These two papers concentrate on criteria for judging nonprofessional jobs or new careers for the poor, steps in developing a career advancement plan, and the systems approach to manpower development in the human services. Attention is given to the need for meaningful and challenging assignments, flexibility in recruitment and program planning,…

This study explores factors characterizing persons who have selected practical nursing as a career, the satisfactions of those who have remained in the field, and the reasons some individuals have left. All 1,139 graduates of the 12 1-year practical nurse programs in Minnesota for the years 1955, 1960, and 1964 were sent questionnaires, and 1,001…

A study of the process and product of Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) programs was conducted from May 1968 to June 1969. Data were collected by surveying the multi-centers, extensive staff reviews, mail followup, a review of related literature, and consultations. Results of the study include: (1) a survey of the feasibility and…

Although calculated by various statistical methods, retention (in this monograph) refers to the time that a former hard core member stays on the job. These rates may be tallied from the first day of pre-vocational training at a center, from the first day of a plant's vestibule training, or the first day of work at the job site. The hard core need…

Six counties (Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain) in southwestern North Carolina have formed a planning and development commission which is legally responsible for all project approval in the area. In the document, a brief history of each county is provided in terms of what has been done in relation to the natural and human…

The guide is intended to provide information relevant to funding authorizations available to the New Careers promoter. The first section presents principles for an effective funding strategy: (1) expanding the support base by innovative examination of legislation, (2) capitalizing on available funding patterns through understanding the new career…

Population and income growth, and a consistent trend toward better health care for all challenges the dental profession to enlarge its productivity by more than one-third. There is substantial evidence that a major resource for increasing the availability of dental health service lies in increased and better utilization of the services of…

This part of the series on Training the Hardcore covers factors involved in hiring and training the hardcore, abstracts of the 12 volumes included in the whole, and three other documents which will give management further insight into how the employment situation looks to the man in the street. Based on his experience at KLH and Polaroid, Henry M.…

Some of the ways community action agencies (CAA) can best implement the Community Action Program Mission in rural America are suggested in this paper. Generation of new employment and other income-producing opportunities for the poor within the rural community is recommended as an area for primary focus. The strategy for economic development is…

Conclusions are presented indicating the role which public bodies, employers, trade unions, and other private groups can play in improving the employment opportunities of special groups, such as older workers, workers with family responsibilities, and workers of rural origin engaged in non-agricultural employment. Because of the increasing number…

Pertinent items having to do with national policy on hard-core unemployed and specific applications and techniques drawn from organizational experiences are identified. The compilers focused upon 1968 publications; the earliest publication date is 1964. The 41 entries are organized under the following headings: (1) Poverty in the Community and the…

The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 have the potential for a major breakthrough in all education, vocational and otherwise. The Vocational Education Act of 1963 established broadened objectives and enlarged appropriations but did not tie funds to performance. Lacking that tie, no effective leverage existed to entice federal, state and…

One of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of The American University, this book is an attempt to provide a comprehensive study of the dominant social, political, and economic aspects of Ugandan society, to present its strengths and weaknesses, and to identify the patterns of behavior characteristics of its members.…

This booklet contains a sampling of corporate programs designed to help alleviate urban social problems, and offers small and medium-sized businesses ideas for economic development programs involving the disadvantaged. Included are six hiring and recruitment programs; 15 related to dropouts, job training, and adult basic education; 14 for…

National goals in social welfare are basically concerned with translating the promise of American life into a closer approximation to reality for the aged, the dependent, the disabled, the disorganized, and the unemployed. Administering social welfare programs may create as many as 400,000 career openings in the '70's, 175,000 of which will…