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Direct linkLivingstone, D. W. – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
'Employers know that they can hire worldwide now … so, there is limitless supply of people … who can do the job … . they're all qualified, most of them are actually over-qualified … . I'm a wage slave basically, I don't think we have very much social status … . we are replaceable workers … I mean, the employer holds all the cards really. We are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Underemployment, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedRedpath, Lindsay – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1994
A recent study of education-job mismatch among 487 Canadian university graduates are analyzed, and the implications in the debate over shortages of skilled employees are considered. It is suggested that the perceived skills shortage is rather a problem of inadequate skill utilization, implying greater employer responsibility. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLivingston, D. W. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1987
This paper explores how schooling reproduces the general class structure of the Ontario workforce, particularly the division between mental and manual labor. Data from a 1984 Ontario survey of self-reported job entry requirements and educational attainments and of the congruence between requirements and attainments are analyzed. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textHuman Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2004
This report provides a summary of six summative evaluation studies that were implemented and completed between 1999 and 2002. The evaluations were conducted on three different streams of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy (YES). The Youth Employment Strategy was introduced by the federal government in 1997 to address employment related challenges…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Underemployment, Summative Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Livingstone, D. W. – 2001
A study provided extensive statistics and documentation of Canadian adults' work and learning activities. The study included statistics for household labor and community volunteer activities as well as paid employment. Learning activities included both formal course work and informal learning, as well as on-the-job training. Data sources were the…
Descriptors: Adults, Change, Developed Nations, Economic Development
Livingstone, D. W. – 2002
Canadians' employment and working patterns were examined by analyzing the 1998 survey called New Approaches to Lifelong Learning and other recent surveys by Statistics Canada. "Work" was defined as comprising household labor, community volunteer activities, and paid employment, and "learning" was defined as comprising informal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Data Analysis, Definitions
Eberts, Randall W., Ed.; O'Leary, Christopher J., Ed.; Wandner, Stephen A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 papers on targeting employment services. The following papers are included: "Targeting Employment Services under the Workforce Investment Act" (Stephen A. Wandner); "Predicting the Exhaustion of Unemployment Compensation" (Robert B. Olsen, Marisa Kelso, Paul T. Decker, Daniel H. Klepinger);…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Services, Decision Making, Delivery Systems
