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Anthony P. Carnevale; Nicole Smith; Martin Van Der Werf; Michael C. Quinn – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2023
Over the past century, the United States workforce has undergone a massive structural shift. Technological change has moved the economy toward skilled labor and away from unskilled labor--a phenomenon known as skill-biased technical change. This structural shift has increased the relative demand for educated and skilled labor, leading to…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Technology, Job Development, Job Layoff
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2023
This appendix documents the methodology used by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce to project educational demand within the US economy. The methodology produces forecasts using data from two private analytics companies. The authors use occupational forecasts provided by Lightcast that are calibrated to total employment…
Descriptors: Economics, Employment Projections, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2023
The staggering highs and lows of the recent US economy and their effect on the labor force has been deeply unsettling. The US has come through the COVID-19 recession, the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, followed by the quickest recovery ever. One trend in the workforce has remained unaltered throughout this historic change:…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Technology, Job Development, Job Layoff
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2023
This report projects education requirements linked to forecasted job growth for all 50 states and the District of Columbia from 2021 through 2031. It complements a larger national report that projects education demand by occupation and industry for the same period. The national report finds that by 2031, 72 percent of all jobs nationally will…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Background, Technology, Job Development
National Governors Association, 2019
This guide is a result of the 2018-2019 National Governors Association (NGA) Chair's initiative, "Good Jobs for All Americans," led by Montana Governor Steve Bullock. This initiative aimed to understand the changing world of work and the factors that affect an individual's ability to connect to a good job and for businesses to access the…
Descriptors: Job Development, Employment Opportunities, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship
Block Grant-Funded Educational Programs: An Untapped Source of Employees for the Healthcare Industry
Gordon, Claudette Veronica – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) placed a lifetime capitation of five years on welfare benefits. This Bill consolidated welfare and employment programs into the block grant known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The benefit package allows operation of programs in accordance with…
Descriptors: Home Health Aides, Employment Programs, Phenomenology, Block Grants
Griffin, Tabatha, Ed.; Beddie, Francesca, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
One of the challenges facing Australia is the ageing of the population. Of major concern, especially to government, is that the dependency ratio--a measure of the burden that economically active persons carry by supporting dependent persons--will increase significantly unless older people keep working or immigration is used to change the…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Employment Potential, Maturity (Individuals), Age Discrimination
Paul, Krishan K.; Carlos, Ellen B. – VocEd, 1981
Vocational educators have finally realized that they can offer more to economic development and job creation activities than just training. At places where this realization has spurred action, building linkages and opening channels of communication, vocational programs are succeeding in their efforts to increase employment opportunities. (CT)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Employment Opportunities, Job Development, Job Training
Project PLANTWORK: A Horticulture Employment Initiative for Workers with Developmental Disabilities.
National Council for Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horticulture, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD. – 1986
Intended for persons establishing job development programs for developmentally disabled individuals, this training manual details the structure and procedures of Project PLANTWORK, a 21-month demonstration program which placed approximately 70 workers with developmental disabilities into employment in horticulture industry firms or into…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1988
This guidebook provides assistance in replicating jobs for persons with disabilities. Section One introduces the volume's format and briefly analyzes special training, job accommodations, and financial incentives for hiring employees with disabilities. Section Two contains descriptions of 53 jobs held by individuals with disabilities. The jobs are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Phillips, J. J. – Training, 1975
The article discusses how the Lockheed-Georgia Company eased a staff reduction problem with special training aimed at placing people they had let go in jobs where local businesses had openings. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Change, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Industrial Personnel
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1986
Intended for teachers, counselors, job placement specialists, employers, and disabled persons, this publication provides information about jobs performed in business and industry by persons with disabilities. Each of the 71 job descriptions presented specifies the type of job, disability of the person performing the job, company information, job…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
Tubbs, Stewart L. – 1975
A growing number of speech communication graduates are unable to find employment in their field. To ameliorate this situation, speech communication educators should consider the following three recommendations. First, the mission of higher education should be reassessed. In addition to the creation and dissemination of knowledge, higher education…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Employment Opportunities, Higher Education, Job Development
Opportunity, 1971
Deals with an Office of Economic Opportunity-funded Neighborhood Employment Center with an affiliated job training center in Massachusetts. (DM)
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Community Relations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Federal Highway Administration (DOT), Washington, DC. – 1971
The Federal Highway Administration exceeded its goal of 50,000 jobs in its 1970 External Summer Youth Opportunity Campaign by providing 57,646 jobs. Of the jobs available, a large majority were filled by disadvantaged youth. Various Federal and private agencies were involved in making the program work. This pamphlet describes the national youth…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Job Development