After examining problem areas in the labor market, the author proposes that disadvantaged groups, particularly the handicapped, are an untapped human resource which can help resolve some of those problems. Recommendations to meet the needs of disadvantaged groups are presented. (EC)

CHANGES IN MANPOWER GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, AND THE MEANS OF ACHIEVING THEM, HAS RESULTED IN A NEW ROLE FOR THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AND FOR BETTER MANPOWER UTILIZATION. NEWLY ASSIGNED MANPOWER RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH THE…

This report culminates 2 years of a major policy inquiry into New York's manpower problems by the State Senate's Special Senate Committee on Manpower. Part One gives data showing unemployment by occupation, race, education, and place of residence. The effects on the disadvantaged of changing employment patterns are demonstrated, and various…

The purposes of this report are: (1) to foster greater understanding and communication among physicians and allied professions as to the responsibilities, needs, and contributions to patient care made by each, and (2) to outline the dimensions of the challenge and describe steps that must be taken to facilitate the needed professional growth in…

THIS PAPER SKETCHES RECENT TRENDS AND PROBLEMS THAT HAVE EMERGED IN PUBLIC TRAINING EFFORTS IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE 1960S. IT CITES SHIFTS IN EMPHASIS FROM TRAINING WORKERS FOR EXISTING JOBS TO REFOCUSING ON YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND TO PREPARING THE HARD-CORE UNEMPLOYED FOR WORK, AND FROM CONCERN WITH JOB TRAINING TO JOB CREATION. IT POINTS…

The trend in the early 1960's was toward manpower programs to help the unemployed and underemployed to get jobs and improve their job status through federally financed job training. The objective was to get those workers who had been trained in these programs into unsubsidized jobs. The trend toward job creation came later in the decade; the…

This annual manpower report analyzes manpower needs, resources, utilization, and training. Problem areas which are considered include: (1) income adequacy and maintenance, (2) quality of employment, (3) equal opportunity, (4) special problems of the disadvantaged, (5) transition from school to work, and (6) geographic barriers to employment. The…

To provide full opportunity for all workers, efforts are underway to reform manpower programs and improve their effectiveness, and to develop a broader national manpower policy integrated into the overall economic policy for achieving the nation's economic and social objectives. This 10th annual report describes manpower problems and issues and…

THE MANPOWER MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE CONGRESS, DELIVERED JANUARY 23, 1967, IN WHICH HE PROPOSED THE LARGEST MANPOWER PROGRAM YET UNDERTAKEN BY THE NATION IS PRESENTED. THE SIXTH MANPOWER REPORT, THE MAJOR PART OF THIS DOCUMENT, ASSESSES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARD NATIONAL MANPOWER OBJECTIVES. NEW GROUND IS…

SIXTY-SEVEN REPRESENTATIVES OF EDUCATION, LABOR, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE INDIANA MANPOWER RESEARCH ASSOCIATION WHOSE OBJECTIVES ARE TO FURTHER RESEARCH EFFORTS AND TO FACILITATE OPTIMUM USE OF RESEARCH RESULTS BY COORDINATING EFFORTS AND DISSEMINATING REPORTS, STUDIES, DATA, AND INFORMATION…

This policy statement focuses on ways of overcoming unemployment and underemployment for groups (young, old, disadvantaged) that typically experience high or prolonged joblessness, and on increasing incentives for productive work. Recommendations resulting from the CED study focus on these areas: new and expanded use on a nationwide basis of…

This report includes annual reports from both the Department of Labor on employment and training requirements, resources, and utilization and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on facilities utilization and employment and training program coordination. First is a description of the current administration's five basic labor market…