Increasing numbers of recent college graduates are ending up in relatively low-skilled jobs that, historically, have gone to those with lower levels of educational attainment. This study examines this phenomenon in some detail, concluding: (1) About 48 percent of employed U.S. college graduates are in jobs that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…

As schools and districts seek to recruit teachers, individuals in non-teaching professions are an appealing possible pool. These potential teachers come with work experience and may have expertise that would serve them well in the classroom. While there has been substantial rhetoric assailing the virtues of teachers with prior professional…

Some of the reported efforts made and some of the plans businessmen have developed to improve the employment status of the disadvantaged are described. An indirect benefit of those programs is the general improvement in the utilization and development of the regular work force. (AG)

Labor shortages mean that in the future almost the entire growth of Soviet industrial production will come from increased labor productivity. Describes the present level and growth rate and offers comparisons with other countries, and explains differences. Reviews ways being used to increase productivity. (Author/JOW)

Realistically the direction of education should follow trends in the world of work. A misplaced emphasis on acquiring a college diploma resulted in disillusionment both for those who dropped out with no marketable skill and for those who graduated and discovered no jobs were available. (AG)

The supply of and demand for sociologists and anthropologists in the U.S. as of October 1965 was assessed by a national survey of known and possible employers. Of 2,448 reporting organizations, 1,424 employed, or anticipated employing, sociologists or anthropologists. A total of 6,619 sociologists and 2,117 anthropologists were employed in the…

The first section of this thesis is a review of previous studies and analyses of physician supply. Then, comparing the present physician shortage with the shortage of engineers and scientists during the 1950's, the author examines the present policies of the American Medical Association which, in effect, restrict the entry of physicians into the…

The work force is expected to expand to 101.8 million by 1980. Rate of growth will then decline, reaching 107.7 million by 1985 and 112.6 million by 1990. Projected data are presented in text, graphs, and tables compared with actual 1960 and 1970 figures. Numbers and percentages are divided according to sex and age. (MS)

This handbook has been prepared to eliminate some of the gap of manpower information at the local level by assisting local manpower experts in the collection of manpower data. Arranged in the order in which steps are taken in an actual survey, contents of the handbook progress from survey work preceding the fieldwork phase to work taking place…

Low labor turnover is an essential factor in the success of an enterprise. Steps in dealing with the turnover problem include: establish the objective, get the facts, decide what to do, take action, and check results. (MW)

This paper considers medical personnel shortages, especially the shortage of physicians, and the different ways to alleviate these shortages. Chapter I gives a brief history (1963-1972) of legislation intended to increase medical manpower supply and Chapter II discusses the causes of the shortage, analyzing the elements affecting demand for…

A study of labor force activities of nonparticipants in 1976 used data from the current population survey to identify contributing factors to future participation of nonparticipants. Findings indicate that the best predictors of future labor force activity are age, prior work experience, and labor market interest. (LRA)

The purpose of the study was to bring together available materials on the location, activity, and function of more than 63,000 foreign trained physicians in the United States; to review the political, economic, and organizational factors which have led to the current manpower situation; and to analyze these data in terms of physician manpower,…

This brief report presents and discusses statistics on the marital and family characteristics of workers in 1973 [e.g., nearly 40 million married men and 20 million married women were among the 88 million person labor force, and of the 1.7 million increase in the labor force, three-quarters consisted of married women (34 percent), single men (24…