These proceedings contain the three presentations and reports of four workshops of a conference addressing the issue of the jobs-skills mismatch problem in the Stamford Area (Connecticut). In his keynote address, Balancing People with Jobs: The Task Before Us, Fred T. Allen uses his own company, Pitney Bowes, as an illustration of the current…

The author analyzes some issues on the cost of emigration to the countries of origin and some policy implications. Attention is focused on how the supply of skilled workers is affected by migration. The article also discusses distortion of the free market and presents a profile of Asian contract workers. (CT)

Summarizes the activities the authors undertook to develop a comprehensive taxonomy of transferable skills that would be amenable to self-identification by adults with work experience and that could be related reliably to a wide range of occupations in the labor market. (CT)

Asserting that the assumption that simply going to college will lead to a promising, high-paying job is poorly founded, this paper shares information on the areas in which college students are deficient and proposes some options to assist in a seamless school-to-work (STW) transition. Information is listed or summarized in areas including: (1)…

Author believes that our main problem is not with those who are completely illiterate but with the large number of citizens who can just manage to read and comprehend the headlines of the popular tabloids, or spell their way, with difficulty, through the sports page. Such partial illiteracy is often reflected in lack of promotion and even in the…

Analyzes the current job market for teachers. (FL)

Discusses the impact of generally poor, unskilled immigrants upon the lowest sector of the American labor force and upon health and social services. Holds that rather than blaming immigrants, the United States should concentrate on helping the American poor to acquire better education and job skills. (Author/GC)

Like the United States, Great Britain has had problems with school-to-work transitions. Britain's experience with the Youth Training Scheme shows that youth apprenticeship programs can be created almost immediately if the right incentives are offered. The challenge is meshing higher-level job skills and standards with employers' quest for…

Data from the Balearic Islands (Spain) on the number of young people dropping out of the education system with no formal qualification and on the general level of education of the young population as a whole indicate that this region is not on a par with most of the other regions in Spain and the European Union as a whole. The regional government…

This paper analyzes economic trends to determine if education should be the focal point for rural economic development. According to the labor shortage/skills mismatch view, the movement toward a "service economy" will accelerate in the 1990s, increasing the number of skilled jobs and the demand for skilled workers. This…

Two myths about high technology are that it will be the primary source of new jobs and that it will vastly upgrade the skill requirements of jobs. Evidence does not support these myths. Most new jobs will not be in high tech fields, and technology will reduce the skill requirements. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that high tech…

Only a small porportion of advanced graduates in languages and literature will find teaching positions in a tight job market. The graduate must use his language skills and ability to locate employment outside the academic community, and the academic community must expand its conception of appropriate employment for serious scholars. (CK)

To give direction to future program planning, this study was conducted to determine employment opportunities, analyze data to predict job trends, and analyze requirements for jobs in the home economics area. Structured interviews were conducted at 250 randomly selected businesses, industries and homes in seven major population centers of Kentucky.…

Opportunities for foreign language Ph.D.'s in business are discussed. (CHK)