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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED167227 AUTHOR: Mehallis, Mantha Vlahos
TITLE: Broward County Employers' Training Needs Assessment.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 241 p.
ABSTRACT: An assessment of the training needs of Broward
County, Florida, employers was conducted: (1) to determine
the existing training needs of large businesses, industrial
firms, and local units of government; (2) to determine
which
educational agencies in the county could fulfill these
needs; and (3) to inform the companies of the results in
order to begin planning for needed programs. From the 830
employers who had 50 or more employees, a stratified random
sample of 400 employers responded to questionnaire
interviews. Variables studied included: geographical area,
company type (occupational category), employee qualities,
types of positions or job categories (current numbers
employed in each and one-, two-, and five-year
projections),
recruitment, current training, identified training needs,
incentives, interest in training programs, employment of
handicapped, and affirmative action plans. Findings
indicated numerous training needs, primarily in the medical
and industrial fields. Many of the programs currently
offered needed to focus on job-entry competencies, and in
other areas supplemental training was needed to upgrade
and/or retrain present employees. In still other areas, no
training was available. A literature review and survey
methodology are discussed. Appendices contain the
questionnaire and other occupational information.
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KEY DESCRIPTORS: Community-Colleges;
Curriculum-Development;
Employment-Opportunities; Employment-Patterns; Labor-Needs;
Needs-Assessment; Personnel-Selection; Questionnaires-;
Surveys-; Vocational-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Educational-Needs; *Employer-Attitudes;
*Job-Training; *School-Business-Relationship; *Two-Year
Colleges
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