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ERIC Number: EJ995882
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Apr
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-3552
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Benchmarking the Importance and Use of Labor Market Surveys by Certified Rehabilitation Counselors
Barros-Bailey, Mary; Saunders, Jodi L.
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, v56 n3 p160-171 Apr 2013
The purpose of this research was to benchmark the importance and use of labor market survey (LMS) among U.S. certified rehabilitation counselors (CRCs). A secondary post hoc analysis of data collected via the "Rehabilitation Skills Inventory--Revised" for the 2011 Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification job analysis resulted in importance and use ratings across 11 content items and 11 demographic variables. This research suggests that labor market analyses, of which LMS could be a component, were considered to be along a continuum of "important" or "extremely important" by CRCs and performed along a range of "very infrequent" to "very frequent". Data suggest that those CRCs reporting the highest frequency of use of labor market analyses were older and male, possessed education in rehabilitation-orientated areas of study, had more than 20 years of post-CRC experience, were in the private/proprietary rehabilitation or private practice practitioner professional settings, and held the title of forensic/expert witness or rehabilitation consultant/specialist. For all survey items studied, employment setting and job title were found to be significant in the frequency of use of labor market analyses. Limitations, delimitations, and areas for further study were discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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