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Direct linkNelson, Scott Reynolds – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
Technology shifts gears. The workers who control it need to learn how to shift gears, too. Workers brought up with universal schooling would respect authority, learn enough "geometry and mechanics" to use in their trades, keep invention alive, and finally see through "the interested complaints of faction and sedition." In other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Factors, Labor Utilization, Labor Conditions
Wilson, Gordon F. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1989
Discusses the educational imperatives of current and projected skilled labor needs in Canada and how they should be met. (JOW)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Labor Needs, Skill Obsolescence
Dicks, Dennis J. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1985
The author looks at the Canadian short-term employment model and then examines characteristics of the Japanese employment model (recruitment methods, matching rewards to performance and investment, dealing with skill obsolescence and aging, and the advantages of Japan's long-term model). (CT)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Economic Factors, Human Resources, Job Skills
Wiem, Fred – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1991
Although technology eliminates jobs, it can save and create jobs as well. Technological change also affects the level of skills required of the labor force. Postsecondary institutions need to ensure that the highly educated, highly skilled, adaptable, and creative labor force demanded by employers is available. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Lifelong Learning
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1989
A study examined the Canadian-American Plant Closing Demonstration Project (CAPCDP) to assess the influence of the labor-management approach on factors critical to project success and to identify practices that enabled the labor-management committees set up under the project to work better. CAPCDPs in Idaho, Michigan, New Jersey, and Vermont were…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Job Layoff, Job Search Methods, Labor Economics
Dartnell Corp., Chicago, IL. – 1990
A survey was conducted of the want ad sections of Sunday newspapers in 14 cities in the United States and of Saturday newspapers in 3 Canadian cities in February 1990 to determine what qualifications employers required of secretaries. Data from 4,500 individual ads were tabulated. The survey tracked 34 types of information in secretarial ads…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Skills, Employer Attitudes, Employment Experience
Chamberlin, Richard J. – 1980
This study provides a review of the nature and success of programs dealing with excess teacher supply. The causes and effects of teacher redundancy are discussed, and methods of supply and demand planning are examined. Strategies to deal with inservice retraining and programs that present career alternatives are reviewed. Among the solutions…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Declining Enrollment, Educational Trends, Employment Opportunities
