Word: on-the-job
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Under the proposed plan, the business communitywould offer after-school employment opportunitiesand on-the-job training to area students, andHarvard might contribute use of its athleticfacilities, said Timothy Toomey, a member of theCambridge School Committee...
...junior year. Editors narrow down the nominees, who are then invited to serve as summer interns. The five undergraduates selected by TIME are just finishing two months as paid journalists in our offices in New York City. In addition to a salary, the work provides the interns with on-the-job opportunities to develop writing, reporting and graphics skills. Says Ester Connelly, who manages the TIME education program: "Our commitment to students is the same as it is to the reader. We are interested in encouraging a climate where people learn to think about the world around them constructively...
...rulings represent a major defeat for the Reagan administration, which sought to limit on-the-job racial preferences...
...those caught with drugs at work. The company also gives urine tests to job applicants. Since the program started, absenteeism is down 25%, and medical claims, which had been rising steadily at an average rate of 23% annually, rose only 6% last year. Moreover, the company had fewer on-the-job accidents in 1985 than in any previous year. Says Vice President J. Patrick Sanders: "I don't think that all of the improvements are directly related to the drug program. But it's got to be more than coincidental...
...career students, who average 37 years of age and 10 years of on-the-job experience, are allowed to take four or more courses of their choice from any Harvard school or area university. K-School economics, management, and leadership courses are generally the most popular choices, although program participants often follow very specific lines of study to reflect their varied interests...