The Illinois Community College Board provided more than $3.3 million to community colleges during fiscal year 2007 to provide workforce and economic development services through their Business and Industry Centers. The workforce development activities conducted under this grant include customized job training on campus or on-site at a business; assisting entrepreneurs in business start-up; providing counseling and management assistance to small and medium sized business owners; helping...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Economic Development, Nontraditional Education, Community Colleges, Industry,...
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Nov 1, 2019
11/19
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Simpson, Wayne
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Topics: Economie urbaine, Chômage, Économie urbaine, Sous-emploi, Migrations alternantes, Mobilité...
The Leeds Under-Employed Graduates project was developed to assist higher education (HE) graduates living or working in Leeds, England, who encountered difficulty in establishing themselves in the local labor market. The main project activities were as follows: (1) services for graduates (including graduate career development workshops, assistance with compiling career development portfolios, provision of individual mentors, and open evenings providing peer support opportunities); (2) private...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Action Research, Adult Counseling, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Career Counseling,...
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg **************************** The Super-Exploitation of African-Americans Workers - What Needs to Be Done? with William Spriggs, chief economist of the AFL-CIO and Professor in, and former Chair of the Department of Economics at Howard University. Bill was appointed by President Obama in 2009 to serve as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy at the United States Department of Labor....
Topics: William Spriggs, unemployment, workplace discrimination, Black workers discrimination, unemployment...
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Jul 29, 2020
07/20
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Standing, Guy
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Topics: Labor supply -- Developing countries, Underemployment -- Developing countries, Unemployment --...
Research synthesized from three studies of the Finnish labor market indicates that a rapidly changing working life in Finland (and the rest of Europe) sets many different challenges for the workforce. In Finland, the population is even more aged than in the other European Union (EU) member states, and the transition of older workers to retirement is also happening, on average, faster than in other EU countries. Demand in the Finnish labor market is directed to the younger, and usually more...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Age Differences, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography, Developed...
Unemployment is the focus of this transcript of a radio series published as an electronic weekly magazine concerned with issues in education. The second of a 2-part series, this program incorporates studio interviews with Elliot Liebow, anthropologist and author of "Tally's Corner" and with William Harwood, of New Schools Exchange, who both react to a series of sound portraits of people in what could be considered "dead end" jobs. The role of schools is examined on the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Discussion, Economic Factors, Educational Radio, Employment, Employment...
A study analyzed past and present United States initiatives for promoting equal employment opportunity and wage equality for women. It was determined that, during the past 20 years, the United States Government has established the legal procedures to combat inequities in educational opportunities and employment-related practices. While these procedures have effected some improvements, the problems of occupational segregation and its resultant lower earnings for women persist. Other issues...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Affirmative Action, Agency Cooperation, Blacks, Coordination, Day Care, Economic...
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Jul 11, 2015
07/15
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Redeye Collective
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Young people are finding it hard to get good jobs. At the same time, the poverty rate for senior citzens is growing. Markus Moos explores the effects of austerity on the generational divide in this recent talk. Markus Moos teaches in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. The talk is introduced by Redeye host Jane Williams. Check out our website for more information about Redeye. Find us on Facebook and like our page for regular updates.
Topics: austerity, poverty, youth, young people, unemployment, underemployment, seniors, generational...
This study embodies three major components: (1) an extensive literature review on the topics of job-related problems of the country's disadvantaged population and the programs which the federal government and private industry have designed to help solve these problems; (2) a nationwide survey of cooperative efforts of private industry and the schools to provide job-oriented education for the disadvantaged; and (3) three seminars, one in Knoxville, Tennessee, one in Denver, Colorado and one in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Programs, Industrial Education,...
A study attempted to identify low-wage workers in the United States by providing a statistical portrait of all workers who made less than $6.25 per hour in 1993. Data for the analysis were gathered from a cross-section of the Merged Outgoing Rotation Group File--Current Population Survey (CPS) for 1993 and panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). The study found that, in 1993, 19 percent of working men and nearly 29 percent of working women made less than $6.25 per...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adults, Basic Skills, Employment Problems, Females, High School Equivalency Programs,...
Teenage unemployment is a critical manpower problem. Youth most severely affected are minority group members and those with limited education. Many barriers stand in the way of their obtaining steady jobs: lack of training and experience, job movement, child labor laws, minimum wage standards, and competition for jobs from veterans and middle-aged women. Special measures are needed, such as a different minimum wage, manpower programs, and most importantly, career-oriented education so that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Development, Career Education, Career Opportunities, Career Planning,...
Data from longitudinal school leavers' surveys in France and Ireland were compared to determine types of transition pathways leading to unsuccessful conclusions. Focus was on outcomes of the transition process for school leavers unemployed five years after leaving and for employed young people whose earnings did not allow them to be financially self-sufficient. Early labor force history analysis showed both countries had pathways characterized by quick access to stable employment and others...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Dropouts, Education Work...
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Topics: Underemployment Economic aspects United States, Unemployment Economic aspects United States,...
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Nov 4, 2016
11/16
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The Aspen Institute
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Airbnb CTO Nathan Blecharczyk tells "The Atlantic's" Derek Thompson that service-based online platforms like his restore dignity and financial health to those who are unemployed or underemployed as the country's economic conditions remain unstable. Inspired by "The Atlantic's" enduring partnership with the Aspen Institute and Aspen Ideas Festival, the fifth-annual Washington Ideas Forum gathers an audience of 600 people, including government officials, top business...
Topics: Colorado, Aspen, The Aspen Instititue, Youtube, Airbnb (Website), Blecharczyk, Nathan Blecharczyk,...
The main objective of the 1994-95 PASSAGE Newsletter project was to provide timely workplace and job skills information to Pennsylvania's adult learners, unemployed/underemployed individuals, adult educators, career counselors/trainers, and resource/training centers. The newsletter highlighted a variety of topics: classroom skills used in the workplace, employer expectations, job search strategies, growing career fields, labor market trends, and success stories. It maintained a hands-on...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Adult Students, Career Development, Career Education, Education Work...
Based on four standards of measurement, it appears that the educational systems of Western Europe fail to provide a significant equalizing influence. The four criteria are: (1) equality of educational access, (2) equality of educational participation, (3) equality of educational results, (4) and equality of educational effects on life chances. Although the distribution of education shows a universal trend toward increasing equality of educational attainments, data indicate that persons from...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Economic...
This report provides a summary of six summative evaluation studies that were implemented and completed between 1999 and 2002. The evaluations were conducted on three different streams of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy (YES). The Youth Employment Strategy was introduced by the federal government in 1997 to address employment related challenges facing youth. Fourteen federal departments and agencies together with public, private and voluntary sector partners were involved in the delivery of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Youth Employment, Underemployment, Summative Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Program...
Many have expressed concern about manpower policy and programs as instruments of social change and with the role of manpower training in easing economic downturns, inflationary pressures, and poverty. This report is offered because seven years of experience in the Training and Technology (TAT) Program located at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, have provided some cogent answers to queries concerning the "best way" to provide effective skill training to the disadvantaged. In the TAT Program, a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged,...
A literature review examined the extent to which public funds for adult basic education and the guidelines under which funding is granted are meeting the needs of the target population as delineated by law. Research was limited to adult basic education programs funded by Federal and state monies and operated through the public school systems of Ohio. The literature review indicated that the Adult Education Act was enacted to eradicate poverty by providing the undereducated, underemployed, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Economically Disadvantaged,...
This book is the first in a series of six pocket-sized books written for career changers and laid-off workers. Each book is written at a 7th- to 10th-grade reading level and contains examples, hands-on self-discovery exercises, and step-by-step advice for a successful job search. This book defines a simple strategy for success in getting a job in today's market. These five steps are covered: setting goals, gathering information, getting skilled, targeting companies, and contacting employers....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Career Change, Career Education, Goal Orientation, Job Applicants,...
This document reports on the state of employment among individuals holding doctoral degrees in science and engineering. Definition of key terms, an executive summary, discussion of trends in doctoral science and engineering unemployment, examination of factors affecting unemployment in 1993, an exploration of changes in factors affecting unemployment since 1973, and a discussion of implications for future research are included. The appendices contain further information on unemployment,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Engineers, Higher Education, Labor Economics,...
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Mar 30, 2019
03/19
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Hopkins, Mike
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xiv, 129 p. : 23 cm
Topics: Underemployment -- Colombia, Unemployment -- Colombia, Colombia -- Economic policy
The combined impact of all federally assisted manpower programs in the Atlanta area was evaluated, with emphasis on outreach, eligibility, identification of needs and abilities, and screening for course assignment. In fiscal year 1970, training was provided for 10,300 persons and job placement for 5,600, although most of the estimated 70,000 poor in the Atlanta area received no direct manpower services. Outreach and screening activities generally were adequate, except for two programs which...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged,...
An analysis based on U.S. census data of labor market opportunities for young, inexperienced college graduates (out of school less than five years) over the last three decades and projected into the next reveals significant trends. These opportunities are measured by types of jobs held and relative earnings. Comparisons of government figures on actual and projected growth in educational attainments and in employment show that during the 1960s college graduates increased their chances of finding...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level, Employment...
Public Service Employment slots can be developed in three ways: (1) by establishing a pool of jobs into which trainees can be placed; (2) by developing individualized slots for each trainee; (3) by combining the pool and individualized approaches. In terms of administrative and cost efficiency, there is little difference between the pool and the individualized approach. The pool approach has several drawbacks from the employer's standpoint: some slots may be unfilled for long periods of time;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Individual...
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Jul 16, 2013
07/13
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Livingstone, D. W
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-330) and index
Topics: College graduates, College graduates, College graduates, Labor supply, Labor supply,...
The issue of underemployment (a condition characterized by inadequate hours, inadequate income, and/or inadequate use of skills) is explored in this monograph. The methodology and vocabulary of underemployment are first examined, including a definition synthesis of hours worked, skill utilization, and compensation. The second section provides statistical measures of the incidence of underemployment for the following categories: part-time underemployed, and populations at risk--farmworkers,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Agricultural Laborers, Automation, Career Development, College...
Several simulations of population, income, and employment in rural and urban America during 1970-2000 were made based on alternative assumptions. The assumptions entailed implementation of certain policies that might effect a more equal rural-urban balance by the year 2000, in addition to a continuation of current trends. If basic trends continue, rural outmigration would probably stop or reverse itself shortly after the year 2000, primarily because the gap between the incomes of rural and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Income, Labor Force, Labor...
This instructional guide, one of a series developed by the Technical Education Advancement Modules (TEAM) project, is a 16-hour introduction to plant floor operations. The guide is designed to develop the following competencies: (1) understanding the characteristics and components of personal computer (PC) networks; (2) computer networking operations; (3) workstation interconnection (PC network topologies); and (4) transmission media. The module is intended to upgrade basic technical...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs,...
The report provides a detailed review of the seven and one-half year Mississippi Labor Mobility Project, STAR, Inc., whose operations and research concerned the utility and feasibility of subsidizing worker relocation assistance to the unemployed/underemployed poor for the purposes of improving their economic and social opportunities. Almost 2,500 individuals and their families, at a cost of $2.2 million, were moved from areas of very limited employment opportunities to areas of expanding...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Employment...
Adult education and the economic development of the countries of Asia and the Pacific was discussed at a UNESCO conference held in Bangkok in November-December, 1980. The conference was opened by Raja Roy Singh, who emphasized the crucial significance of adult education in national development. He said that development is no longer construed only in economic terms but is increasingly seen also in the light of political, moral, social, and cultural advancement. Conference delegates discussed the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy,...
Females who were poor outnumbered males by more than four million in 1975. The 15 million females living in poverty accounted for three out of five persons (fifty-eight percent) who were poor in the United States. Advance data for 1976 indicate that more than ten million women aged sixteen and over had low incomes, and that these women accounted for nearly two out of three poor persons. About one-third of all families headed by women were poor (median income: $2,926)--more than five times the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Employment Statistics, Family Characteristics,...
This congressional report contains testimony dealing with on-the-job and apprenticeship training programs. More specifically, the testimony focused on the employment problems, educational and training needs, and programs available to assist unemployed as well as underemployed Vietnam era veterans. Included among those agencies and organizations represented at the hearing were the following: the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Department of Labor, the Veterans'...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Apprenticeships, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Federal...
Job displacement represents a serious labor market problem affecting a broad spectrum of the labor force. A study used data from the January 1984 Displaced Worker Survey, a supplement to the Current Population Survey, which analyzed patterns of job displacement, the post-displacement reemployment, and earnings experience of displaced workers. The study sample was limited to 9.5 million workers 21 to 60 years of age, formally employed in full-time jobs. Using econometric models of reemployment...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adults, Dislocated Workers, Economic Factors, Educational Status Comparison,...
This is a report on 18 months of work done in an experimental and demonstration project designed to develop ways to meet in-plant skill needs by upgrading the job skills of entry level (mostly minority group) workers and by improving capacity for better employee-supervisor relationships. Project activity took place in three cities--Newark, Baltimore, and Cleveland. Overall coordination was performed by Skill Achievement Institute, a group of manpower specialists who had cooperated on a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Employers, Entry...
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Jul 4, 2020
07/20
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Taggart, Robert, 1945-
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Topics: Poor -- Employment -- United States -- Statistical methods, Unemployment -- United States,...
The Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ has conducted two studies on the racial and sexual composition of public television employees: first, an analysis of the 1971 and 1972 Annual Employment Reports filed by most of the public broadcasting licensees, and second, an analysis of the racial and sexual composition of the boards of directors of 31 public television stations. The report describes the results of these analyses and concludes that public television station licensees...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Broadcast Television, Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns,...
A study was conducted to gain a better understanding of problems facing limited resource families, specifically residents of four public housing communities. A needs assessment was developed and administered by a resident team from the housing communities. Through a systematic sampling technique, 100 households were selected from a target population of 500 households in 4 public housing communities in Cabell County, West Virginia. Sixty-three households responded. They reported that the most...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Crime, Crime Prevention, Drug Abuse, Economically...
This statewide study concerning salary supplementing activities of Arkansas public school teachers is based on a sample of approximately 1,500 teachers who completed a 33-item questionnaire. Foremost among the concerns of the researchers were such topics as: (1) How many teachers are working outside the field? (2) How much time is spent in these extra activities? (3) What kinds of activities are teachers involved in; and (4) Why do teachers hold a part-time job? Respondents were primarily...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Market, Low Income States, Multiple Employment,...
Of the 19 projects conducted as part of the Defense Conversion Adjustment (DCA) Demonstration administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Work-Based Learning, 8 tested the worker mobility approach. The projects, which shared the common goal of helping dislocated defense workers find high-quality jobs, tested one or more of the following strategies: service to increase employability, training for specific occupations, and support for new business start-ups or "spinoffs."...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Planning, Cooperative Planning, Delivery...
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Jan 11, 2021
01/21
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Dooley, David, 1943-
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ix, 274 p. : 24 cm
Topics: Underemployment, Underemployment -- Health aspects, Underemployment -- Psychological aspects
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xi, 165 p. : 24 cm
Topics: Employment subsidies -- Developed countries, Underemployment -- Developed countries, Wages and...
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Jan 7, 2020
01/20
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Clogg, Clifford C., author
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xiii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld, Underemployment -- United States...
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Jun 28, 2020
06/20
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Sheets, Robert G
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xii, 185 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Underemployment -- United States, Service industries workers -- United States, Metropolitan areas...
A study analyzed the extent to which escape from or entry into low-wage status among adult workers is associated with changes in employers and their characteristics. The research used a database that consisted of quarterly establishment records of the employment earnings of almost all individuals (11,207,031) who worked in Illinois from the first quarter of 1990 to the third quarter of 1998. Unemployment insurance and administrative records helped provide limited demographic data. The results,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adults, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Experience, Employment Level,...
Canadians' employment and working patterns were examined by analyzing the 1998 survey called New Approaches to Lifelong Learning and other recent surveys by Statistics Canada. "Work" was defined as comprising household labor, community volunteer activities, and paid employment, and "learning" was defined as comprising informal learning activities, initial formal schooling, and adult education courses and programs. The data indicated that Canadian adults generally spent as...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Data Analysis, Definitions, Economic Change,...
A followup study collected employment data from masters and post-masters degree holders from the Department of Instructional Systems, Leadership, and Workforce Development, Mississippi State University, between 1996-2000. Data from 123 questionnaires were analyzed using percentages, means, correlation statistics, analysis of variance, and multivariate analysis. Findings revealed the majority of respondents had full-time jobs; they had positive attitudes toward their jobs; 65 percent of women...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Education Work Relationship, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Graduate Study,...
The way resources are deployed to educate Americans will affect, as never before, productivity, the economy, and the quality of life. To maintain the present standard of living, Americans will be dependent on a continuous infusion of scientific breakthroughs and productivity-enhancing technology. Periodic upgrading of skills will be a necessity for more and more workers. Of the three types of post-high school education--liberal, professional, and vocational--the most pressing need exists for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Vocational Education, Economic Progress, Economics, Industry, Job Training,...
Multi-year applied research studied operations and outcomes of six employment initiatives that developed industry-based approaches to workforce development. Findings from the longitudinal survey of 732 individuals indicated participants in sectoral programs improved their position within local labor markets; increased wages, hours worked, and overall income; and received improved benefits. Factors contributing to effective industry-based training for program participants were designing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Economic Impact, Education Work Relationship,...
