title: The effectiveness of the JOBS program among the long-term unemployed: a randomized experiment in the Netherlands.
abstract: Given the adverse effects of long-term unemployment, it is of major concern that evidence-based interventions are available for the long-term unemployed. Therefore, we examined the effectiveness of the JOBS program, a group training for the unemployed [Caplan, R. D., Vinokur, A. D., Price, R. H. and Van Ryn, M. (1989). Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 759-769], among long-term unemployed individuals. In a randomly controlled trial, JOBS was compared with a control condition and a voucher intervention, in which individuals were given the opportunity to spend a certain budget on services that could help them reintegrate. After 6 months JOBS participants had more often found a job and were more satisfied with the intervention. After 12 months effects were still visible, but less pronounced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands. v.brenninkmeijer@uu.nl
authors.forename: Veerle
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brenninkmeijer
authors.forename: Roland W B
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Blonk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014478:Unemployment; D014830:Vocational Guidance / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055815:Young Adult