A project tested the effect of sponsored peer group interaction and supports on the job behavior and orientation to work of young black women in New York City. Peer group aides and staff of the Careers Project at Northside Center for Child Development worked with a control group to facilitate preparation for employment. Analysis shows that practically every member of the experimental control group held a job at some point during the program as compared with slightly more than one-third of the control group. Whether the young women were in school or out of school, and had looked for a job or had not looked for a job made differences in their view of job possibilities and of education. The peer group mechanism seemed effective in dealing with some aspects of the interplay among race, sex, and age in work behavior and expectations. (Author/WL)