The U. S. Secretary of Labor regards the apprenticeship system as falling short of what it is capable of accomplishing and recommends the suggestions proposed by a task force for new initiatives to remedy the situation. (AG)

This document provides statistical data concerning the national human resources of scientists and engineers. It presents an integrated overview of current utilization and supply patterns for U.S. scientists and engineers in 1978, continues with a detailed examination of the status of doctoral scientists and engineers, and concludes with an…

INFORMATION ON THE SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THE HIRED FARM WORKING FORCE, AND ON THE EMPLOYMENT AND CASH EARNINGS FROM FARM AND NONFARM WAGE WORK FOR 1966 IS PRESENTED. THE DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM THE ANNUAL SURVEY CONDUCTED FOR THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE BY THE BUREAU OF CENSUS. THE SAMPLE INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 35,000 HOUSEHOLDS INTERVIEWED…

To assist educators and employers in manpower planning and development, this study attempted to provide a useful and comprehensive picture of the number and kinds of occupational skills needed in Arkansas in the next decade. The study estimated future manpower needs by applying a target year industry-occupational matrix to industry employment…

This report examines the wages and quality of a sample of new hires by large firms (over 500 employees) over a period of seven years. In manual occupations workers with fully qualifying work experience were found to receive entry wages not significantly different from entry wages received by workers with no previous work experience. This placed…

For more than three centuries, college graduates have enjoyed a preferred place in the U. S. job market. The report evaluates predictions about the future job market and indicates necessary adjustments for campuses, public policy, employers, and young people themselves. The appendices contain statistical tables related to the text, and previous…

This study of the effects of emigrant labor in Europe is focused on the statistics of the homeward flows of migrant labor. The 1966-67 economic recession led to a steep decline in the employment of foreigners and a corresponding increase in the number of returnees home. Cyclicall-determined homeward flows were substantial and numerous and…

This report defines manpower planning and explains its current popularity. The experiences of individual businesses are used to develop techniques for projecting manpower supply and demand and future manpower needs. The role of manpower in the corporate plan is considered. (BH)

This final volume of a four-volume report on highway safety manpower includes conclusions and recommendations regarding prospects for staffing individual programs, with emphasis on the adequacy of both manpower resources and training capacity. The data indicate that reaching maximum staffing levels by 1977 is unlikely, although minimum levels…

The data presented in this publication update the information on current allied health manpower requirements, supply, and deficits that was published in the 1969 Report to the President and the Congress on the Allied Health Professions Personnel Training Act of 1966, as amended. Section 21 also provides projections for 1975 and 1980. (Author)

Relaxed educational requirements and rising salaries attest to the increasing shortages of technical manpower over the past two decades. This report quantifies the shortages of technicians, engineers, and scientists. Increasing shortages are projected for the next 5 years, in spite of a growing supply of personnel. Abundant charts provide the…

The supply of and demand for sociologists and anthropologists in the U.S. as of October 1965 was assessed by a national survey of known and possible employers. Of 2,448 reporting organizations, 1,424 employed, or anticipated employing, sociologists or anthropologists. A total of 6,619 sociologists and 2,117 anthropologists were employed in the…

A historical look at labor conditions 200 years ago focuses on the employment practices utilized by the colonialists to meet their labor needs. These practices included bound labor and slavery. (EC)

Assesses effects on student part-time employment outcomes of personal characteristics (i.e., gender, race) and institutional characteristics (i.e., vocational high school, participation in cooperative education). Reports that supply theory explains student employment outcomes better than demand theory. (CH)

The business community is reestablishing connections with public education. The author points out successful partnerships between educators and corporations while questioning the ability of education to retain its integrity as the interest of business in education grows. (MD)