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Will, Madeleine – American Rehabilitation, 1987
The Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services discusses the office's initiative encouraging supported employment for the disabled. Accomplishments of the initiative include implementation in all states and territories. Employment trends favoring increased employment of the disabled include the need for…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
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Jarlett, Frank, Ed. – Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 1999
Includes five articles: "Introduction"; "Workplace Trends"; "Challenge of Change"; "The Choice"; and "Techniques of 'New Work' Places." Reports that many new jobs are being created in services and trades; "new work" accommodates global trends; workplaces choose to succeed or fail in the new environment; and successful techniques involve trends,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Economic Change, Employment Patterns
Austin, William M. – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1986
Many computer, engineering, and health occupations will continue to grow at much faster than average rates, according to the latest projections to 1995 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment trends and job prospects for almost 200 jobs of every kind are described here. (Author)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Computers, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
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Howe, Wayne J. – Monthly Labor Review, 1988
The author focuses on the relationship between the changing demographic composition and educational level of the labor force and the impact of those factors on the structural rise in unemployment. He discusses how the labor market has adjusted to the increased supply of young, well-educated workers by weakening the market for high school…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
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Merachnik, Donald – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1987
Discusses the future of work over the next several years and lists the types of jobs that will exist. Presents implications for educators of special needs students. (CH)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential, Futures (of Society)
Butler, Eric Payne; Darr, James – 1980
A series of roundtable discussions, designed to bring together employers and educators in small and informal sessions to discuss youth employment and related issues, was held in Birmingham, Hartford, Los Angeles, Houston, and Chicago. The discussions yielded policy implications in five major areas. These are access to the private sector,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes