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Download full textStahl, Klaus, Ed. – Basis-Info, 1999
Despite its high unemployment level, Germany is experiencing a shortage of specialists and managers. Germany's need for highly qualified information technology (IT) workers and engineers is particularly great. Approximately 10,000 posts for computer scientists and IT specialists remained vacant in 1998. Because of the shortage of such specialists,…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Engineers
Peer reviewedStratton, Timothy P.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1995
A survey of 269 Montana pharmacy managers investigated the impact of a new law allowing pharmacy technicians to perform some duties previously restricted to pharmacists and interns. Managers were questioned concerning attitudes toward job responsibilities that might be delegated to store clerks, pharmacy technicians, and student interns, and plans…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Employee Responsibility, Employment Patterns, Field Instruction
Looker, E. Dianne – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1993
A study of one small Canadian university used official employee records, details from contracts and employment terms, an employee survey, and structured interviews to investigate gender equity in university employment. Six employee groups were examined: faculty, librarians, professional and technical workers, secretarial-clerical workers, physical…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Case Studies, Clerical Workers, College Faculty
Gray, Kenneth C.; Herr, Edwin L. – 1995
This book focuses on the plight of the academic middle of graduating high school students. These students have been led to believe that the only way to succeed is to attend a four-year college, even though they are unprepared for college work. As a result, half of the students who begin college fail to graduate, and even those who do graduate…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Education, Career Choice, College Bound Students
Hendry, Chris – 1999
This paper provides an overview of the growth of new technology industries in Great Britain and the skills needed for these industries. The industries are advanced materials, biotechnology, and opto-electronics. The report profiles the current status, expected growth, and skills needed for each of these industry sectors. It also points out the…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Business Skills, Demand Occupations, Developed Nations
Mason, Geoff – 1999
Cyclical and structural issues in engineering skills formation in Great Britain were studied through a review of recent employment patterns, income patterns, employment projections, recent trends in education and training, and recent developments in technology and work organization. The review focused on the following issues: (1) the extent and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Business Cycles, Change Strategies, Delivery Systems
