Abstract

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) has increased employment rates for returning citizens when added to a successful prison-based employment readiness program. However, implementation preparation cost—expenses prior to offering VR-JIT to intended recipients—is unknown. We estimated the cost of implementation preparation activities (e.g., organizing workflow) for two prisons to deliver VR-JIT. We conducted a budget impact analysis and enumerated the labor costs incurred during this important stage of implementation. Labor costs were approximately $8,847 per prison. Our sensitivity analysis estimated the labor costs to replicate this effort in a new prison to range from $2,877 to $4,306 per prison. Thus, VR-JIT may be an affordable tool for prison-based employment readiness programs to improve gainful employment.

摘要

将虚拟现实工作面试培训 (VR-JIT) 添加到成功的基于监狱的就业准备计划中后，提高了归国公民的就业率。然而，实施准备成本——在向目标接受者提供 VR-JIT 之前的费用——是未知的。我们估算了两个监狱实施 VR-JIT 的准备活动（例如，组织工作流程）的成本。我们进行了预算影响分析，并列举了在这一重要实施阶段产生的人工成本。每所监狱的人工成本约为 8,847 美元。我们的敏感性分析估计，在一所新监狱中复制这项工作的劳动力成本在每所监狱 2,877 美元到 4,306 美元之间。因此，VR-JIT 可能是基于监狱的就业准备计划的负担得起的工具，以改善有酬就业。