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BC Student Outcomes, 2013
The Skills and Training Plan (announced September 2012) projects that there will be nearly one million job openings between 2012 and 2020 in British Columbia. Of these openings, 43 percent will need trades and technical training. It is anticipated that there will be a cumulative gap of 22,000 to 32,000 technical and trades workers in the province.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Employment Opportunities, On the Job Training
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1965
THE LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION STIPULATED THAT IT MAINTAIN A REGISTER OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AND IN OTHER WAYS PROVIDE A CENTRAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION COVERING ALL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS PUBLICATION BRINGS TOGETHER INFORMATION FROM MANY SOURCES ON THE…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Employment Experience, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns

Owen, John D. – Monthly Labor Review, 1978
Part-time workers are usually relegated to low-paying jobs, which accounts for their lower earning rates. The article gives reasons for this situation, and analyzes the gain in workers' hourly earnings from additional education and experience. (MF)
Descriptors: Educational Background, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns, Labor Market
New Perspectives, 1985
The following pivotal issues in the comparable worth controversy are debated by two economists: (1) the size and origins of the wage gap between the sexes; (2) possible motives for discrimination by employers; (3) cultural factors affecting career choices; (4) the undervaluing of predominantly female occupations; and (5) the efficacy of job…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Background, Employee Responsibility, Employer Attitudes
Ellis, Dormer – 1977
A 21-year longitudinal study (1955-1976) was conducted on the educational and professional careers of men who specialized in engineering in Ontario, Canada. Data was collected from schools, universities, employers, and the subjects themselves. In 1956, 683 males and no females enrolled in university engineering courses. In general, the engineering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Change, Educational Background, Employment Experience
Jurkowitz, Eugene Lewis – 1968
Effects of military vocational training on subsequent civilian income were examined in a group of first-term Army enlistees with varying types and amounts of vocational military training, including those with none (infantrymen). Data were gathered on such variables as age, ability, educational level, length of military vocational training,…
Descriptors: Ability, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Doctoral Dissertations

Bennett, Robert C., Jr.; Wetzel, Susan J. – 1979
A survey was undertaken by Delaware County Community College's (Pennsylvania) Hotel/Restaurant Management program: (1) to provide students with local up-to-date information regarding the lodging industry in the Greater Philadelphia area; and (2) to provide information regarding necessary skills as perceived by the managers for the purpose of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Background, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
Gottfredson, Linda S.; Brown, Vicky C. – 1978
This report charts the rate at which occupational differentiation proceeded among 3,730 young white men and the dimensions along which it proceeded. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of the Labor Force Experience of Young Men were used to examine employment among men aged sixteen to twenty-eight in different levels and fields of work.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Career Choice, Career Development
Schramm, Dwayne Gene – 1969
This study investigated six clerical training programs in which women 35 and older participated in Fresno, California, to determine if the programs helped these women in making an entry or reentry into the white collar labor force. It also sought to develop a profile of women who participated in the training programs so that the results would…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Background, Employed Women
Murrell, Patricia H.; Donohue, Wyveta G. – 1982
Women's opportunities for becoming senior-level administrators at 4-year, coeducational, state-supported colleges were assessed in 1979 in relation to age-related and other factors. Attention was also directed to whether there was a consistent career pattern for women attaining senior-level administrative positions. Biographical data and data…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrators
PEARCE, C.A.; AND OTHERS – 1964
GROUPS OF TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS ARE COMPARED IN TERMS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, SOURCE OF WORKERS, AND EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS. SURVEY FINDINGS ARE GIVEN FOR EMPLOYER TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYER VIEWS AND POLICIES ON THE UTILIZATION OF TECHNICIANS. THE SURVEY DATA WERE DERIVED FROM A SAMPLE OF 17,414 ESTABLISHMENTS…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Educational Background, Educational Needs, Educational Programs
Tourigny, Ann Ward; LaFrance, Shawn V. – 1983
Results of a 1981 survey of graduates of baccalaureate health administration programs are presented. An initial information gathering survey of reputed college programs in health administration, the Health Administration Program Survey, was conducted to develop a listing of baccalaureate recipients in health administration. A questionnaire, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Allied Health Occupations Education
BRAZZIEL, WILLIAM F. – 1964
THE VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION IDENTIFIED AND CONTACTED 314 MEN FOR ENROLLMENT IN RETRAINING PROGRAMS. THESE MEN, AGES 21 TO 65, WERE COMPARED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS WERE (1) A 52-WEEK COURSE IN BRICK MASONRY, AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS, SHEET METAL WORK, ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, OR…
Descriptors: Age, Attitude Measures, Communication Problems, Educational Attitudes
Ahren, Nancy C.; Scott, Elizabeth L. – 1981
A study analyzed the career outcomes of men and women Ph.D.s Based on a sample survey of approximately 50,000 Ph.D scientists, engineers, and humanists, conducted in 1979 by the National Research Council, the study examined 5164 triads consisting of one woman and two men who were matched as nearly as possible according to selected background…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Behavioral Sciences, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis