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Connecticut State Dept. of Public Welfare, Hartford. – 1968
The project was an effort to relocate unemployed and underemployed persons, predominantly Negroes and Puerto Ricans, from the ghetto to the suburbs to learn whether job finding assistance, counseling and relocation could enable families with an able-bodied wage earner to get off welfare rolls. (NTIS)
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Counseling, Job Training, Mobility
Ruesink, David C.; And Others – 1968
Two papers are presented which were given before the Social Science Section of the 1968 Annual Conference of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The first paper reports on the results of a research effort designed to identify factors associated with successful relocation of people from a rural or small community environment into large,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agricultural Laborers, Community Characteristics, Community Leaders
McElroy, Kathleen Mary – 1974
The labor mobility demonstration project attempted to increase the geographic mobility of a population characterized by low previous mobility and low mobility potential--black and white workers, either unemployed or newly trained (Manpower Development Training Act) from central Alabama. The complexity of the recruitment and selection task, and…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Demonstration Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Employment Opportunities
Sellin, Burkart – 1991
The Council of the European Communities (EC) has passed a number of decisions related to the creation of a labor market for skilled workers and to the facilitation of their free movement in a merging Europe. The establishment of comparability of vocational training qualifications is seen as a first step toward achieving the mutual recognition of…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, International Communication
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Berlin (Germany). – 1994
A study evaluated the use of comparability of vocational training qualifications by both employers and workers in the European Community. The appropriate equivalences (joint description and comparative survey of vocational training qualifications) had been published for 16 of a total of 19 sectors or occupational groups. All Euroadvisers (n=240)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Employment Counselors, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries
Jones, Hywel Ceri – 1992
A frontier-free European Community (EC) has been created in which goods, capital, services, and people move freely across national frontiers. The issue of mobility is especially important for young people eager to exploit the opportunities opened up and for teachers and trainers in the educational field. A European dimension is now a necessary…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Planning, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries
Stone, Charles F.; Sawhill, Isabel V. – 1986
A study analyzed how trade has affected and was likely to affect the economy along three dimensions: (1) the employment shifts occurring during the years 1972-1984; (2) the outlook for employment projected to 1990 under four different scenarios; and (3) issues related to displaced workers. Increased international trade was found to have been…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Career Change, Dislocated Workers