The annual work experience survey, conducted each March as a supplement to the Current Population Survey, provides data that reveal how many worked and/or looked for work during the previous year. (JOW)

Annual review of the employment situation of male Vietnam Era veterans shows employment gains during the year ending June 1972 and includes, for the first time, data on occupations, residence, and reasons for being unemployed. (MF)

During the first half of 1978, data on labor force, total employment, and unemployment show the lowest unemployment rate in almost four years, and employment as a proportion of the working-age population at a record high. Other civilian labor force developments are noted. (MF)

In 1998, 15 percent of unemployed job seekers used the Internet to seek jobs, as did half of all job seekers with online access from home. Internet search rates exceeded those of traditional methods, but Internet job seekers were more likely to use traditional methods as well. Unemployed blacks and Hispanics used the Internet least in job…

Foreign-born workers have come to play an increasingly important role in the U.S. economy. Between 1996 and 2000, they constituted nearly half of the new increase in the U. S. labor force. (JOW)

Using Current Population Survey data, 32,000 unemployed job seekers were tracked monthly through 1991. More than one-fifth found jobs by the second month. Most often used method was direct employer contact, most successful was private employment agencies. Likelihood of finding a job decreased when five or more methods were used. (SK)

Employment and hours movements are compared with patterns in two preceding recessions. (Editor)

Burden of unemployment shifted from male household heads to female and teenage family members during the 1962-71 period. (MF)

Although employment rose during 1971, unemployment remained close to 6 percent. (Editor)

The focus of the article is the sudden and pronounced employment plunge, which began in late 1974 and continued into the spring of 1975. Employment declines among men were generally larger and more pervasive than for women. (Author)

The article compares unemployment, employment, and other labor market indicators in the United States with the available indicators of the eight nations of Canada, Australia, Japan, France, West Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, and Italy. (Author)

Analyzes specific time preferences of temporary employees (by days of the week, time of day, and time of year) and the importance of flexibility in hours of work. Examines the relationship between employee skill level to the issues of time preference and flexibility. (SK)

Black occupational status improved somewhat in the 1970s as proportionately more Blacks moved into white-collar jobs, although few penetrated the higher salaried professional and managerial positions. Black workers need to gain more access to the higher skilled, better paying jobs in the white-collar fields if their earnings are to increase. (JOW)

Contradictory to expectations of labor market analysts, young adults born during the "baby bust" (1965-1976) have thus far been less successful, in terms of earnings and other labor market measures, then their "baby boom" counterparts. (Author)