The Carnation-ILWU (International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union) Project attempted to find employment for a group of unskilled and semiskilled manufacturing workers displaced by the closing of the Carnation Company of Oakland, California. Although more than 2,000 employers were contacted in Alameda County in the year following the closing, the few job openings that were found were unsuitable for the displaced workers. Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles surveyed a sample of 164 employers who had been contacted by the Carnation Project staff. Their findings suggested three major barriers to the successful implementation of Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). First, JTPA lacked influence on the job market, and program participants were not sufficiently skilled to induce employers to hire them. Second, employers feared that participation would create heavy demands on their time and did not see the programs as reliable sources of labor. Finally, the options available through Title III are not attractive to displaced workers, who tend to be relatively uneducated older people with family obligations, who must find immediate employment to maintain their current lifestyles. It was recommended that Title III develop closer ties with the private sector and with regular job placement agencies and provide options for individual help for program participants. (KC)