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Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee. – 1990
In 1989, the Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee (IRDAC) of the European Community established a Working Party on education and training issues relevant to industry. A subgroup on skill shortages considered the issue from the European and macro-economic point of view. It examined such skills shortages issues as demographic…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Job Skills
Rosenberg, Jerry M. – 1966
Each group in our population will be affected by automation and other forms of technological advancement. This book seeks to identify the needs of these various groups, and to present ways in which educators can best meet them. The author corrects certain prevalent misconceptions concerning manpower utilization and automation. Based on the…
Descriptors: Automation, Cybernetics, Educational Planning, Educational Problems
Download full textNew York State Dept. of Labor, Albany. Research and Statistics Office. – 1969
The effects of technological change on the manpower and training needs of New York State industry were studied in a survey of 281 Industrial situations. The study was designed to help answer questions about the effects of factory and related technological change in displacing workers, in creating recruitment and training needs, and in altering the…
Descriptors: Automation, Career Change, Educational Needs, Employment Level
Kearsley, Greg – 1989
Technological advances necessitate the continuous retraining of the work force. Three technologies are having greatest impact on the labor force: (1) the scope and depth of computer skills required by most jobs continue to expand; (2) robotics in manufacturing means that certain new jobs are more technical and require postsecondary education; and…
Descriptors: Computers, Decision Making, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship
ITT Educational Services, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1984
A study examined management perspectives on retraining workers and educational alternatives for such training. During the study, more than 300 senior human resource executives from Fortune 1500 firms across the nation were interviewed by telephone. Of those interviewed, 84 percent felt that their workers are concerned about such issues as: losing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs
Sommers, Dixie; Austin, James – 2002
A project used the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to assist eligible dislocated workers in determining whether training offered by the Toledo Dislocated Worker Consortium fit their needs. More specifically, O*NET was used to help the dislocated workers understand whether they had knowledge and skills that were transferable into the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Change, Career Information Systems, Dislocated Workers
