ERIC Number: ED325636
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988
Pages: 46
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JTP Ohio Employer Attitudes and Opinions and Employer-Employee Agreement Regarding Work History.
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; Smythe, John
A two-part survey of Ohio employers of JTP (Job Training Partnership) Ohio Title IIA participants asked 497 employers about: (1) their attitudes and opinions toward JTP Ohio and their participation in JTP programs (272 responses) and (2) employment and earning data for Title IIA participants who worked in the firm after ending their JTP training (326 responses). Analysis of the data found that, overall, the employers hold a moderately favorable opinion of JTP and JTP participants as employees. Nearly 52 percent of the employers would be "very likely" and 35 percent would be "somewhat likely" to continue hiring JTP trainees. Employers also said that JTP trainees are a good source of skilled labor and that the benefits of participation in the program outweighed the costs. On the other hand, employers believed that JTP participants are below average in mathematics skills and they need more on the job training and more supervision than nonparticipants. The most important reasons for employer participation in JTP are wage subsidy and lowered recruitment costs. Part two of the study was a survey of 4,012 completers of JTP Ohio training programs. There were many discrepancies between employee- and employer-reported data on employment dates, wages, and reasons for job leaving. Recommendations were made to enhance the job program and to improve data recording instruments. The employer and employee survey instruments are appended. (KC)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
Sponsor: Ohio State Bureau of Employment Services, Columbus.
Authoring Institution: Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education.
Identifiers - Location: Ohio
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Job Training Partnership Act 1982
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