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Alic, John A.; Harris, Martha Caldwell – Monthly Labor Review, 1986
Semiskilled and "unskilled" workers in semiconductors, computer manufacturing, and consumer electronics industries are more likely than other workers to lose jobs because of technology, imports, and offshore production. However, advances in technology do tend to create jobs for skilled workers. (CT)
Descriptors: Electronics, Employment Patterns, Job Development, Job Skills
Rice, Wandalyn – Executive Educator, 1984
Successful programs developed to help laid-off teachers find new jobs are described. (MD)
Descriptors: Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Development, Job Layoff
Nisberg, Jay N. – Personnel Journal, 1976
Deficiencies in job performance are not always due to a lack of knowledge, but frequently are the result of not knowing proper procedures and methods to get the job done. Recognizing the difference between deficiency in knowledge and deficiency in skills is the key to improving performance without training. (Editor)
Descriptors: Job Analysis, Job Development, Job Enrichment, Performance Factors
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Valentine, Ivan E.; And Others – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1976
Delineates a model systems approach for job development placement services intended to show how a specialist may program his annual work load through the use of the Performance and Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) Chart. (TA)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Employment Counselors, Job Development, Job Placement
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Dash, Edward F. – Community Education Journal, 1974
Describes ideas and activities to facilitate group self-relevant data sharing presented at a Colorado community education conference of community school leaders and administrators. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Education, Conferences, Group Discussion
DePass, Rudolph; Edwards, Clark – Rural Manpower Developments, 1972
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Development, Employment Patterns, Job Development
Kutie, Rita C. – Journal of Business Education, 1982
Business educators can guide potentially successful people into office occupations by being familiar with job design, job satisfaction, and clerical aptitudes. Teachers can also play a role in the development of satisfying office jobs and of personal selection criteria. (SK)
Descriptors: Automation, Business Education Teachers, Job Development, Job Satisfaction
Lee, Chris; Zemke, Ron – Training, 1983
The real retraining of the American work force will not come about through massive, federally operated job training programs. It will come about only when employers are able to look forward to a promising economic future that requires highly trained and motivated employees and that offers real jobs. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Job Development, Labor Force Development, Reentry Workers
Bruno, Sergio – Vocational Training Bulletin, 1982
Subjecting vocational training to economic analysis, the author points to the high degree of uncertainty affecting employment and training policies, and urges that economists attempt to integrate their analyses with specific knowledge of the realities of the labor market. (Availability: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities,…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Economic Progress, Educational Economics, Job Development
Horton, Forest Woody, Jr. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1982
Considers the role of "information counselors" in the rapidly changing information environment, contrasting the functions performed by information counselors with those normally performed by information managers and librarians. The factors which are leading toward the development of a new profession are thoroughly reviewed. (JL)
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Scientists, Information Services, Job Development
Huddleston, Kenneth F. – VocEd, 1982
The author discusses job redesign and employee participation as two management practices that need to be developed and utilized. Also examines skills needed by workers, supervisors, and lower-level middle management for which colleges and technical institutions could deliver training. (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Communication Skills, Employee Responsibility, Higher Education
Notowitz, Carol – School Library Journal, 1982
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of job-sharing as an alternative to part-time employment in libraries and describes a job-sharing experiment at the Parson Branch of the Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County. Six references are included. (CHC)
Descriptors: Job Development, Job Layoff, Job Satisfaction, Library Administration
Slocum, John W., Jr. – Journal of Experiential Learning and Simulation, 1981
Briefly reviews the salient concepts in the job redesign literature and describes an exercise which permits the reader to undertake a job redesign program. Actual company data are provided that indicate the effectiveness of the company's strategy. Sixteen references are listed. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Insurance Occupations, Job Analysis, Job Development
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Aislabie, C. J. – International Labour Review, 1980
Relates temporary employment subsidies (TES) to other forms of assistance to industry and examines the three main classes of TES that have been developed: those concerned with job retention, job creation, and investment inducements. Considers possible limitations in TES use and discusses the economic rationales advanced for them. (CT)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Financial Support, Incentive Grants, Investment
Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Describes the history of the Al-Ind-Esk-A Sea, a floating fish processing factory representing a major hope for the economic independence of Alaska Natives residing outside the state. Discusses employment practices in effect on the ship. Notes interesting facts about the ship's engines and fittings. (SB)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Economic Development, Employment Practices, Employment Programs
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