Computer jobs through training: a preliminary project report

Abstract

Job training directed toward the disadvantaged population in the United States has been under way for many decades. Traditionally this training prepared people for lower entry level skilled and semi-skilled jobs such as plumbers' aides, welders, clerks, and secretarial help. Only recently, with the expanding awareness of the significant social inequalities which continue to characterize U.S. society, have large numbers of people begun to realize that job training---for just any old job----is not enough. If training is to have any appreciable impact upon the social stratification that characterizes the employment structure, efforts must be made to find high entry level-jobs which are suitable for such special training projects.