Ties to community help offenders find jobs, regain place in society. (Editor)

A Denver job clinic which brought together employers and 4,000 veterans is described. (BH)

Projects with Industry is a national network of more than 5,000 private corporations, trade associations, labor unions, rehabilitation facilities, and small businesses that are bringing to the field of rehabilitation a whole new set of operating rules based on business technology and marketing techniques. (Available from W. C. Publications Inc.,…

As hypothesized, placement of mentally retarded adult workers into competitive employment was predicted by participant's work behavior and job skills, ability to meet job requirements, and the presence of reinforcements within the employment setting. (CL)

Examines the job market for journalism graduates, concluding that jobs are available if graduates will settle for starting at a smaller paper for scaled-down salaries. (HTH)

Describes successful career guidance and job placement model employed by a Utah Job Training Partnership Act program that is distinguished by the unusually synergistic nature of its organizational system. Explains how the program functions smoothly, in part, because of adherence to various principles of the general systems theory model of…

Dwayne Ashley, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), is an unruffled perfectionist who is never satisfied with the status quo. When a challenge presents itself, Ashley eagerly seeks out a solution. His motto: find a way or make one. This article describes Ashley's solution when he discovered that corporate America was not…

Several questions were investigated regarding the placement rates of counseled and uncounseled employment security applicants. In general, as the number of counseling interviews increased there was a corresponding increase in the placement rate. (Author)

Employment and salary statistics are tabulated for 1973 graduates of library schools accredited by the American Library Association. (LS)

Contains tables.

A study was made to establish baseline statistics on vocational placement with 1,139 handicapped adults, who were discharged from vocational training at the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Center. (DLS)

Describes the employers participating in a large university co-op program. Provides information about the interaction of certain employer characteristics with aspects of their co-op participation, based upon a survey of all employers of co-op students at the University of Waterloo. (JOW)

A national demonstration project, Training and Placement Service, has placed more than 6,500 people with epilepsy in jobs. The approach features support by local affiliates of the Epilepsy Foundation of America, job preparation, technical training, and employer cooperation. (CL)

To establish and maintain community-based vocational training sites for moderately and severely handicapped students, trainers should emphasize intrapersonal skills with clients and employees as well as instructional skills to teach needed competencies. (CL)