By 2005, U.S. employment is expected to increase by 26.4 million, a 1.5% annual rate. Services will provide more than half of new job growth. Construction will add jobs; manufacturing employment will decline. Public sector employment will grow more slowly than average. (SK)

Bureau of Labor Statistics data show the industrial sector as a whole in healthy shape, but a few manufacturing industries in deep trouble. These industries include tobacco manufacturers, iron and steel foundries, leather products, and steel manufacturers. Also examines shifts in employment and output, job quality, and outlook for the future. (CT)

Dramatic changes in the labor force mean that businesses will have to become more flexible to compete in the 1990s. Advances in automation, baby boomers, and women entering the labor force are increasing the demand for adult education. (Author)

From 1992 to 2005, occupations requiring postsecondary education will have faster than average growth rates. Most employment growth will be in services. Professional specialty is expected to be the fastest growing group. (SK)

This document contains two essays: "Toward a High-Wage, High-Productivity Service Sector" by Lester Thurow; and "Service Sector Wages, Productivity and Job Creation in the U.S. and Other Countries" by Louise Waldstein. The first essay analyzes the recent and currrent U.S. economy under headings called Growth Nodes, Falling…

This article documents the job gains recently experienced in the temporary help industry, and discusses reasons for the increase in demand for temporary workers and factors leading to the growth in supply of workers for temporary jobs. It also discusses differences in the occupational segments of the temporary help market. (CT)

Montana's industries are projected to employ 35,880 more wage and salary workers by 1995 than in 1986. If these employment projections hold true, there will be an average growth rate of about 1.5 percent per year in the state. Most of the employment growth projected to 1995 by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry will be in the service…

More than 53 million women age 16 and over comprise 45 percent of the total labor force. Projections indicate that women's share of the labor force will increase to 47 percent in the year 2000. Greater numbers of minority women will enter the labor force. Furthermore, the labor force will be older by the year 2000. The economy has long been and…

Every one of the 20 fastest-growing occupations, as listed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is in the service sector. Nearly all of the 15 million jobs that have been created since the November trough of the 1982 recession have been in the service sector. About half of these jobs pay at least $10 per hour, and those paying minimum wage or…

Future health, physical education, recreation, and dance educators need to be aware of demographic, sector, and technological changes and their effect on career opportunities. Suggestions for examination of goals, philosophy, and opportunities are offered. (DF)

Implications of Bureau of Labor Statistics projections for home economics educators. (SB)

Most occupations are projected to experience sustained growth during the 1980s; service jobs will grow the fastest and white-collar jobs will provide the most openings. Prospects for more than 250 occupations are given here, along with each occupation's estimated employment in 1980. (Author/CT)

Three alternative sets of occupational employment projections for the 1978-90 period all show high growth for white collar and service categories but slow growth for blue collar workers and decreases among farm-workers. (Author)

Employment data from the 1960 and 1970 censuses were organized using the occupational classification system of John Holland to examine age, sex, and level differences in employment and to detect changes over the 10-year period. Data were organized by both kind and level of work in an attempt to answer the following questions: What are the relative…

Assessing the economic progress of blacks in the United States during the last decade and a half, this special report is divided into eight chapters. Chapter I provides an overview of the report noting the overall conclusion that the economic position of blacks (as well as that of other racial minority groups and of poor whites) is not likely to…