Employment Goals Research Articles

Using Intervention Mapping to Develop an Education and Career Support Service for Adolescents and Young Adults Diagnosed with Cancer: Identification of the Contextual Factors That Influence Participation in Education and Employment.

Simple SummaryQuality of life for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) is driven by their participation in education and employment. This participation is disrupted for AYAs diagnosed with cancer. There is limited available information on factors that impact participation in education and employment, as well as limited access to evidence-based services. This paper presents the results from the first step in developing an education and career support service for AYAs diagnosed with cancer using Intervention Mapping. Information was collected and combined from a literature review, survey of AYAs, and feedback from a planning group. Factors found to impact AYAs’ participation in education or employment were categorised under AYA behaviours, environmental conditions, health and demographic factors, and internal factors. This information will guide the development of an education and career support service for AYAs diagnosed with cancer, with the aim of improving quality of life.Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) diagnosed with cancer experience disrupted engagement in education and employment, which can have profound and long-term impacts on their quality of life. It is therefore vital to offer AYAs access to tailored, evidence-based services to help them to achieve their education and employment goals. However, few such services exist for this population. This paper presents the results from the first step in developing an education and career support service for AYAs diagnosed with cancer using Intervention Mapping. This first step involved developing a logic model that describes the influences of health and demographic factors, individual determinants, behaviours, and environmental conditions on AYA participation in education or employment. The logic model was developed by integrating data from an integrative literature review; cross-sectional survey of AYA clients of a community-based organisation; and feedback from a planning group of stakeholders. It is a valuable framework that will be used to direct the focus of the education and career support service for AYAs diagnosed with cancer. More broadly, the logic model has implications for guiding clinical, service, research, and policy improvements for AYA education, employment, and career support, with the aim of improving AYA quality of life.

"The Last Thing You Have to Worry About": A Thematic Analysis of Employment Challenges Faced by Cancer Survivors.

The evidence base for interventions that support the employment goals of cancer survivors is growing but inconclusive. As the first step in initiating a community-engaged program of research aimed at developing and testing interventions to support the employment goals of cancer survivors, 23 cancer survivors, 17 healthcare providers, and 5 employers participated in individual interviews to elicit perceptions regarding local challenges and resources related to work maintenance and optimization within the context of cancer treatment. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. A thematic analysis was conducted to identify cross-cutting experiences that were voiced by all three types of participants. Three themes were found in the data: (1) the onus for identifying and articulating work-related issues is upon the cancer survivor; (2) the main support offered to cancer survivors involved time away from work and flexibility with scheduling work and treatment activities; and (3) participants voiced a lack of information regarding one or more aspects related to supporting employment goals of cancer survivors. Supportive resources designed for cancer survivors, employers, and/or healthcare providers are needed to help cancer survivors optimize their employment situations.

Skills Associated With Job Retention Among Persons With Visual Impairments

Introduction: The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 reinforced the state federal vocational rehabilitation program's commitment to job retention and career advancement for persons with disabilities. We continue to have limited information about what job-related skills are most helpful to persons with visual impairments in retaining or advancing in employment. Method: Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to investigate the association between current employment status and skills among persons with visual impairments who had a competitive employment history. Data were from a national volunteer survey of persons with visual impairments born between 1950 and 1991. Snowball sampling methods generated the sample. Results: Persons with professional licensure or certificates were more than twice as likely to be employed as those who did not possess these qualifications. Employed participants were less likely to need job-related training to find or keep a job. Discussion: Though additional research to explore the relationships between skills and employment is indicated, persons with visual impairments should be encouraged to explore and pursue job skills training and professional licensure or certification in fields compatible with their career goals. Implications for Practitioners: Even persons with a work history may need additional job skills training to continue employment. Professional licensure or certification may be of value in obtaining employment, but persons with visual impairments may need support to obtain those credentials. Careful career planning to promote positive employment outcomes should include research about the credentials associated with employment goals.

Employers: influencing disabled people’s employment through responses to reasonable adjustments

Obtaining reasonable adjustment(s) (RAs) legally requires disabled people to disclose their impairment(s) to their employer, the provision of which can be crucial to them performing the essential duties of their job. Yet, employers report a key barrier to employing disabled people is their lack of willingness to disclose their impairment(s). This article examines the lived experiences of disabled people’s employment endeavours identifying why this may be occurring. Disabled interviewees communicated that previous experiences with employers strongly influences their employment objectives, and willingness to disclose. The participants’ shared ethnographic experiences of employment demonstrate that RAs can be the predominant factor in their remaining employed and that prior encounters with employers have made them aware that employers are often unwilling to approve the RAs necessary for them to seek employment, to obtain employment, to perform their duties, to fairly compete with co-workers, to preserve their health, and/or to maintain employment.

Exploring the expectations and experiences of first year students undergoing a tailored transition initiative

Successful transition for students commencing university is a focus of increasing institutional interest and resourcing to optimise student success and retention. Investigation of student expectations of university commencement and their lived experience provides an opportunity for identification of a potential mismatch which has received less scrutiny. The Bachelor of Sport Development has an integrated transition initiative with an employability and academic skill development focussed curriculum, designed to support students' successful transition into university. The transition initiative was informed by the Five Senses of Success and First Year Curriculum Principles. This article reports student expectations in week one and at the completion of the first semester after experiencing the transition initiative. Students reported changes in their expectations, assessment concerns, and the assistance they expected from lecturers over this period. Students’ early exposure to employability-focused curriculum provided valuable insights into their future profession, consequently reinforcing their long-term goal of employment in the sport sector. Results highlight the effectiveness of the supportive, student focused strategies embedded within the tailored transition initiative in the first semester of study.

Operation Occupation: A Client-Centered Life Skills Program for Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

Abstract Date Presented 04/02/2022 Transgender and nonbinary individuals experiencing homelessness encounter myriad health disparities that affect their quality of life. As OT expands into the LGBTQIA+ community, it is vital to develop programming for this population to cultivate independent living skills. This session will present outcomes of a life skills program used with transgender and nonbinary participants experiencing homelessness and the impact it had on their ability to achieve housing and employment goals. Primary Author and Speaker: Olivia M. Van Dyke Contributing Authors: Meghan Blaskowitz

A qualitative study of the transition to employment of former university students on the autism spectrum from Australia and New Zealand

Many former university students on the autism spectrum have poor employment outcomes despite strengths, qualifications, and ability. This article presents findings from a qualitative study of 11 former university students on the spectrum (self-identified: 2 males, 7 females, 2 non-binary, 18-50+ years), and five significant others (2 mothers, 3 spouses), from Australia and New Zealand. We identified issues associated with better and poorer transition to employment experiences (poor mental health, lack of support, poor interview skills). The former students also indicated a belief that it was not the role of a university education to prepare students for employment. This belief may have influenced their discipline choices and attitude towards using career supports and university employability components. The participants who studied non-vocationally specific qualifications described more difficulty with conceptualising their transition to employment, developing an employment goal, and finding work. It was suggested that universities may need to provide comprehensive transition to employment programs that develop the ‘soft skills’ required for employment and offer work placements for both vocationally and non-vocationally oriented courses to help students build skills that increase their employability.

Traversing Disability: Employers’ Perspectives of Disability Inclusion

Persons with disabilities still experience challenges in obtaining employment even though obligations associated with their employment are in place in legislative frameworks that strive to support transformation within the labour market. This paper explores employers’ perspectives on the employment of persons with disabilities in South Africa identified in a case study. The influence of social capital on disability inclusive employment was explored from the perspective of two employers who employed trainees who completed an auxiliary training programme for persons with disabilities, which provides opportunities to facilitate pathways to economic inclusion and/or employment. Findings reveal that despite the call for increased labour inclusivity, the development of social capital is not clearly apparent when persons with disabilities are considered for employment. Organisational attitudes and beliefs seem to stem from the obligatory standpoint of the organisations. The paper highlights the need for employers to look beyond impairments so that employment goals are shared and re-enforced by understanding and possibly re-evaluating their views on their organisation’s obligations, norms, values and mission, and goals. Insights can guide employers to think more holistically about ways to facilitate the economic inclusion of persons with disabilities.

Official inspection, educational threshold and employment goal

Recent study focus on the government intervention to firm operation in emerging markets. Based on the hand collected unique data of official inspection to the Chinese listed firms during 2006–2016, this paper show that under the constraints of official employment aim, enterprises will adopt an employment strategy that reduces the educational threshold and increases employees. This paper firstly builds an employment aim function according to the labor model proposed by Helpman (2010). It proves that the function has restrained properties, which make up for the lack of proof of properties methods that were put forward by previous literatures. Furthermore, the empirical findings show that the Chinese officials visit the corporation frequently. Official visits can increase the number of employees, especially for employees with low educational level, decreasing average degree. This relation is much stronger in high employment aim province. The employment effect of government officials’ inspections is more pronounced when the average academic degree is below a certain threshold.

Parked on the verge: vocational rehabilitation of long-term unemployed citizens \u2013 a mixed methods study

BackgroundVocational rehabilitation programs (VRP) developing and improving work ability are used in Denmark to assist long-term unemployed citizens with complex problems. The aims of this study were to (1) describe VRP-participants in relation to general health, well-being, work ability and self-efficacy at baseline and one-year follow-up, (2) obtain an understanding of VRP-participants’ personal development towards improving work ability, and (3) explore VRP-participants’ hopes and thoughts about their future.MethodsIn a mixed methods approach, data from a longitudinal survey and semi-structured interviews were collected. In the quantitative longitudinal survey, all participants completed paper questionnaires at baseline and one-year follow-up. For the qualitative semi-structured interviews, VRP participants were recruited with a maximum variation sampling strategy through VRP coordinators and personal contact. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics and systematic text condensation. Following analysis, data were merged and presented in combination according to identified themes.ResultsAt baseline and one-year follow-up 146 (response rate 34%) and 74 participants (response rate 52%) respectively, responded to the questionnaire. Seven participants were interviewed. The analysis revealed four themes: 1) Individual explanations of life situation and health; 2) Finding the path; 3) Work as giving meaning to life; 4) Hope for the future. Despite self-reported scores indicating poor general health, lack of well-being, low work ability and low self-efficacy, VRP-activities seemed to have assisted participants in finding meaning in life. VRP-components that may be drivers of successful recovery processes were identified.ConclusionsVRP-participants experienced life situations that include multifactorial burdens, and low levels of general health, well-being, work ability, and self-efficacy at baseline and 1 year later. From the outset, most did not have a clear goal of employment, but over time, new goals were set as realistic opportunities for re-developing their work ability were explored. Successful core components of VRP were individually tailored programs and support, development of new relationships, and accommodated flexible internships and jobs.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02641704, date of registration December 29, 2015.

Discussion on the Cultivation of College Students' Professional Ability with the Goal of Employment

Discussion on the Cultivation of College Students' Professional Ability with the Goal of Employment

Correlates of job search behaviour among unemployed job seekers in Ghana: A mediation model

This study examined the role of goal setting and the association between the determinants of job search and job search behaviour among unemployed job seekers. Participants were 203 Ghanaians (female = 38%; bachelor’s degree holders = 85%; master’s degree holders = 15%; mean age = 26.5 years, SD = 5.49 years). The results of the structural equation model showed that employment goal commitment mediated job search behaviour and job search determinants of financial hardship, subjective norm, job search efficacy, and social support. Unexpectedly, results revealed that individuals with higher social support were less likely to engage in job search behaviour. These findings suggest that personal agency is important to job search behaviours in a developing country economy.

Presidential Management and Budgeting from War to Peace: Truman’s First Budget Director, Harold D. Smith, 1945–1946

This article provides a glimpse into cutback management long before the term came into use. The end of World War II was a major transitional stage in public administration, including demobilization, abolishing wartime agencies, and cutting military spending. It also included the need for novel governmental structures to deal with new subjects emanating from the war, including how to govern atomic energy, how to administer science research, merging the military services, and a policymaking structure to implement the goal of full employment. As Truman’s budget director and de facto manager-in-chief of the executive branch, Harold D. Smith was at the crossroads of practically everything from April 1945 to June 1946. What did he do and how did it do it?

Barriers to work-based learning experiences: A mixed methods study of perceptions from the field

BACKGROUND: Work-based learning experiences (WBLEs) are significantly associated with improved postschool employment outcomes for students with disabilities; however, little is known about the specific barriers affecting implementation of WBLEs. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify community-and school-related barriers to implementing WBLEs. METHODS: This study used a mixed methods approach to analyze survey data from 170 secondary transition staff providing WBLEs to students with disabilities in three states. RESULTS: Findings provided a broader understanding of critical barriers as perceived by transition staff implementing WBLEs, including limited availability of resources, transportation, and lack of willing employers. CONCLUSIONS: Collaborative partnerships between vocational agencies and school districts have the potential to address some of these barriers and improve the delivery of employment supports and WBLEs in an effort to help students achieve their postschool employment goals.

СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ СТРУКТУРЫ ЗАНЯТОСТИ ТРУДОСПОСОБНОГО НАСЕЛЕНИЯ В СООТВЕТСТВИИ С ТРЕБОВАНИЯМИ УСТОЙЧИВОГО РАЗВИТИЯ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ ЭКОНОМИКИ

The modern stage of the development of science and technology contributes to an in-depth comprehensive study of the labor market and employment of the population. The emergence and development of innovative forms of employment is due to the increased use of the labor potential of the country's population. State programs for the development of the national economy aim to achieve high indicators of the national economy. Indicators of the dynamics of the number of employed people in the country's economy, the level of employment of the population and the dynamics of the number of personnel engaged in scientific research and development by 1,000,000 levels of employment are being studied to analyze ways to achieve this goal. Mechanisms that contribute to the achievement of innovative forms of employment are considered. Shortcomings were formulated, and a fundamental principle was proposed, which formed the basis of the methodology for achieving innovative forms of employment. Accordingly, in order to achieve the goal of decent universal employment of the population, it is necessary to create a system of skills development from an early age for children and young people. Choosing an educational trajectory for further successful employment and implementation in the profession is necessary in childhood. The development of basic skills will enable young people to expand the range of related specialties that can be in demand on the market. Early professional orientation and self-determination, the development of innovative skills in children and young people can become a prerequisite for the formation of a generation of inventors and entrepreneurs. The formation of a system of professional competencies in various fields of activity contributes to the formation of a professional who has the ability to choose a profession based on the need for the labor market. The established system of innovative employment of the population will be able to ensure the social and economic balance of society. Increasing the realization of human potential, environmental, as well as economic security of the state, increasing the birth rate will strengthen the national economy. The development of innovative forms of employment will lead to an increase in the number of innovative products, which will increase the performance of the national economy.

Pursuing the Employment Goals: Re-Thinking Rural Development Schemes

Pursuing the Employment Goals: Re-Thinking Rural Development Schemes

Retraction Note: Analysis on the legal regulation of mountainous plant protection and agricultural waste resources based on the concept of circular economy

The sustainable development of modern agriculture must not only support the sustainable development of the industry itself, but also must realize the recycling of industrial accessories (such as agricultural waste) and the exploitation of potential. As an important part of the development of the concept of circular economy, an important part of circular agricultural technology is the conversion and utilization of waste sources. This is a new type of agricultural technology aimed at pursuing higher efficiency, reducing pollution, and increasing more employment goals. It can be seen that the initiation and implementation of agricultural waste recycling technology is the meaning of sustainable agricultural development. However, with the development of current technology, problems such as the lack of the concept of circular economy and the understanding of the main body of agricultural waste recycling, the incomplete service system, and the lagging of supporting policies and measures have emerged. Consistent with this, this paper uses GrcGIS and other methods to draw a gradient map to ensure that the protection of mountain plants in the mountainous area of City A is implemented at the district/county and city level. This confirms that the diversity of mountain plant protection is consistent at the district/county and city levels, that is, areas with the most species diversity contain more endangered species. Finally, the article expounds the status quo of China’s legal regulation of recycling and the consequences of model analysis, and puts forward the countermeasures and suggestions on China’s legal regulation of recycling, such as legislation, management system, statistical information collection and release system resources, law enforcement procedures, and initial allocation of rights.

Ticket to Ride: I-deals as a Strategic HR Tool for an Employable Work Force.

We describe how idiosyncratic deals (I-deals), in this case I-deals focused on workers’ employability enhancement, can serve as a powerful strategic HR tool for simultaneously meeting both the strategic goals of employers and the career goals of employees. Building on a sustainable career perspective, I-deals are interpreted as highly valuable, as they can help individual employees to more easily adapt to the fast-changing environments that nowadays characterize society and the labor market. After theoretical outlines on the concepts of I-deals and employability, we argue that I-deals can form the basis for integrative employment relationships aimed at employability enhancement. This article concludes with concrete recommendations for practice, indicating that in order to enable the sound use of I-deals as a strategic HR tool, organizations should discuss I-deals and employability openly through constructive dialogue. Moreover, examples for achieving this through specific practices, such as working with employability coaches and world cafés on employability, are described.

First Person Account of Returning to Education and Competitive Employment Following Serious Mental Illness

Education and work goals are important for people with serious mental illness. For many these goals remain unmet. Increasingly people with serious mental illness are inspired by the stories of people who have been able to meet the challenges of gaining education and stable employment. Two peer workers describe their personal journeys to stable employment. Both authors note the significance of having someone believe in their potential to work. The benefits of stable employment went beyond finances and included improved self-esteem and an altruistic wish to provide a role model for others recovering from mental illness.Functional recovery from serious mental illness (SMI) especially in terms of completed education and employment goals is suboptimal. The clinical evidence base in enhancing functional recovery is increasingly complemented by the growing evidence base developed by the consumer network and by the rise in prominence of peer workers as a significant adjunctive mental health workforce.

An adaptation of reference class forecasting for the assessment of large-scale urban planning vision, a SEM-ANN approach to the case of Hong Kong Lantau tomorrow

An outline strategic urban planning vision is a front-end government strategic plan with sparsely defined goals. Methods for an ex-ante appraisal of such sparsely defined vision are limited in the literature. By adapting a reference class forecasting (RCF) methodology, we propose an innovative two-stage combination of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) as an explainable ANN strategy to the appraisal of urban planning vision outline. The SEM-ANN operationalizes interaction between job, resident, and multi-modal accessibility in a public transport-dominated city. This strategy is applied to Lantau Tomorrow Vision in Hong Kong, as an extreme case study of a large, reclaimed island. The vision is broadly outlined as a New Town with a third CBD, residential and job targets, road and urban rail transport infrastructure routing, and an overall cost. The results show that the New Town scenario job/population goal should be plausibly attainable by increasing the transport infrastructure accessibility supply. Yet, the simulation indicates that the CBD3 employment goal based on CBD1 is out of range. Overall, our SEM-ANN method, as an adaptation of RCF, is of particular interest in front-end large-scale outline urban planning vision appraisal.