The Great Recession left a crater in the labor market that has been devastating for unemployed Americans of all ages. After more than two years of unemployment at well over 8%, there is a hole of more than 11 million jobs, with average spells of unemployment lasting nearly nine months. The weak labor market has been particularly tough on young…

Globalization is putting increasing pressure on jobs in the United Kingdom, particularly among less skilled activities. The European response through the Lisbon Strategy has been diffuse, while UK policy appears much more focused, concentrating on the need to raise education and skill levels. The present paper examines the transition towards a…

In 2004 NCVER invited proposals from a consortia of researchers to address questions relating to changing work skill needs and work organisation arrangements and their implications for the vocational education and training sector. The National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University, and the Centre for Post-compulsory Education and…

The authors, realizing the importance of continuous organizational reappraisal of manpower needs and strengths, have developed a model based on supply of management manpower and demand for management manpower. Without a manpower forecasting/planning program, the future needs of the organization are reduced to guesswork. (EA)

A study used the Institut fur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) Establishment Panel as a data set for a labor demand analysis. (The IAB Establishment Panel are all German firms employing at least one employee subject to the compulsory social security scheme.) The first interviews in 1993 had a response rate of 4,356 or 71 percent; of these,…

Assessments of the 1972-85 occupational outlook reveal a rather sharp slowdown in employment growth during the latter half of the period. Jobs for salesworkers, managers and administrators, and operatives will be affected most. (Author)

Estimates are made of absolute poverty and employment under the hypothesis that existing trends continue. Concludes that while the number of people in absolute poverty is not likely to decline by 2000, the proportion will fall. Jobs will have to grow 3.9% per year in developing countries to achieve full employment. (JOW)

One of the responsibilities of the Utah Department of Employment Security is the development and dissemination of information concerning occupational manpower requirements. Highlighted in this document are the occupational employment data for employees in Utah's nonagricultural payrolls. Data entered on an occupational industry matrix obtained…

The authors believe that one should beware of adopting too general an approach to Third World training which fails to take account of different types of education and training. At the same time, they view the economy as a whole, including the rural sector and informal activities. (Author/CT)

Makes observations about progress in the field of manpower planning in highly industrialized and developed countries. Discusses the internal and external labor market, the state of the art of manpower planning at the micro level, and an economic framework. (CT)

Presents material adapted from the Occupational Outlook Handbook in Brief,'' prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor; the Bureau of Labor Statistics assessment of the 1980 occupational and industrial outlook is based on a projected labor force of 100,700,000 in 1980. (JM)

The study finds that a 10 percent increase in the federal minimum wage (or the coverage rate) would reduce teenage (16-19) employment by about one percent, which is at the lower end of the range of estimates from previous studies. (Author/SSH)

The summary of a round-table discussion and survey to determine the reality of administrator shortage in the school districts is the purpose of this report. Thirty-eight out of 45 mailed questionnaires to 41 district superintendents and 4 search consultants were completed. Findings of the round-table discussion and survey suggest that trends in…

As a result of strong economic growth, limited growth of the working population, and a number of other socioeconomic factors, the United States presently has labor shortages in some locations for a variety of jobs. This booklet outlines various aspects of labor shortages and suggests ways that Department of Labor (DOL) activities might be used to…