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By Susan Jekielek, M.A., Stephanie Cochran, B.B.A., and Elizabeth Hair, Ph.D.
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Short-Term employment Long-term employment Short-term earnings Long-term earnings Welfare receipt Quality of employment Participation in career development
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Participation in vocational courses Participation in job skills training or on the job training Type of job        
Self-Sufficiency (click for overall summary)

 Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies

Compared to control group, program youth more likely to participate in both in-school career development activities and out-of-school development activities such as career-related field trips.

 Over half participated intensively





In a program that assigns mentors to youth, mentors and students report giving and receiving a lot of career guidance (includes job-shadowing, job participation, advice, etc.)


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