Youth employability training: Two experiments

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-187

  Brown, Travor ^a   Hillier, Tara Lynn ^b   Warren, Amy M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Career guidance; Employment; Self development; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952007024     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011040950     Document Type: Article

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