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The Sectoral Employment Development Learning Project (SEDLP) was created in April 1997 to document and evaluate selected sectoral programs in quantitative and qualitative terms, and to disseminate the findings to interested policy makers and practitioners. A primary goal of the SEDLP was to address the question of whether sectoral approaches work. This publication examines data from a longitudinal survey of participants in six sectoral employment training programs, and documents what participants report one year after completing training, about their earnings, employment situation, and experiences with the programs. The findings of the project strongly indicate that only one year after completion of the training program, participation resulted in significant gains in the labour market, including higher annual earnings and earnings per hour, higher employment rates, increased hours of work, and improved job satisfaction and job quality. The contents are as follows: About this project; Executive summary; Outcomes for underemployed and unemployed (non-incumbent) workers; Personal earnings and income; Employment and experience in the job market; Job satisfaction and job quality; Participants’ training experience; Conclusion; Technical note: comparison of characteristics of Wave 2 respondents and Wave 1 respondents.