This handbook is divided into four major sections with the first section serving as a guide to the handbook. This introductory section tells how to use the handbook, where to go for more career information, how employment projections are made, and where tommorrow's jobs will be. The outlook for occupations in section 2 contains 300 occupational…

This booklet, designed for prospective job seekers, describes occupational opportunities within the food service, food preparation and hotel/motel industries in Canada. The preparatory training and job descriptions of cooks, chefs, tourist guides, waiters, hotel and restaurant managers, bartenders and front desk clerks are highlighted.…

This booklet, designed for job seekers, familiarizes the reader with careers in the social sciences. Occupational information is provided about careers in anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology and sociology. It outlines the various types of interests that Canadian social scientists pursue, the nature of their…

Outlines benefits of being a temporary employee and provides examples of temporary work. History and current practices of the temporary employment field are reviewed. Examines services offered by three major contractors and other smaller groups. Suggests ways of getting temporary jobs. (CSS)

This reprint from the "Occupational Outlook Handbook" describes employment opportunities in the areas of education, social services, and clergy. Specific occupations addressed are adult education teachers, archivists and curators, college and university faculty, counselors, education administrators, human services workers, kindergarten and…

This publication provides charts (with backup tables) and text for a basic presentation on current and projected career and employment opportunities in the various fields of science and engineering. The charts are organized under four headings: (1) supply of scientists and engineers; (2) utilization of scientists and engineers; (3) future supply…

In order to assess the employment potential for human services paraprofessionals in the Kellogg Community College service area, a survey by mail of 103 organizations identified as potential employers was conducted in 1975. Thirty-nine of the 54 agencies responding indicated that they employ human services paraprofessionals. A large number of…

Following a review of the history of the legal assistant profession and the present status of legal assistant education, this document reports a study of the need for a legal assistant program at Kellogg Community College (KCC). A survey questionnaire was distributed to 106 private attorneys, financial institutions, businesses and industries,…

The document provides information on the relationship between the output of post-secondary education and career opportunities in the short term (one- to two-year) job market in Texas by identifying those vocational and academic programs which are overproducing, underproducing, or in balance in relation to occupational needs. Current certificate…

This report provides information on demand for social workers in the field of aging, supply of persons to fill these jobs, adequacy of their training and skill levels, and barriers to effective use of social service staff. Part 1 identifies types of jobs that social workers hold in the field of aging and range of setting in which they perform…

This module on assessing the job market and employment trends is one of a set of four providing an introduction to vocational education and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum intended for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics,…