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Direct linkTian, Ye; Chen, Kuang-Hua; Yang, TianTian – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the supply-and-demand dynamics in the library and information science (LIS) academic market in China. This analysis is based on a broad concept of academic market and large-scale labor-market data. The authors find a shift in faculty positions, in which traditional positions in universities and research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Labor Market, College Faculty
Millner, Guy W. – Personnel (AMA), 1989
With office technology becoming more sophisticated and skilled workers harder to find, meeting personnel needs is a difficult task. In many cases, professional temporaries may be just the answer. (Author)
Descriptors: Labor Needs, Office Occupations, Professional Personnel, Technological Advancement
Peer reviewedBriggs, Vernon M. Jr. – International Migration Review, 1986
Reviews the evolution of temporary worker policy and indicates that efforts to admit more temporary workers complicated the immigration reform process. (Author/LHW)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Labor Needs
Melchionno, Rick – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1999
Discusses the demand for temporary workers in managerial, professional, and technical occupations in the financial, health care, telecommunications, and information technology industries. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Labor Needs, Labor Supply, Managerial Occupations
Peer reviewedCarey, Max L.; Hazelbaker, Kim L. – Monthly Labor Review, 1986
This article documents the job gains recently experienced in the temporary help industry, and discusses reasons for the increase in demand for temporary workers and factors leading to the growth in supply of workers for temporary jobs. It also discusses differences in the occupational segments of the temporary help market. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Engineering, Industrial Personnel
Kahl, Anne; And Others – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1985
Three articles spotlight three groups of service-producing industries. "Health: Crossroads over the Horizon?" (Kahl and Clark) examines health occupations, patient care, paying for health care, and the impact of these changes on occupations. Hecker and Murphy look at "Retail Trade" with special attention to part-time and temporary jobs. Levine…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Health Occupations, Labor Needs, Medical Services
Rudney, Shirley – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1978
Outlines benefits of being a temporary employee and provides examples of temporary work. History and current practices of the temporary employment field are reviewed. Examines services offered by three major contractors and other smaller groups. Suggests ways of getting temporary jobs. (CSS)
Descriptors: Assignments, Career Exploration, Employment Opportunities, Employment Services
Olsten Corp., Westbury, NY. – 1992
A survey of a panel of human resource executives who comprised the Olsten Forum on Human Resource Issues and Trends focused on the types of staffing and scheduling strategies being implemented to meet today's business needs. The survey, covering 427 companies, reviewed 2 categories of staffing strategies: contract or flexible staffing, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Contracts, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
Cantor, Jeffrey A. – 1991
The study described in this report was undertaken to provide a comprehensive understanding of the magnitude and scope of the present contingent work force and the potential of the contingent work force as a mechanism for assisting minority and female workers to enter into the mainstream work force. The study first examined the literature and body…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Download full textBureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to discover what private companies are doing in the field of manpower utilization. Aspects of the subject covered by this survey are manpower audit, motivation, temporary help, handling of job changes, and the union's effect on manpower utilization. Sixty-five percent of the participating companies employ 1,000 or…
Descriptors: Administration, Communication (Thought Transfer), Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Leone, Richard D.; Burke, Donald R. – 1976
Statistical analysis of the process of labor market reentry through a Temporary Help Service (THS) can provide a better understanding of the dynamics of female labor market accommodation and an insight into the role played by a THS as a labor market institution, especially as it facilitates the successful reentrance of women into the work force.…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Services, Employment Statistics
Osterman, Paul; Kochan, Thomas A.; Locke, Richard; Piore, Michael J. – 2001
The evolution of jobs and the job market in the United States was examined in a 3-year project during which a task force consisting of 25 representatives of the education, labor, business, and policy sectors organized 17 workshops and commissioned working papers from experts. The project began by examining how recent changes in the world of work…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Corporations, Cultural Pluralism, Demand Occupations
Turner, John A., Ed. – 2001
This document's seven papers examine compensation and employment risk in the United States and Canada. "Introduction" (John A. Turner) discusses compensation risk bearing in labor markets. "Wage and Job Risk for Workers" (John A. Turner) explores the problems of macroeconomic instability, job turnover, job and earnings…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Economic Change
Kazis, Richard – 1999
Recent labor market and economic trends have spotlighted the need for work force development systems and policies to simultaneously serve employers seeking qualified workers and individuals who want to find work and advance toward self-sufficiency. This need has in turn led to the development of labor market intermediaries that can perform a wide…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Organizations, Definitions, Demonstration Programs
