| The purpose of this study was to examine the job tasks and functions of individuals who provide job placement activities in public rehabilitation, private for-profit, and private not for-profit rehabilitation settings. This study also investigated whether the identified job functions differed according to employment setting.; The Job Placement Job Task Inventory was developed for this study and consisted of a demographic section and a 55-item job task section. Twelve hundred identified individuals who provide job placement activities in either public rehabilitation agencies, private not for-profit agencies, and private for-profit sector within the states of Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio comprised the survey sample. The data from the 434 returned and useable questionnaires were analyzed for a 36% effective return rate.; A principles components factor analysis with a Varimax rotation procedure was used to group the specific job tasks into more general job functions. A four factor solution, explaining 50.1% of the variance, was considered to be the most interpretable. The extracted factors were entitled: employer development, vocational exploration, basic placement activities, and multi system facilitation. The results also suggested that the job tasks and functions of respondents did differ as a function of employment setting on all four of the identified job function areas.; The discussion of the results explored further research investigation opportunities and training needs of individuals who provide job placement activities. |
