| Job Skills and Minority Youth: New Program Directions Contributor(s): Hirsch, Barton J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107075009 ISBN-13: 9781107075009 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Careers - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Psychology | Developmental - General |
| Dewey: 331.346 |
| LCCN: 2015022582 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 situates 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hirsch, Barton J.: - Barton J. Hirsch is Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at Northwestern University, Illinois. He has written two previous books on youth programs, A Place to Call Home: After-School Programs for Urban Youth and After-School Centers and Youth Development: Case Studies of Success and Failure (with Nancy L. Deutsch and David L. DuBois), which both received the Social Policy Award for Best Authored Book from the Society for Research on Adolescence. |