This bulletin summarizes the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections which are available and discusses their use in local educational planning. Included are material on projections of future manpower needs, information on occupational training programs, and statistics by occupation on manpower needs, annual openings, training methods,…

Discusses the procedures for collecting unemployment statistics. Criticisms of and alternatives to this method are explored. The youth unemployment rate is discussed in relation to these problems and to the goals of vocational and technical education. (CT)

For use by educational planners desiring to match occupational supply and demand data, this report contains conversion tables intended to provide a bridge between the system used to classify occupations in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' National/State Industry-Occupation Matrix System and the system used by the Office of Education to classify…

The purpose of the study was to obtain employment status information for students six months after graduation from high school, to compare the similarity of the students' responses to teachers' report of the students' employment status, and to determine if there were any variations in reports of employment status from one occupational field to…

There is confusion of this concept with the outdated work ethic. Federal support already shows signs of waning. (WM)

It is believed that current demands by the Brazilian establishment to bring about educational reform will result in a better social order for all people and classes in Brazil. (CK)

In 1975, recent graduates of the 13 vocational programs offered in Swedish comprehensive high schools were surveyed about their current employment, its match to their school training, and their opinions about the latter. Analyses are made for the whole group and by type of vocational program. (SJL)

Includes "Difficult Metamorphosis of the Social 'Models' of the Nordic Countries" (Goetschy); "Swedish Training System" (Ottersten); "Features of Vocational Education in Finland" (Kyro); "Boom in Apprenticeship Training in Finland" (Vartiainen); "Vocational Training in Austria" (Riemer);…

After asserting that public institutions should not provide training for nonexistent jobs, this paper reviews problems associated with the accurate prediction of future manpower needs. The paper reviews the processes currently used to project labor force needs and notes the difficulty of accurately forecasting labor market "surprises,"…

Helping young people make a smooth transition from school to the workplace or further study has become an important role for the vocational education and training (VET) sector. To provide a clear picture of young people's participation in vocational education and training, and the impact and role of VET on their transitions to work, this "At…

Information from questionnaires and permanent college records of 1,022 Iowa State University graduates in agricultural education provided data for determining the factors that influenced the employment tenure of men who graduated between January 1, 1940 and July 1, 1964 and who were qualified to teach vocational agriculture. Fifteen variables…

The report presents the findings of followup surveys of secondary and postsecondary graduates of vocational-technical programs in Oklahoma from 1970 to 1974. The purpose of this study was to examine the post-training experiences of vocational-technical graduates the first, third, and fifth year after completing the training program. The…

This manual was designed to help educators collect both general and specific information regarding labor market conditions within their community. Such information can be used to design employment training programs that will serve the needs of local employers as well as provide more information regarding employment opportunities for students…

This document describes the job opportunities forecast system which provides estimates of total job openings expected to be available in the Washington State Labor market annually through 1985. (The forecast has been keyed to occupational skills consistent with educational programs in the state. This edition of the forecast has been expanded to…

To determine competencies and activities used by workers in a cross section of the statewide labor force, data were obtained from a random sample of 1,500 employed persons drawn from 14 purposively selected index counties in Nebraska. An interview-questionnaire procedure yielded an 87.7 percent response to a checklist of 144 activities, duties,…