The author discusses demographic, political, and developmental factors influencing the employment of counselors in the next decade. He concludes that there is reason to expect healthy growth in counselor employment, primarily in schools but also in public and voluntary agencies. This growth should require the training of at least 50,000 new…

Describes various energy-related projects and legislation, with new job estimates, to improve or design buildings and methods to reduce the annual growth in energy consumption by reducing gasoline consumption, cutting oil imports, increasing coal production, insulating buildings, and installing solar energy devices. (MF)

Because of certain characteristics of the field of aging, projections specific to gerontology related professions are extremely difficult to make. Suggests a different approach based on rates of utilization of services by elders and corresponding opportunities for job development by professionals specialized in aging. (Author/RC)

This report provides an overview of the changing labor force of the 1970's. Employment trends for youth, blacks, women part-time workers, and other groups are projected, after which the report discusses the role of Federal manpower policy in improving the operation of the labor market during inflation, recession, and steady growth. Numerous graphs…

Three factors must be recognized in relating manpower policy to the needs of Blacks: an awareness of disciminatory practices; the priorities of training programs; and the projected needs and demands of the economy. (Author/MC)

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 investigation explores the impact that changing economies have had and will continue to have upon Human Resources Development (HRD)--the collective body responsible for training and retraining labor--and from that perspective offers recommendations to improve the impact HRD has upon society. The challenge for HRD is to recognize the economic,…

A study was conducted to develop a monitoring system detailing the employment demands in Bridgeport, Connecticut for graduates of the city's vocational and training programs. The project was divided into two phases and involved the collaborative efforts of the educational, community, and business-industrial sectors of Bridgeport. A checklist based…

CONDUCTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TECHNOLOGY, AUTOMATION, AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS, THIS STUDY PROJECTS THE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1975, UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WILL BE 3 PERCENT. THE MAJOR CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY, WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT EVERY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN AMERICAN…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EXAMINE THE PROFUSION OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL MANPOWER STUDIES SO COMMUNITIES SEEKING TO UNDERTAKE MANPOWER STUDIES COULD LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS. OVER 300 MANPOWER STUDIES WERE EXAMINED AND CLASSIFIED AS -- (1) MANPOWER REQUIREMENT SURVEYS, (2) POTENTIAL LABOR FORCE SURVEYS, (3) WAGE SURVEYS, (4)…

This handbook was designed to assist economists and statisticians in the economically developing countries in initiating and conducting studies for determining future manpower requirements in relation to anticipated development. It outlines a method of estimating future manpower requirements by occupation and industry and future training…

Projections of the number of jobs in 1970 and 1975, by occupation and industry, for New York State and its 11 major industrial areas are being developed through techniques described in this publication. The five major steps are: (1) to establish the number in the labor force by age and sex, (2) to establish the number of nonfarm and salary jobs by…

ELECTRONIC SOLID STATE SWITCHING SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES, SEMIAUTOMATIC INFORMATION SERVICES, AUTOMATIC INTERCEPTING AND DATA PROCESSING, AND DEDICATED PLANT, THE PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT OF LINES FROM A CENTRAL OFFICE TO EACH ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL SUBSCRIBER, ARE SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS WHICH WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT MANPOWER…

To determine the nature and extent of rural youth and adult educational and employment opportunities, this study assessed existing and projected job titles in agricultural production and the agribusiness sector of Montana's economy. Using job position taxonomies identified by the United States Office of Education, two survey instruments were…