Increasing numbers of recent college graduates are ending up in relatively low-skilled jobs that, historically, have gone to those with lower levels of educational attainment. This study examines this phenomenon in some detail, concluding: (1) About 48 percent of employed U.S. college graduates are in jobs that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…

Recently, high unemployment and a high perceived rate of technological change have created interest in work-sharing. Definitions of different types of work-sharing and theoretical and practical issues related to work-sharing are covered. Work-sharing is not necessarily a panacea, but it does show the potential to help. (Author/IS)

Special Labor Force Report shows that job losers, mostly men, make up less than half of the unemployed; jobless women and teenagers are mostly entrants into the job market. (Editor)

One of a series of proceedings of seminars on Manpower Policy and Program, this report presents a condensed transcript of a seminar. Dr. Wilbur J. Cohen discussed women in the labor force today, future trends in women's employment, future demands for workers, health personnel shortages, educational opportunities, homemaker services needed, and…

This Department of Labor report presents tables that describe manpower needs for college graduates. Some of the areas covered are: age distribution of the labor force; employment by occupation; employment for black men; and projected job openings for college graduates and projected entrants. (CS)

New job listings show the market demand for economists between 1975 and 1984 led the supply and was far more volatile than the number of doctorates awarded. Although graduate economic specialties have remained stable and the specialists ranked by employers have been constant, they show no comparative agreement. (Author/MSE)

After examining problem areas in the labor market, the author proposes that disadvantaged groups, particularly the handicapped, are an untapped human resource which can help resolve some of those problems. Recommendations to meet the needs of disadvantaged groups are presented. (EC)

This report focuses primarily on the 1975 employment status of 1930-1974 recipients of doctorates in science and engineering residing in the United States. Approximately 63,400 persons of the 314,000 individuals on the 1975 Roster of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers compiled by the National Research Council were sampled. A variable sampling ratio…

A very significant and enigmatic situation confronting graduate education today is the lack of adequate and reliable data relating to the manpower supply and demand and employment status of Ph.D.'s. Considering this, the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States authorized a study of the manpower situation. A questionnaire was sent to…

Physical and educational changes and changes in family and human values are briefly discussed in this speech focusing on the changing work force. Career education and career guidance are viewed as ways to help make education and learning more relevant. Makeup of the labor market is reviewed and changes projected for ten years in the future. The…

This document examines trends in employment, earnings, and education requirements among major sectors, industries, and four detailed industry groups (high tech, business services, health services, and eating and drinking establishments) in the United States. Trends show that the service sector, particularly in business and health services, are…

THE LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION STIPULATED THAT IT MAINTAIN A REGISTER OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AND IN OTHER WAYS PROVIDE A CENTRAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION COVERING ALL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS PUBLICATION BRINGS TOGETHER INFORMATION FROM MANY SOURCES ON THE…

Legitimizing consumer maintenance as an occupation would allow women to accept the fact that at the moment they have more options than men; it would also hasten the time when society will allow men to retain their dignity while at household tasks (traditionally women's) with the wife's income as financial support. (Author)