Economic projections show that skills-based technological change across industries and occupations will support rising demand for postsecondary education and training. By 2025, the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce projects that 68 percent of the jobs in Iowa will require some level of postsecondary education. A key…

Tectonic changes are reshaping U.S. workplaces as the economy moves deeper into the knowledge-focused age. These changes are affecting the very nature of jobs by rewarding social, communications and analytical skills. They are prodding many workers to think about lifetime commitments to retraining and upgrading their skills. And they may be…

The impending retirement of the baby boom cohort could pose dramatic challenges for the U.S. labor force for at least two reasons. First, the boomers--adults born between 1946 and 1964--are large in number. Second, boomers are relatively well educated. In this report we develop and analyze occupational and labor force projections to the year 2018,…

This report is the successor to "Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Demand through 2018," in which researchers examined the connections between educational attainment and educational demand in the labor market. In this report, the authors update the jobs projected to be available through 2020, using a macro-micro modeling…

Presents employment projections and employment prospects for about 270 occupations in the following categories: management, business, and financial operations; professional and related; service; sales and related; office and administrative support; farming, fishing, and forestry; construction trades and related; installation, maintenance, and…

Studies the Bureau of Labor Statistics' moderate-growth economic and employment projections for the years through 1995. These are marked by a period of recovery from the 1982 recession, followed by stable economic growth through the mid-1990s. (NRJ)

Provides information on the job outlook for 250 occupations in terms of total employment, 1994; percent change, 1994-2005; numerical change, 1994-2005; and employment prospects. (JOW)

Offers both optimistic and pessimistic views of the labor market for those with Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. Discusses postdoctoral appointments and jobs for Ph.D.s outside the university. (JOW)

Discusses employment projections for the next 15 years. Indicates that job growth in the service industries will help offset projected declines in manufacturing and agriculture. Health and business services will lead all job fields. Includes charts of the fastest growing jobs, the value in earnings of education, and the education needed for…

Bureau of Labor Statistics projections of the job outlook for college graduates indicate that between 1994 and 2005, over 75% of college graduates can expect to find college-level jobs. The remaining college graduates will likely earn lower salaries and experience less job satisfaction. (JOW)

Entrepreneurial activity, which is higher in the United States than in Europe, is important to job growth but not as important as job expansion in existing firms. However, smaller companies play a much larger role in job growth in services than in manufacturing. (Author/JOW)

A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics analysis indicates that the job market for college graduates during the 1980s is expected to be similar to the highly competitive market that characterized the 1970s, due to the supply of college graduates, the college labor market of the 1970s, and occupational demand in the 1980s. (CT)

For the first time in many years, a Bureau of Labor Statistics analysis finds that the total college-level job openings between 1998 and 2008 will nearly equal the number of college-educated (bachelor's degree or higher) entrants to the labor force. However, more than 90,000 college graduates each year will take jobs that do not require…

This study provides legislators, educators, community organizations, training program specialists, and civil rights groups with data on the position of minorities and women in the work force. Part I considers where the jobs are in terms of designated high growth, high technology, and high loss occupations in the next decade. Chapter One discusses…

This report is the first in a series of analyses of the supply and demand of labor in Delaware. It is intended to inform administrators and planners in economic development, education, and employment and training of the direction and magnitude of employment change through projections of occupational and industrial growth and decline for the period…