An investigation of the job tasks and functions of providers of job placement activities.

摘要

The purpose of this study was to examine the job tasks and functions of individuals who provide job placement activities in public rehabilitation, private for-profit, and private not for-profit rehabilitation settings. This study also investigated whether the identified job functions differed according to employment setting.; The Job Placement Job Task Inventory was developed for this study and consisted of a demographic section and a 55-item job task section. Twelve hundred identified individuals who provide job placement activities in either public rehabilitation agencies, private not for-profit agencies, and private for-profit sector within the states of Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio comprised the survey sample. The data from the 434 returned and useable questionnaires were analyzed for a 36% effective return rate.; A principles components factor analysis with a Varimax rotation procedure was used to group the specific job tasks into more general job functions. A four factor solution, explaining 50.1% of the variance, was considered to be the most interpretable. The extracted factors were entitled: employer development, vocational exploration, basic placement activities, and multi system facilitation. The results also suggested that the job tasks and functions of respondents did differ as a function of employment setting on all four of the identified job function areas.; The discussion of the results explored further research investigation opportunities and training needs of individuals who provide job placement activities.