Evaluation of JOB TRACK: A Youth Job Search Demonstration

摘要

JOB TRACK, as it operated in this period of the demonstration, was a two-day, non-stipended job search training program serving youth in San Francisco. The program is operated by the California Employment Development Department and the Mayor's Office of Employment and Training. The program demonstrated substantial impact as a result of the training: (1) Fifty percent of the participants found jobs in an average of 13 days compared to an expected average of 26 days; (2) At the last follow-up 12 weeks after the program, 66 percent of the participants had found jobs as compared to an expected rate of 49 percent. In the process of achieving its positive outcomes, the program produced marked changes in the participants' job search knowledge and job finding behavior. However, with no incentives to attract youth, the program experienced continuing problems of underutilization. The report presents findings about the youth search for work and documented that the youth transition from school to work was far more volatile than originally conceived.