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)…

In November 2005, the province of Ontario and the federal government signed two historic agreements--the Canada-Ontario Labour Market Development Agreement and the Canada-Ontario Labour Market Partnership Agreement. One year later, on Nov. 24, 2006, key labour market stakeholders, including users, delivery agents and government came together to…

The major thesis of this document is that the supply of young manpower is growing at a record rate, the number of jobs is not growing as rapidly as a few years ago, and this situation is more critical for college educated manpower than for workers who have not attended college. Action is needed now to assure that large numbers of jobs are created…

The inverse relationship between educational attainment and unemployment is indicated in data concerning three major age groups during 1974-1975. The long-term uptrend in the educational level of the labor force continues, with college graduates experiencing changes in occupational distribution. (LH)

A college degree is no longer the one-way ticket to success and fortune that it was considered in the past. This document deals with three specific aspects of adjustment of manpower production to demands for manpower: (1) What responses are being made by the academic community and by state governments to problems of changing demand for…

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)

Realistically the direction of education should follow trends in the world of work. A misplaced emphasis on acquiring a college diploma resulted in disillusionment both for those who dropped out with no marketable skill and for those who graduated and discovered no jobs were available. (AG)

Unemployed blacks are trapped in job-scarce urban ghettos, unable to reach suburban plants where many good positions are waiting to be filled. (Authors)

This is a report of a study of U.S. immigration policy as administered by the Department of Labor's labor certification program. The report provides a history of the program, describes its operation, and analyzes its impact on the labor market. (Author)

Two surveys of 1972 graduates of the University of Texas at Arlington, representing a college labor market, indicate a high degree of inefficiency in manpower utilization caused by lack of information, poor dissemination of information at decision-making times, and sex discrimination. (JH)

Over 100 representatives of business, labor, government agencies, and educational and research institutions attended the second Manpower Symposium from which these papers and discussion summaries were compiled to encourage efforts by those evolving manpower policy to shape a comprehensive national strategy for the effective development and full…

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)

Report on the results of pre-employment training programs being developed in the hopes of reducing some of our present manpower ailments. (Author/MM)