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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Summary |
Minority youth unemployment is an enduring economic and social concern. This book evaluates two new initiatives for minority high school students that seek to cultivate marketable job skills. The first is an after-school program that provides experiences similar to apprenticeships, and the second emphasizes new approaches to improving job interview performance. The evaluation research has several distinct strengths. It involves a randomized controlled trial, uncommon in assessments of this issue and age group. Marketable job skills are assessed through a mock job interview developed for this research and administered by experienced human resource professionals. Mixed methods are utilized, with qualitative data shedding light on what actually happens inside the programs, and a developmental science approach situating the findings in terms of adolescent development. Beneficial for policy makers and practitioners as well as scholars, Job Skills and Minority Youth focuses on identifying the most promising tactics and addressing likely implementation issues. |
| Contents |
1. Preparing youth for work -- 2. Do youth in After School Matters have more marketable job skills? -- 3. A comparison of the strongest and the weakest apprenticeships -- 4. Which apprenticeship has the best model for scaling up? -- 5. What human resource interviewers told us about youth employability -- 6. A program for teaching youth how to do well in job interviews -- 7. Guidelines for the future -- Appendix 1: the impact of After School Matters on positive youth development, academics, and problem behavior -- Appendix 2: Northwestern mock job interview. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Universidad Sergio Arboleda. |
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Minority youth -- Employment.
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Minority youth -- Employment. |
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Minority youth. |
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Vocational qualifications.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. |
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Vocational qualifications. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hirsch, Barton Jay, 1950- Job skills and minority youth. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 9781107075009 1107075009 (DLC) 2015022582 |
| ISBN |
9781316457924 (electronic book) |
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1316457923 (electronic book) |
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9781316458402 (electronic book) |
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1316458407 (electronic book) |
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9781316456484 |
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131645648X |
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9781139871457 (ebook) |
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1139871455 |
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9781107075009 |
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1107075009 |
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9781107427709 |
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1107427703 |
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