A pilot project was designed to test the efficacy of profiling welfare recipients and referring them to welfare-to-work services targeted toward their specific work histories and skills. The general framework of Michigan's Work First program was used to illustrate how profiling can be designed and administered. A profiling model was proposed that uses the personal and work history information provided by welfare recipients during their enrollment interviews to identify those who are most likely to find jobs with minimal (if any) intervention. Among the items included in the model were level of educational attainment, prior employment, and noncompliance with program regulations. The model's predictive validity was tested by using it to estimate the 90-day employment of 1,546 welfare-to-work clients who were divided into 50 groups of approximately 30 individuals each. Overall, the model classified 66.24% of cases correctly. The model's predictive power proved comparable to that of Michigan's Unemployment Insurance profiling model and consistent with previous studies on welfare recipients' propensity to leave welfare and maintain employment. (A total of 22 tables/figures are included. Appended are an example of a statistical profiling model using national survey data and 10 additional tables/figures.) (MN)