Gender equality policies regulate the Swedish labour market, including higher education. This study analyses and discusses the career development of postgraduate students in the light of labour market influences. The principle of gender separation is used to understand these effects. Swedish register data encompassing information on 585…

The National Association of Colleges and Employers conducted its annual survey of employer members from June 15, 2010 to August 15, 2010, to benchmark data relevant to college recruiting. From a base of 861 employers holding organizational membership, there were 268 responses for a response rate of 31 percent. Following are some of the major…

This collection of data resulted from a survey conducted by the Engineers Joint Council for the National Science Foundation in 1969. The sample consisted of 86,438 names taken from a list of approximately 350,000 names of members of engineering societies. After statistical adjustments, the survey sample of 44,837 qualified respondents represented…

STARTING WITH 1962 FIGURES ON EMPLOYMENT IN TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS, PROJECTIONS ARE MADE TO 1970 AND 1975 FOR MAJOR GROUPS AND SUBGROUPS ON A STATE-WIDE AND AREA BASES. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT IN NEW YORK STATE WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 193,000 JOBS IN TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS IN 1970 AND 227,600 IN 1975, COMPARED TO…

Reported are the results of a survey of 98,000 engineers taken to be representative of approximately 500,000 members of engineering societies. Data analysis was done on 59,200 usable questionnaires. The list is believed to have included about 40 percent of the engineers in the nation. A facsimile questionnaire is reproduced at the end of the…

Almost half the job gains in the 1970s took place in 20 of the 235 occupations and several job groups lost thousands of workers. The author looks at employment changes among the biggest occupational winners and losers of the 1970s. (JOW)

The success of virtually every endeavor of the Federal Government depends on the skills, abilities, and motivations of its work force. Yet recent years have seen increasing concern about the quality of the Federal work force and the Government's ability to retain its most capable employees. In any given year, the Government loses nearly 120,000…

To explore the feasibility of sample selection to predict agricultural employment, a stratified sample of 360 employers was drawn from the employers reporting employment in the Disability Insurance Program for agricultural workers in Fresno County. Month-to-month changes were examined for seven industry strata, and estimates were made by the…

In 1979 labor force and employment growth slowed from the rapid pace of the previous three years. The unemployment rate showed virtually no movement. Discusses employment by sex, race, age, and occupation, reasons for unemployment, and job desires. (JOW)

Jobs related to agricultural exports fluctuated over the period 1963-72, while other export-related jobs generally rose steadily. (Editor)

After declining steadily for more than a century, the number of Americans working for themselves has begun to stabilize. Data regarding distribution by race, sex, and age as well as by occupation and industry are tabulated for the period 1967 to 1973, and cyclical relationships analyzed. (MW)

Based on information gathered by the Health Manpower Project through a survey cosponsored with the Washington Osteopathic Medical Association, this report begins with a statement of philosophy of osteopathic medicine and proceeds to comment on where such professional education is available. Remarks on the type of educational background of the…

The results of the annual survey, conducted by the American Chemical Society of the salaries and employment status of its members in March 1977, are presented. The findings indicate that unemployment is dropping and salary increases are merely in step with the cost of living. (BT)

Presents data on the industrial and occupational allocation of native and foreign-born women from 1970 to 1980. Identifies three components of reallocations of female labor during the seventies: (1) changes in the industrial structure; (2) changes in the distribution of occupations within industries; and (3) unique combinations of particular…