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Horowitz, Morris A. – 1968
The purpose of this project was to demonstrate that individualized intensive services through the use of special diagnostic techniques remedial services and intensive job development would increase the employability of professional job applicants not otherwise readily competitive in today's job market. Procedures were developed for the selection…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Demonstration Programs, Diagnostic Tests, Job Development
John F. Kennedy Family Service Center, Inc., Charlestown, MA. – 1969
The John F. Kennedy Family Service Center in Boston operated a 3-year experimental project to provide assistance to "hard core" unemployed senior citizens. The participants in the program were interviewed and tested to ascertain their abilities and interests. Vocational counselors then contacted employers to arrange for job interviews…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Job Development, Older Adults, Older Workers
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Shaughnessy, Thomas W. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1978
This examination of technological change and its impact on library jobs explains from the historical perspective how technology absorbed much routine work and created the potential for more challenging jobs. Factors to be considered in redesigning jobs to accommodate both technological innovation and human values are discussed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Administration, Guidelines, History, Job Development
Appalachia, 1986
Aimed at stimulating new jobs in Appalachia, especially through creation/expansion of small businesses, the 1986 workshop attracted 200 participants from throughout the region, including state and local officials and community and business leaders. Workshops addressed new developments in capital opportunities, market development strategies,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Innovation, Job Development, Marketing
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Preece, David A. – Employee Relations, 1987
This case study illustrates how a newspaper's management introduced major technological changes into the operation, focusing on job redesign. The focus is on motivation. (CH)
Descriptors: Career Change, Change Strategies, Job Development, Productivity
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Latack, Janina C.; Foster, Lawrence W. – Personnel Psychology, 1985
Analyzes the effects of an implementation of a three-day/thirty-eight hour (3/38) work schedule among information systems personnel (N=84). Data showed that 18 months after implementation, 3/38 employees still strongly favor the compressed schedule. Data also suggest substantial organizational payoffs including reductions in sick time, overtime,…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employees, Flexible Working Hours, Job Development
Taylor, Howard T., Jr. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1973
Briefly describes a liaison program a community college maintains with local employers to enlarge options for its students in a practical way. (CJ)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Opportunities, Job Development, Military Personnel
Wilkinson, Roderick – Training Officer, 1973
Author stresses the merits of free enterprise to encourage more undergraduate students to enter business professions. (GB)
Descriptors: Administrators, Business Education, Business Skills, Employment Opportunities
Cheney, Truman M.; Kish, George B. – Vocat Guidance Quart, 1970
Specific procedures and recommendations are presented to facilitate the progress of patients within the hospital and then out into the community. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Hospitals, Job Development
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Davis, J. Rodney – Peabody Journal of Education, 1972
Author is concerned about the role of work in a technological society; the schools must follow the lead of field teachers in making an appropriate shift in the school from learning to work and to learning outside the school." (Author/SP)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Field Instruction, Job Development, Job Satisfaction
Kirbride, Joe B. – Manpower, 1970
A federally sponsored program coordinated by the AFL-CIO Appalachian Council to aid the disadvantaged and unemployed in locating jobs. Job development and on-the-job training are both an integral part of the program. (BC)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Job Development, Job Placement
Huber, George P.; Ullman, Joseph C. – Manpower, 1970
Describes the development of a widespread system of job banks and several trial computerized matching systems as a basis for a future national matching network of job opennings and applicants. (BH)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Disadvantaged, Information Networks, Job Development
Molnar, Andrew R.; Babb, Patricia W. – Appalachia, 1982
It is evident that the economy, science, education, and the computer are interdependent and closely related. The key to success, given interdependence, lies in adopting new educational methods that make computers an integral part of the learning process from kindergarten through the university, so that computers are used daily. (Author/BRR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Demand Occupations, Economic Factors
Hester, Edward L. – Thrust: The Journal for Employment and Training Professionals, 1982
Summarizes some of the uses that local Private Industry Councils (PICs) have found for their employment generating resources from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Includes suggestions on how local leaders can involve PICs in the solution of employment and development problems. (SK)
Descriptors: Business, Community Involvement, Economic Development, Employment Programs
Tessaring, Manfred – Vocational Training Bulletin, 1982
Examines the question of whether or not training can reduce the risk of unemployment. Also considers whether an expanded educational system can improve the employment market and accelerate economic growth. (Availability: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 5, rue du Commerce, L-2985, Luxembourg.) (SK)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Economics, Job Development, Teacher Supply and Demand
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