In November 2005, the province of Ontario and the federal government signed two historic agreements--the Canada-Ontario Labour Market Development Agreement and the Canada-Ontario Labour Market Partnership Agreement. One year later, on Nov. 24, 2006, key labour market stakeholders, including users, delivery agents and government came together to…

The development of physical resources has brought about major problems for society. Management must recognize that it is in the realm of human resources where growth can be best achieved through training and development. (EC)

Effective use of manpower resources is of vital concern for future economic prosperity. Author stresses the important role of further education and training services and the potential available through these active forces for economic as well as social progress. (Editor/RB)

The plight of the Alaskan native is forcefully described here. Employers recruit outside the state, while native residents, able and willing to work, cannot find jobs. Meanwhile Artic oil discoveries threaten to compound the dilemma. (Editor)

Social intervention is defined as those activities or services provided by individuals and public and social agencies which are designed to improve the employability of the individual in the world of work. An analysis of the process of social intervention in the development, maintenance, and utilization of human resources is presented. (Author/EC)

Human resource policies are those courses of action designed to enhance the effectiveness of human beings in their productive roles and to make the productive role best serve the other needs of man. There are several categories of human resource policy: (1) policies designed to achieve the fullest development of human resources, (2) policies…

NEBRASKA'S POPULATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH WERE COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE NATION FROM 1910 UNTIL THE PRESENT, WITH SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO NEBRASKA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS. PUBLISHED MATERIAL WAS THE SOURCE OF THE DATA. FROM 1900 TO 1960, NEBRASKA'S POPULATION GROWTH RATE WAS ONE-THIRD THE NATIONAL RATE. THE NET OUT-MIGRATION AVERAGED…

A survey of the operators of 969 licensed and 431 unlicensed child care facilities in Indiana was conducted to: (1) help standardize and facilitate the utilization of occupational titles, duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of four levels of child care specialists (CCS) arranged into a career ladder, and (2) provide educational,…

The document presents anticipated needs and costs for training military personnel in FY 1976, based on national security objectives. Training loads for each of the following categories are presented with supporting tables: (1) recruit training, (2) officer acquisition training, (3) specialized skill training, (4) flight training programs, and (5)…

The monograph capsulizes the activities of the Manpower Administration 1963-1973 in providing adult basic education (ABE) to manpower program clients in research and demonstration projects. Spanning the initial efforts under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 to the present efforts to related to the Comprehensive Employment and…

The 1972 Manpower Report of the President examines joblessness among the nations's 16- to 19-year-olds. (Editor)

The bulletin presents projections of the 1985 manpower requirements of 240 occupations for which considerable training is most often required or desirable, and which will comprise an estimated 70 million workers or two-thirds of the civilian labor force at that time. A brief chapter discusses the use of occupational projections and training data…

The 73 participants representing 10 health professions, health education at all levels, and federal and state agencies attended a 2-day conference which attempted to reinforce communication among allied health practitioners in the utilization of the allied health assistant in the delivery of health care. Major issue papers, which provided…

In order to develop an understanding of vocational education personnel development and to explore the management of change as related to implementation and improvement of the system, 228 vocational educators and leaders in industry at a 2-day national summer workshop sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education agreed on the need for a comprehensive,…