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Sleezer, Catherine M.; Gularte, Mary Anne; Waldner, Louann; Cook, Juli – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2004
The workforce development literature contains little scholarly work on how organizations in a community work together to develop a high-skilled workforce. This exploratory case study examined business and higher education partnerships that were instrumental in creating such an educational infrastructure for information technology in Tulsa,…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Labor Force Development, Skilled Workers, Information Technology
Lisack, J. P.; Shell, Kevin D. – 1988
A survey of 379 Elkhart County, Indiana, employers was conducted to determine the local labor force situation. Replies received from 141 employers were analyzed, with the following findings reported: (1) more than 520 job openings existed for unskilled, entry-level jobs, but employers were having trouble filling them because candidates were poorly…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
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Appelbaum, Eileen; Koppel, Ross – 1978
Information based on a longitudinal study indicates that white high school and college graduates earn more than white high school dropouts and that black high school graduates earn more than black high school dropouts. However, the base for the two groups is not the same and the prestige jobs available to each is different. Also, the long-run…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Employment, Educational Research, Employment Opportunities
Hunter, Woodrow W. – 1965
A comparison was made of attitudes toward retirement and readiness for it among hourly-rated older automobile workers in the United States and those in Great Britain. Tables show both similarities and differences in their general characteristics, permitting tentative comparisons. Americans viewed retirement more positively, found their jobs more…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitudes, Comparative Education
Seymour, W. Douglas – 1968
Written primarily for British industrial managers, supervisors, and instructors, this guide to the use of skills analysis training is based on what an experienced worker does and precisely how he does it. The principles, scope, and benefits of skills analysis training are explained, followed by a discussion of practice, feedback, transfer of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Legislation, Guides, Industrial Training
Kay, Evelyn R. – 1968
Techniques are described in detail for estimating current levels of skilled manpower. Specifically, the techniques facilitate obtaining an occupational composition pattern for each economic activity, that is, a count of the number employed in each occupation or occupational group in the current, or base, year. The techniques are: (1) clarify the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classification, Developing Nations, Information Seeking
Harris, Norman C. – 1970
This paper addresses itself to the problem of long-term manpower development in Thailand. Relevant research studies are discussed in the introduction and the thesis of this report is stated: namely, that for Southeast Asia and developing nations in general, middle manpower development, and the kinds of educational institutions needed for such…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Higher Education
EPI-HAB Phoenix, Inc., AZ. – 1971
A demonstration project (1958-1961) was conducted to establish that a self-sustaining workshop for epileptics can maintain itself competitively and be a viable rehabilitative setting for the epileptic midway between one employable in private industry and one employable only in a sheltered workshop. An EPI-HAB project in Phoenix, Arizona,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment Potential, Epilepsy
Winkler, Anthony J.; Thompson, Paul D. – 1971
More complete information is needed to determine the extent of utilization in the civilian economy of skills developed during military service. Post-service occupation data have been obtained through a questionnaire mailed ten months after separation to each first-term Air Force enlisted man separated between 1 July 1968 and 31 March 1970. As of…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Career Opportunities, Enlisted Personnel, Job Skills
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1962
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1966
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
DILLON, ROY D.; AND OTHERS – 1966
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES NEEDED BY NONFARM WORKERS IN THE APPALACHIA REGIONS OF KENTUCKY AND OHIO WERE IDENTIFIED AND COMPILED. SPECIAL EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON DETERMING THE POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUMS NEEDED TO PREPARE WORKERS IN AGRICULTURAL, TECHNICIAN-LEVEL OCCUPATIONS. SOME GENERAL CONCLUSIONS DERIVED…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Job Skills
Hula, Vicky – Florida Vocational Journal, 1978
Training to provide skilled workers for a large corporation's power plant to be built in Manatee County, Florida, is being planned in area vocational schools and community colleges in collaboration with the corporation. Several photographs illustrate the type of generator, turbine, and other equipment that will be involved in the plant's…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Industry, Labor Market, Machine Tool Operators
Zabeck, Jurgen – Western European Education, 1988
Reports on a remedial occupational training program concerned with helping non-German adolescents with limited German language skills and deficient general schooling obtain skilled jobs. Concludes that the outcomes are encouraging. (GEA)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Social and Labour Bulletin, 1983
A series of articles discusses employment issues in various countries: youth employment, reduced working hours and wage cuts, dislocated workers, government employment policies, and job creation. (SK)
Descriptors: Disarmament, Dislocated Workers, International Trade, Job Development
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