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Gorovitz, Elizabeth – Training and Development Journal, 1983
Issues currently affecting employee training are the impact of high technology, worker adaptability, the communications revolution, job satisfaction, underinvestment in human capital, demographic shifts, and interest in productivity improvement. (SK)
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Change, Employment Patterns, Job Training
California State Employment Training Panel, Sacramento. – 1986
The Employment Training Panel consists of seven representatives of business and labor who were appointed by the Governor of California and the state's legislature to administer funds transferred from the state unemployment insurance fund for job training. The panel is authorized to contract with employers and schools to conduct training that puts…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Job Training
Quinley, John W.; Cantrell, Jo Ellen – 1998
The 1998 Work Force Development Study focuses on Spartanburg Technical College's (STC's) (South Carolina) role in preparing new workers and training/retraining the current workforce. Surveys were mailed to employers in business and industry--the response rate was 10%. In addition, a series of focus groups, including various business, industry,…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Focus Groups, Futures (of Society)
Ivanov, N. P. – 1981
Clarifying the influences determining how and to what extent highly qualified personnel are employed, this study discusses those sorts of economic and technological advances affecting employment potentials. Two main trends in scientific and technological progress--computerized industries and the high science-content of production--have so…
Descriptors: Automation, Cybernetics, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning

Nolte, Walter H. – Community College Review, 1992
Discusses the community colleges' role in training and retraining the U.S. workforce. Describes the demographics and skills required of today's labor force and changes in the workplace. Highlights business training needs, the training and education needs of workers, and styles of training and education. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns
Wonacott, Michael E. – 1992
One promising practice for improving workplace preparation, apprenticeship, has been effective in preparing skilled workers for the changing needs of the workplace. Apprenticeship is a training strategy with eight components: it combines hands-on training on the job with related instruction; employer needs dictate programs; it is regulated by law;…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Employment Patterns, Government School Relationship, Industrial Training
Disney, Richard; And Others – 1992
Both Germany and Great Britain have recently experienced increases in unemployment. Both countries have developed substantial labor market programs. Germany offers full-time adult training and retraining courses for employed and unemployed persons. Great Britain has a system of youth training but, until recently, has done little for adults. It has…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns, Employment Services
California State Employment Training Panel, Sacramento. – 1986
A study examined the long-term effects of three training projects sponsored by the Employment Training Panel that were established in California in 1983. The three projects, which were all designed to prepare participants for entry-level jobs, were implemented in 1983-1984, with placements into new jobs generally occurring in early- to mid-1984.…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Entry Workers
Forsgren, Roderick A.; Clark, David H. – 1976
Implications for Maine's vocational technical institutes of changes in the pulp and paper industry are examined in this study designed to help vocational educators realize the importance of keeping current with the needs of employers in relevant labor markets. Information used was gathered from relevant literature and from indepth interviews with…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications, Instrumentation Technicians
Pennington, Hilary – Leadership Abstracts, 1994
Four major trends reshaping the American economy are having a tremendous effect on the number and nature of jobs in the United States: (1) corporate downsizing; (2) the outsourcing of work and services; (3) increasing use of "contingent" workers; and (4) the increasing income disparity between high school and college graduates. These trends have…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Corporate Education, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship
CIBARICH, AUGUST L.; AND OTHERS – 1964
THIS WAS ONE OF 20 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS INITIATED IN 11 STATES IN 1961-63 TO GAIN EXPERIENCE WITH LABOR MARKET PROBLEMS ARISING FROM CHANGING TECHNOLOGY AND MASS LAYOFFS. THE FUNDAMENTAL AIM WAS TO COMBINE ACTION AND RESEARCH TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THE STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE COULD DO IN AREAS WHERE THE LABOR MARKET WAS RAPIDLY CHANGING.…
Descriptors: Automation, Clerical Workers, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing
Globerson, Arye – 1978
Unemployment among university graduates in Israel is examined in light of their possible retraining for placement in other professional fields experiencing shortages, including new occupations. After an introduction that includes a retraining model, the following are covered in separate chapters: (1) a profile of humanities and social science…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Case Studies, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship
Jacobson, Louis; And Others – 1993
A study examined the earnings losses suffered by a group of experienced workers who separated from their firms in the early and mid-1980s. The quarterly earnings histories of a large number of Pennsylvania workers covering the period 1974 through 1986 merged with employment information about their firms served as the data set. Workers' earnings…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Costs, Dislocated Workers, Economic Climate
Helwig, Andrew A. – 1984
The need for a national policy for the development and use of human resources is evident. One part of the human resource development issue centers around the needs of adult workers who are unemployed or threatended with unemployment because of structural changes in the labor market. The issue of retraining adult workers was examined in detail in…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Employment Patterns, Entrepreneurship
Long Island City Business Development Corp., NY. – 1992
In an effort to promote economic development in the Long Island City (New York) area, a study was conducted of the training and human resource needs of local manufacturing firms and the demographic characteristics of the local labor force. Specifically, the study sought to examine company needs, highlight programs available to address those needs,…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns