Computer punchcard

Jack White and the MCDA

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

[Note: audio cut off at the beginning of tape]

Deputy Commissioner Jack White, from the Manpower and Career Development Agency (MCDA) in the Human Resources Administration. How is MCDA using computers to find jobs for the unemployed in low-income areas?

MCDA was created in 1966 to help people find jobs. Computers can automate the job search. MCDA enters all available jobs into a computer, and then a job counselor enters a person's profile into the computer, and the computer helps them find a match.


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