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Download full textDepartment of Transportation, Washington, DC. – 2000
This guide is designed to provide an overview of careers in transportation, a critical field employing about 10 million people in the United States. The guide is organized in seven sections that cover the following occupational clusters: (1) vehicle operation; (2) passenger assistance; (3) vehicle assembly and maintenance; (4) planning,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Demand Occupations, Employment Opportunities
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
This brief summary report provides data on differences in starting salaries of college graduates and the related changing demands of the labor market. The report notes that: (1) between 1977 and 1993 computer sciences and engineering graduates had much higher starting salaries than graduates in all other fields of study; (2) while starting…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Employment Opportunities, Graduate Surveys, Graduates
Shingleton, John D.; Scheetz, L. Patrick – 1986
Two-year college placement directors and career planning counselors in Michigan were requested to rate the occupational demand situation for 1986 graduates based on information obtained from graduate follow-up studies, employer requests, number of job listings, and discussions with recruiting employers. Responses were received from 25 of the 34…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Sharf, Richard S. – 1993
This three-part book provides an overview of 500 occupations. The book is organized into three parts. Part I introduces the following seven occupational classification systems, along with their manuals and dictionaries: an observational classification system, Roe's Classification System, Holland's Classification System, the Standard Occupational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Information Systems, Classification, Demand Occupations
Wheeler, Sue – 1997
This resource package has been developed to assist Canadian youth with disabilities in making the transition from high school to postsecondary education or from postsecondary education to the world of work. The steps for the transitions are clearly described in the package; the supports are identified; and the final career requirements are…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment
Adelman, Clifford – 1997
This monograph traces changes in computer science as a field of study in the college curriculum, and the associated changes in the work force and labor market. The study followed two cohorts of students from high school to age 30. Records for the first cover the period 1972-84; and for the second, the period 1982-93. The purpose of the study was…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Career Education, Cognitive Processes
