit course. The goals and outcomes are…

A study examined the school-to-work transition of a group of 16-year-olds from two mining communities in Nottinghamshire, England. During the study, the 174 school leavers were interviewed within 6 months prior to their leaving school. Nine months later, 103 of the original 174 youths were interviewed again. Finally, the youths were asked to…

Worker displacement is more closely related to structural features associated with firms than to the characteristics of the individuals who lost their jobs. Despite economic growth, large numbers of displaced workers continue to experience difficulty in making labor market adjustments. Programs to retrain and reemploy displaced workers exist at…

This instructional packet is one of the components of "Work Skills," a set of competency-based instructional materials written for low-level readers that prepares students with specific job search and job keeping skills. ("Work Skills" is part of the "Connections" package, which represents a synthesis of significant work on education and…

This task-based curriculum guide for agricultural production, specifically for dairy livestock, is intended to help the teacher develop a classroom management system where students learn by doing. Introductory materials include a Dictionary of Occupational Titles job code and title sheet, a task sheet for developing leadership skills, and a task…

This booklet is intended to serve as a resource for instructors who are beginning a job club program for their adult students. The following topics are addressed in the guide: the main purposes and activities of a job club, criteria for establishing the success of a job club, competency expectations for job club participants, job club assessment,…

The papers contained in this special report were written as background material for a national conference. Following a conference summary, the following papers are included: "Labor Market Intermediaries: An Overview"; "A Reexamination of What is Known about Jobseeking Behavior in the United States"; "The Public Employment…

This program guide for participants is part of the Job Search Skills package. (An instructor guide and five competency booklets are available separately as CE 031 965-971.) It is divided into two sections. The introduction explains the concept of job search skills and the importance employers place on these skills. An outline of the job search…