Proposes the following empowerment objectives be used for placing individuals with visual impairments in jobs: compensation and benefits package, proximity to community, ethics and respect for human dignity, self-fulfilling opportunities, physical and emotional safety, sense of belonging, and opportunities for personal improvement and upward…

Analysis of data from the 1994/95 Disability Supplements of the National Health Interview Survey found adults with mental retardation who have received vocational services differed from others with disabilities in that they have a different population profile, receive different types of services, experience similar levels of satisfaction, and have…

Suggests that partnerships between high schools and private high-tech companies are one way to ensure that students are learning skills that are relevant to today's workplace. Provides examples of partnerships that are working together to train tomorrow's technical work force. (JOW)

The German dual system, integrating classwork and real work activities, tends to result in high placement rates in training-related jobs and low future unemployment. Graduates working in jobs unrelated to training were substantially less likely ever to have a job using their training. (SK)

To examine the situation in the Russian labor market and the extent to which college graduates met the requirements of employers, a survey of 382 experts was carried out in November and December 2000. Of that number, 196 were administrators of enterprises of the traditional or state type (Group A), 136 were administrators of enterprises of the…

This qualitative study investigates the career placement concerns of international graduate students returning to their home countries, heading to other countries, or remaining in the United States after their education. Using a phenomenological framework, structured interviews were conducted with 24 participants (i.e., 18 international students,…

This paper analyses polytechnic graduate placement in Finnish manufacturing. The paper uses a register-based data source covering white-collar manufacturing workers over the period 1995-2004. Taken together, the results show that wages and job classification are higher for polytechnic graduates, once other covariates are controlled for. Despite…

This article examines the employment and child care responses of families participating in 10 experimental welfare reform programs conducted in the United States between 1989 and 2002. For the programs analyzed, child care use increases by about the same amount as the increase in employment. Most of the increased child care comprises informal care…

Following an integrative model that shows the complex connections of recruitment, retention, and placement, this final paper in a three-part series explores the demanding endeavor of placing geography graduates into rewarding professional careers. Employment markets will continue to be robust for geography graduates, particularly for those with…

In 1988, the State Legislature created the New Mexico Cooperative Program to develop and expand cooperative education (co-op) programs. The Commission on Higher Education (CHE) was designated to help institutions establish and expand programs and collect information. For reporting purposes, CHE required that, in order to be considered co-op, work…

In 1991, survey questionnaires were completed by College Placement Council college members in a study assessing the status of career planning and placement activities. This document contains tables and open-ended responses to selected questions given by a representative sample of liberal arts schools (N=94). Seventeen data tables provide…

In 1991, survey questionnaires were completed by College Placement Council college members in a study assessing the status of career planning and placement activities. This document contains tables and open-ended responses to selected questions given by a representative sample of schools of engineering or schools with primarily technical curricula…

Every year, the School of Library Science and Instructional Technology at Southern Connecticut State University conducts a placement and salary survey of its graduates. The data collected become part of a national survey, and are also published by the school in a research bulletin to provide summaries of the research to the professional community.…

The American Vocational Association's Guidance Division Interest Group on Placement and Development's past three years' activities are summarized; placement services should be cooperative and comprehensive, relative to an employment region, and eliminate multiple employer contacts. A new national model, "Placement Services Training Curriculum…

Graduation and summer jobs are around the corner. Have you students prepare themselves for a job through knowledge of the application form and its varied questions. (Author)