Youth employment is the focus of this compilation of 11 working papers (by selected specialists) developed to aid the National Commission for Manpower Policy (NCMP) in its ongoing efforts to develop a national manpower policy. An introductory section comments on the overall needs/conclusions revealed by the policy papers. Policy paper titles and authors are "Youth Transition to Work: The Problem and Federal Policy Setting" by Paul E. Barton; "The Youth Labor Market" by Marcia Freedman; "Corporate Hiring Practices" by the NCMP staff; "Labor Market Experience of Noncollege Youth: A Longitudinal Analysis" by Herbert S. Parnes and Andrew I. Kohen; "The Competencies of Youth" by Ralph Winfred Tyler; "Employment and Training Programs for Youth" by Robert Taggart; "Community Efforts to Link Education and Work" by Dennis Gallagher; "Informational and Counselor Needs in the Transition Process" by Seymour L. Wolfbein; "Apprenticeship: A Potential Weapon against Minority Youth Unemployment" by Ernest G. Green; "Problems of Rural Youth" by Ray Marshall; and "Foreign and American Experience with the Youth Transition" by Beatrice G. Reubens. The appendix outlines issues and policy perspectives drawn from the policy papers. (SH)