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Knold, John, Comp. – 1980
This report contains summary descriptions of twenty-nine projects which have been implemented during 1978-80 in the state of Washington. By their design, they address the need for vocational equity. The projects received funding from one of several sources including the Washington State Commission for Vocational Education's Research Coordinating…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Webster, John D. – 1976
Prepared for teachers of mentally handicapped students, this teacher's guide accompanies the student booklet, "How to Get A Job," and contains suggestions for learning activities and vocabulary development for each subdivision of all four major units in the student booklet: choosing the right kind of work, looking for the job, going on an…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Guidance
Eberts, Randall W.; OLeary, Christopher J. – 2002
The Workforce Investment Act requires local areas receiving funding to establish one-stop centers where employment service providers in a local labor market are assembled in one location. Challenges facing center staff are the expected large volume of customers resulting from relaxed program eligibility rules and limited resources for assessment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Centers, Career Counseling, Career Education
Women Employed Inst., Chicago, IL. – 2002
A study examined the factors that influence lower-income women's career decision making and planning. The 24 women interviewed included African American, white, and Hispanic American women ages 20-60 years or older. The women were employed in a variety of industries. All were college graduates, and none earned more than $24,000 annually. Most…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning, Caregivers
Wagner, Judith O. – 1997
This digest is intended to help vocational educators learn to make the best use of the World Wide Web. Among the vocational education-related websites and uses of the web profiled are the following: a website that Minnesota high school students can use to search for career opportunities and check local classified ads; a website through which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Computer Uses in Education
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2001
Career portfolios contain evidence of individuals' knowledge and skills and are useful tools in job search and career change, especially now that employers want generalizable workplace skills not well portrayed by traditional means and students are often inept at communicating their skills and knowledge to employers. Career portfolios contain and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Planning
Blaine, Connie, Ed. – 2000
This career guide provides Utah job seekers with information leading to job success. Section 1, Getting Started, provides suggestions for committing to a job search. Section 2, Utah Job Trends, identifies the fastest growing occupations or most openings; top 50 occupations; and new Utah jobs. Section 3, Self-Assessment, covers knowing oneself;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Career Education, Career Planning
Kaplan, Jan – Issue Notes, 2001
This document examines strategies for preventing working families and disadvantaged youth from needing cash assistance and becoming dependent on welfare. The document begins with a brief discussion of the tenuous nature of the boundary between families who need public assistance and families who don't and factors contributing to welfare…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Sommers, Dixie; Austin, James – 2002
A project used the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to assist eligible dislocated workers in determining whether training offered by the Toledo Dislocated Worker Consortium fit their needs. More specifically, O*NET was used to help the dislocated workers understand whether they had knowledge and skills that were transferable into the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Change, Career Information Systems, Dislocated Workers
Needels, Karen; Corson, Walter; Nicholson, Walter – 2002
Data from national administrative and telephone surveys of nationally representative samples of unemployment insurance (UI) recipients who began collecting benefits in 1998 were analyzed to identify changes in the UI claimant population over the past 10 years and determine whether the time has come to retool the nation's reemployment services. The…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Delivery Systems, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship
Pinton, Rae; Strong, Irene – 1984
This manual is designed for use by both teachers and students in an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) job-search skills program, and is intended for use by students at the upper beginner or lower intermediate language proficiency level. The content can be used as a complete job search skills program, a resource for program development, a…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Arabic, Chinese, Employment Interviews

Kincaid, Rick, Ed. – 1996
Thirteen chapters address issues concerning college student employment including the impact of student employment, research on student employment, and making student employment more productive. Chapters include: (1) "Encouraging Student Development Through Student Employment" (Arthur W. Chickering and others); (2) "Career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, College Freshmen, College Students
Thuy, Vuong G. – 1993
In response to the need for instructional materials to help limited-English-proficient Cambodian-speaking adults become self-sufficient in American society, 10 lessons in job search and related skill areas are presented. Each lesson begins with a teacher's guide, which gives an overview of the text, notes on vocabulary and phrases, and a number of…
Descriptors: Adults, Advertising, Banking, Business Communication
Thuy, Vuong G. – 1993
In response to the need for instructional materials to help limited-English-proficient Laotian-speaking adults become self-sufficient in American society, ten lessons in job search and related skill areas are presented. Each lesson begins with a teacher's guide, which gives an overview of the text, notes on vocabulary and phrases, and a number of…
Descriptors: Adults, Advertising, Banking, Business Communication
Thuy, Vuong G. – 1993
In response to the need for instructional materials to help limited-English-proficient Vietnamese-speaking adults become self-sufficient in American society, ten lessons in job search and related skill areas are presented. Each lesson begins with a teacher's guide, which gives an overview of the text, notes on vocabulary and phrases, and a number…
Descriptors: Adults, Advertising, Banking, Business Communication