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Bambi Jill Fritsche – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative case study is situated in the area of educational leadership. It aims to explore possible strategies for increasing community-integrated employment for graduates of a Job Training Coordination Program at OakVeil High School. It is important to consider the lived experiences, hopes, fears, and barriers experienced from a…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Job Training, Employment Patterns
Jinhee Choi – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Renowned as a theater of the Cold War, the Korean peninsula has been divided between North Korea and South Korea over the past 70 years, with each country developing its distinctive political, economic, and cultural systems. Over the past 30 years, approximately, 33,000 North Koreans have entered South Korea, where they experience part-time and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Government Role, Job Training
Malsberry, Suzanne – ProQuest LLC, 2014
A major economic driver, the aerospace industry contributes to exports and higher wage jobs, which the United States requires to maintain robust economic health. Despite the investment in vocational educational training programs, insufficient workers have been available to aerospace companies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Job Skills, Job Training, Employment Qualifications
Diggs, Byron Kenneth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative study was designed to provide insight on the perceived transfer climate factors in the macro and micro organizational work environment that may influence an employee's willingness to transfer what was learned in a training program to the job. More specifically, the purpose of the study was to delineate descriptive patterns and…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Transfer of Training, Case Studies, Employee Attitudes
Acheampong, Philip – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this comparative study was to identify the technical skills and abilities needed by prospective employees of construction industries in Ghana and Nigeria. Potential employees were defined here as recent graduates of construction industry programs with entry-level technical skills. The continuous growth in and expansion of these two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Taghavian, Alexander H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Workforce development represents a central priority in a comprehensive effort to create wealth, industry thickening, and broad-based prosperity. From the onset of the Great Recession in 2007, the Sacramento Region experienced anemic economic growth and remained behind the nation in job creation. Contextualized in the aftermath of the economic…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Geographic Regions, Economic Factors
Cognetta, Sebastian – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study is to thoroughly examine a school district's plan for developing, implementing, and monitoring a strategic plan for adequately preparing students with twenty-first century skills or the marketable skills students will need in order to contribute to the dynamic twenty-first century workplace while meeting federal and state…
Descriptors: School Districts, Strategic Planning, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation