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| Occupational Outlook Quarterly | 10 |
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| Baxter, Neale | 1 |
| Berman, Jay M. | 1 |
| Braddock, Douglas J. | 1 |
| Carey, Max L. | 1 |
| Hecker, Daniel E. | 1 |
| Herbert, Bruce E. | 1 |
| Kahl, Anne | 1 |
| McGregor, Elizabeth | 1 |
| Mittelhauser, Mark | 1 |
| Sargent, Jon | 1 |
| Stevenson, Gloria | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 9 |
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McGregor, Elizabeth – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1991
Examines the various concepts of an entry-level job and presents some survey data on occupational entrants that provide some insight on this issue. A table gives total number of entrants, number without experience, and percentage without experience for more than 160 occupations. (JOW)
Descriptors: Entry Workers, Occupational Information, Tables (Data), Work Experience
Carey, Max L. – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1989
The United States is mobile society, and mobility is evident in the jobs people hold. From one year to the next, almost 1 worker in 5 enters or returns to an occupation that he/she did not work in 12 months earlier. A worker's age, sex, race, and ethnicity influence likelihood of changing occupations. (Contains detailed data tables.) (JOW)
Descriptors: Career Change, Entry Workers, Occupational Mobility, Reentry Workers
Baxter, Neale – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1988
Discusses how to act and what to expect in the first job. Points out that first jobs are important because they provide an opportunity to develop the technical, organizational, and interpersonal skills that can be used in the second job. (JOW)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship, Entry Workers, Work Environment
Berman, Jay M. – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1993
Discusses differences in the kinds of occupations workers entered in 1990 with regard to age, sex, education, hours worked, and experience in the occupation. Includes information for the major occupational groups. (Author)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Entry Workers, Labor Market, Occupational Information
Stevenson, Gloria – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Career Development, Entry Workers, Information Utilization, Labor Force
Herbert, Bruce E. – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1983
Evidence suggests that office workers' salaries are comparable to those of other occupations that do not require postsecondary education and that clerical workers enjoy a high degree of job security. It is important that students be given information on where jobs are and will be and what income level to expect. (JOW)
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Demand Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Mittelhauser, Mark – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1998
Projections to 2006 suggest that 18% of new college graduates will not be able to find college-level jobs, depending on major, aptitude, and location. Investment in college education, especially in functional literacy and high-demand job skills, improves prospects. (SK)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections, Entry Workers
Kahl, Anne – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1983
Illustrates the significant impact of age and sex on the jobs people take. (JOW)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Change, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Braddock, Douglas J.; Hecker, Daniel E. – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1988
The authors describe the labor force status, occupation, and graduate or professional school status in April 1985 of college graduates who received their bachelor's degrees between July 1983 and June 1984. The data were analyzed for the graduates as a group and for each of 20 major fields of study. (CH)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications
Sargent, Jon – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1988
The author states that competition among college graduates for jobs will decrease, although a small surplus of graduates will remain, between 1988 and 2000. Sources of job openings and sources of labor force entrants are discussed and openings and entrants are projected. (CH)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Demography, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
