AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - A COMPREHENSIVE RECRUITMENT MANUAL

• NCJ Number: 59355
• Author(s): R CALVERT JR
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 390 pages
• Corporate Author: Garrett Park Press
• Sale Source: Garrett Park Press
• Publication Type: Directory
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A MANUAL FOR EMPLOYERS WANTING TO DEVELOP AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, THIS VOLUME PRESENTS DATA ON THE STATUS OF MINORITY EMPLOYMENT, RECRUITING SOURCES, CAMPAIGNING, INTERVIEWING, AND HIRING MINORITIES.

Abstract

THE TEXT OPENS WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF MINORITY GROUPS--ASIANS, AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKAN NATIVES, BLACKS, HISPANICS--AND THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS NATIONWIDE, THROUGH HISTORY, AND IN VARIOUS TYPES OF PROFESSIONS AND SKILLS. THEN IT TURNS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECRUITMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, DISCUSSING EMPLOYMENT QUOTAS, THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN, DETERMINATION OF LABOR MARKET AVAILABILITY, AND TRAINING FOR RECRUITMENT AND EMPLOYMENT. A CHECKLIST OF ERRORS GENERALLY MADE BY PERSONNEL OFFICERS OR SUPERVISORS TO THE DETRIMENT OF MINORITY APPLICANTS IS PROVIDED ALONG WITH A LIST OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS AND JOB CLASSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. RECRUITMENT OF MINORITIES THROUGH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IS CONSIDERED IN A SECTION WHICH CONTAINS A STATE-BY-STATE LISTING OF COLLEGES ALONG WITH THEIR CONCENTRATIONS OF MINORITY ENROLLMENTS; AND INFORMATION ON, AND A DIRECTORY OF, PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND THOSE WITH A LARGE ENROLLMENT OF OTHER MINORITIES ARE INCLUDED. STATE-BY-STATE INFORMATION ALSO IS PRESENTED ON MINORITY MEDIA, USEFUL IN RECRUITING MINORITIES, ALONG WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINORITY PUBLICATIONS AND RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS WITH LARGE MINORITY APPEAL. DATA ON OTHER RECRUITING SOURCES, SUCH AS MINORITY ORGANIZATIONS, FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS, SKILLS BANKS, AND JOB AND CAREER FAIRS, ARE FURNISHED. FINAL SECTIONS TOUCH ON THE INTERVIEWING AND APPRAISAL OF MINORITY APPLICANTS AND OFFER LISTS OF INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND APPRAISAL CHECKPOINTS, INFORMATION ON BOTH THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT AND OF TESTING OF APPLICANTS, AND A DISCUSSION ON EMPLOYING AND RETAINING MINORITY PERSONS. THIS MATERIAL INCLUDES A DIRECTORY OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS--LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING HOUSING TO MINORITIES, AND DIRECTORIES OF MINORITY-OWNED FIRMS AND BUSINESSES AND MINORITY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. A BIBLIOGRAPHY IS PROVIDED.