title: A job club for older job seekers: an experimental evaluation.
abstract: Labor market trends and expert opinion have recently highlighted the existence of an "older worker problem" that will require policy and programmatic remedies. This study details the findings of a longitudinal field experiment on the effectiveness of a promising behavioral/self-help job-finding program --the job club. Employment service clients (N = 46) were randomly assigned to receive the job club program or normally available (control) services. Twelve week follow-up data revealed a 74% employment rate for job club participants versus 22% for controls. Both groups obtained comparable placements. Study findings indicate the job club is an effective employment service for older job seekers.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004651:Employment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012657:Self-Help Groups