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The Future of Jobs for College Graduates.
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Shelley, Kristina J. – Monthly Labor Review, 1992
College graduates entering the labor force during 1990-2005 are projected to encounter increased competition for jobs requiring a degree; fewer college-level job openings are also predicted. (SK)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Competition, Employment Projections, Employment Qualifications
Help Wanted: America Faces an Era of Worker Scarcity that May Last to the Year 2000.
Bernstein, Aaron; And Others – Business Week, 1988
Discusses the increasing shortage of qualified entry-level workers. Describes solutions that are being attempted by various companies, including increasing the training budget, raising wages, and providing better benefits. (CH)
Descriptors: Adults, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Entry Workers
Build It and They Will Come: Addressing the Problem of Declining Entry-Level Skills.
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Koontz, Paul – Tech Directions, 2000
The growing gap between the skills of the work force and the technical requirements of today's jobs have reemphasized the need to transform the educational system to provide the solid academic and technical skills required by the jobs of today and tomorrow. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Entry Workers, Job Skills, Labor Supply
Mind the Gap.
Ellis, Kristine – Training, 2002
Discusses the critical ongoing need for skills and education to maintain the work force. Looks at what organizations are doing to maintain employee skills, add to the entry-level work force pool, and work with educators to ensure that students will have the skills they need. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Entry Workers, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Special Focus: Higher-Level Skills Needs.
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Connor, Helen; And Others – Industry and Higher Education, 1995
Includes "Higher-Level Skills in the UK" (Connor); "US and UK Labour Markets for New Grads" (Court); "Contribution of National Laboratories to the European Scientific Labour Market" (Smith); and "Recruitment of Nontraditional Scientists and Engineers in Europe" (Court, Jagger). (SK)
Descriptors: Engineers, Entry Workers, Foreign Countries, Labor Market
Labour Market Entry and beyond: Some Reflections on the Changing Structure of Work.
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Buchmann, Marlis – Education + Training, 2002
In countries with well-established vocational training systems (i.e., Austria, Germany, and Switzerland), the changing structure of work is likely to modify the interplay between labor supply and demand. Changes in the relationship between school- and work-based learning, promotion of lifelong learning, and integration of new skill profiles into…
Descriptors: Career Development, Change, Education Work Relationship, Entry Workers
A Greatly Improved Outlook for College Graduates: A 1988 Update to the Year 2000.
Sargent, Jon – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1988
The author states that competition among college graduates for jobs will decrease, although a small surplus of graduates will remain, between 1988 and 2000. Sources of job openings and sources of labor force entrants are discussed and openings and entrants are projected. (CH)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Demography, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Do Employers Really Need More Educated Youths?
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Rosenbaum, James E.; Binder, Amy – Sociology of Education, 1997
Compares employers' stated needs for entry-level workers possessing better academic skills with their training programs and hiring practices to supposedly meet this need. Discovers a dichotomy between the stated needs and the corrective practice. Most remedial training emphasizes short-term job skills and hiring practices do not reward academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes