An example is cited of a disadvantaged worker helped by the Manpower Administration's Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) program who has progressed from trainee as a grocery clerk to training instructor for a grocery chain and is now completing his college education with the grocery chain's help. (SA)

Effects of followup services (number of clients still employed at placements and employee retention rate) on 234 disadvantaged manpower program participants were studied in an eastern metropolitan Concentrated Employment Program. An organizational team approach (fellow employee, supervisor, and personnel manager) is proposed as a supportive…

Most Manpower educators will be attracted to the last paragraph where the author offers an evaluation model on request. (Editor)

Explains features of this year's revised JOBS contracts and cites implications for organizations and trainees. (Editor)

An overview of manpower development and its problems in South Africa. (AN)

This article contends that where meaningful employment is coupled with education, that retention and successful course completion are much higher. (Editor)

Vocational training conducted by and for industry. (Editor)

This article appears in Manpower Research Visibility, a supplement to American Vocational Journal. (MU)

Study results indicate that male dropout is not likely to return to school, while the female dropout is more likely to return to school and graduate. Counselors need to become more aware of the wide array of training programs available and to communicate this knowledge to potential and actual dropouts. (Author)

Excerpts from text of address at 1971 annual meeting of the American Vocational Association. (Editor/MU)

Manpower programs have not moved large groups of people up the occupational ladder but have placed the disadvantaged into entry level jobs and such government programs as the Manpower Development and Training Act have offered little on the job training. (BC)