Shows that nearly 8 out of 10 students are in the labor force during the summer. (Editor)

Some four million workers hold a second job, with teachers and policemen leading the way. (Editor)

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 1991, 53 percent of hired farmworkers lived in nonmetropolitan areas. Among nonmetro workers, hired farmworkers were more likely to be young, male, Hispanic and to work seasonally. Their weekly income was 67 percent that of all nonmetro workers. About half of nonmetro hired farmworkers had not completed high school. Farm employment was sporadic…

Data comparing employment patterns among high-school-age youth show that student employment is highly seasonal and concentrated in just a few industries and occupations, whereas dropouts tend to work year round and in a more diverse set of jobs. (Author)

Purpose: The main goal of this article is to present a new taxonomy of contingent employment that better represents the wide variety of part-time, temporary, and contract employment arrangements that have emerged since Feldman's review. Design/methodology/approach: Reviews the literature over the past 15 years. Findings: The paper suggests that…

The extent and nature of multiple jobholding by persons who reported income from farm self-employment was studied by examining Social Security data for 1957, 1958, and 1959. Hypotheses were that multiple jobholding is a method used by farmers who are underemployed in agriculture to supplement earnings and that off-farm sources of employment tend…

A behaviorally anchored rating scale serves as a foundation for an effective human performance resources management system. Suggestions for developing an evaluation form for seasonal park and recreation employees are discussed. (DF)

Suggests where to look for summer employment and includes information about types of jobs, summer employers, job search pointers, and legal issues such as wages, hours, and safety. (Author/JOW)