What Employers Want [microform] : Employer Perspectives on Youth, the Youth Labor Market, and Prospects for a National System of Youth Apprenticeships. EQW Working Papers WP22 / Robert Zemsky
- Bib ID:
- 5572195
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Zemsky, Robert
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED372193
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994
- 18 p.
- Summary:
-
Employer attitudes toward youth, the youth labor market, and prospects for a national system of youth apprenticeships were studied through a survey of firms that had participated in local youth apprenticeship or cooperative education programs in seven U.S. cities and focus group discussions with small and large employers in eight U.S. communities. The studies established that the period between completing school and obtaining a good job is getting longer, the link between formal schooling and work is becoming more tenuous, and employers (especially small firms) are generally wary of any policy initiative designed to encourage the hiring and training of new workers. Employers were reluctant to initiate youth apprenticeship programs given the present labor surplus/job shortage. They generally felt that youths lack discipline, good work attitudes, and communication skills and that schools do not prepare youth for employment. Screening was employers' dominant concern regarding participation in a youth apprenticeship program. Focusing national attention on the absence of good jobs for young people and emphasizing flexibility in any policies developed were concluded to be the keys to improving the school-to-work transition. (MN)
- Notes:
-
- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: R117Q00011-91.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
-
- Apprenticeships
- Education Work Relationship
- Employer Attitudes
- Employment Potential
- Job Training
- Labor Market
- Labor Needs
- National Programs
- National Surveys
- Postsecondary Education
- Program Development
- Public Policy
- School Effectiveness
- Secondary Education
- Systems Approach
- Youth
- Youth Employment
- Youth Programs
- Other authors/contributors:
- National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce, Philadelphia, PA
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1994
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.