Examined whether resume determinateness (lack of ambiguity) is related to positive employer evaluations. Male and female personnel professionals rated resumes in which sex, age, marital status, and academic achievement information were varied. Ambiguous information did not consistently distort evaluation. (RC)

Arbitration can be a way to settle employee grievances efficiently and fairly. Count on spending five or six hours in preparation for each hour spent with the arbitrator. Presents strategies for meticulous preparation. (MLF)

Provides guidelines for consistent maintenance of staff information by schools, school districts, state education agencies, and other institutions. The handbook includes guidelines for designing automated staff accounting systems for use by schools, school districts, state education agencies, and other institutions. (Author/SLD)

The personal interview examines the potential skills of the employee in relation to the organizational needs of the district for the present and the future. This paper analyzes capabilities of first-year teachers as evidenced by traits observed during the personal interview conducted by the secondary school principal. Research findings with…

As in previous years, this survey provides information on median and beginning professional salaries for filled or temporarily vacant positions in all ARL libraries. In addition, tables detail the numbers of and average salaries for positions in ARL university libraries and display the distribution of these positions by sex and minority group…

This report provides information about the number and characteristics of doctoral level engineers and scientists in primarily energy-related activities for 1975. The data included are part of an attempt to monitor the supply and demand of energy technology professionals. Chapter titles which indicate the types and arrangement of data are: (1)…

The results of the Rand study of pilot flows and the computer-operated decision model, called the PILOT model, are described. The flows of pilots within the Air Force are caused by policies that require the career-development rotation of pilots from cockpit jobs to desk jobs, the maintenance of a supplement of pilots in excess of cockpit-related…

The School Information Form was developed in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Plan (see TM 000 608) to provide data for assessment of educational quality in Pennsylvania public schools. The form was completed by a school representative or staff member at the sample school. Items provide such information as the size of school population, the…

This directory lists the principal officers of State education agencies having responsibilities for elementary and secondary education and vocational-technical education in the 50 States and six outlying territories. Information included in this publication was provided by the respective agencies during the spring of 1971. (Author)

The directory of Oregon libraries provides an alphabetical listing of public, academic, and special libraries with addresses, telephone numbers, and names of head librarians. Included are public library statistics, a comparison of taxable property values, and communities served by Oregon libraries. Names of Oregon librarians, trustees of public…

As part of a larger study, Victoria Day Care Research Project, caregivers representing three different types of caregiving arrangements (licensed center-based day care, licensed family day care homes, and unlicensed family day care homes) were interviewed regarding various caregiver-related areas. Interview data revealed distinctive profiles for…

In the 1986 Maine court decision "True v. Ladner," a school superintendent was found guilty of slander for a teacher recommendation. Many school attorneys are now advising superintendents and school officials not to provide references for former employees. If this becomes widespread the process of screening applicants for teaching…

This paper investigates the effect that turnover in an organization has on the attitudes of those who remain. A longitudinal study of three fast-food restaurants explored this relationship against the background of the social network structures in each site. Results underscore the importance of structural context in studying microphenomena. (TE)

Reports the present status of manpower supply and demand in the biological sciences. Comparisons of manpower data (in terms of degrees awarded and college enrollment) are made between the biological sciences and the other sciences and professions, and some of the implications are discussed. (JR)

Presents the rationale, method, results, analysis, and discussion of a survey of public libraries in the United States and Canada which asked for sex of director, director's salary, director's length of tenure, size of population served, per capita support, and beginning professional salary. This study extends work by Carpenter and Shearer (1972).…