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Download full textNational Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This publication presents information on employers' use and views of the vocational education and training (VET) system. The findings relate to the various ways in which Australian employers use the VET system and unaccredited training to meet their skill needs, and their satisfaction with these methods of training. Australian employers can engage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Employer Attitudes, Use Studies
Direct linkPerron, Rebecca – AARP, 2011
The graying of the labor force, together with the recession of 2008-2010, has forced employers and prognosticators to take a hard look at workforce preparation, training, and planning. This employer research survey is one component of a larger project that explores the workforce, labor force projections, and employer views on training,…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Aging (Individuals), Employment Projections, Expectation
Wessels, Walter J. – 2001
In light of pressure on Congress to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.15 per hour, a study looked at the effects such a raise would have on more than 10 million workers, many of them teenagers. The study used quarterly data on the labor force participation rates of teenagers from 1978 through 1999 and other studies to assess the effects of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Impact, Economics
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1986
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the median age of workers will rise from 34.8 years in 1982 to 37.3 years by 1995. In the 30 years between 1955 and 1985, the number of workers aged 45 and over has risen from 25 million to nearly 32 million. Workers over the age of 45 are established in all types of occupations. The number of men aged…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography, Employee Attitudes
Employment Policies Inst., Washington, DC. – 2000
In the past few years, union activists and some policymakers have increasingly portrayed part-time work as problematic for a worker. According to statistics compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the part-time "problem" is more rhetoric than reality. Only 17% of U.S. workers are classified as part-time. Of those 17%, 15% are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Demography, Educational Attainment
Owen, Greg; Shelton, Ellen; Stevens, Amy Bush; Nelson-Christinedaughter, Justine; Roy, Corinna; Heineman, June – 2000
A total of 130 Minnesota employers who had participated in local welfare-to-work partnerships with social service agencies and other community members were interviewed by telephone for their views on welfare reform. (This nonrandom sample was selected by partnership staff.) Differences among rural and urban/suburban employers were examined, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
