Because of increasing shortages of accountants, the profession is opening up rapidly to blacks and women. Many more blacks would enter accounting if college counselors informed them of the available opportunities. (BH)

Opportunities for university graduates with mathematics and science backgrounds are discussed. Statistics concerning the occupational disposition of graduates as of the date of their graduation are presented. (JP)

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)

The final report of a study to determine the feasibility of retraining displaced aerospace personnel in the Cape Kennedy, Florida, area is presented. Three broad areas were examined: (1) the development of a profile analysis of aerospace and defense related displaced personnel; (2) compilation of health manpower employment opportunity data; (3)…

This is the first in a series of Division of Manpower Intelligence (DMI) reports designed to contribute to a better understanding of health education and training. This report presents national and regional estimates of the numbers of professional, technical, and other personnel employed in hospitals in the United States. Number of employees,…

The aim of Project VISION (Vocational Information System Involving Occupational Needs) is the development of a model system of local occupational and employment information involving current and prospective manpower resources and requirements. Discussed in this presentation are the background and environment of the project, and some past, current,…

This document contains the proceedings of a conference on the general topic of labor market information, particulary the need to develop better methods, services, and subsystems for delivering such information. The source of the current concern for an adequate system of labor market information was the increased national interest in the optimum…

Because of rapid technological advancement broad opportunities and challenges are indicated for future engineers and scientists. (BP)

Measures to directly create jobs have begun to occupy an important position in American economic policies. Most of these measures involve direct public service programs and employment subsidies. This paper explores the reasons for the emergence of such programs and notes that the economic rationale for these measures suggests a substantial…

There are real opportunities for women in engineering, reflecting demands created by the dramatic rate of change in society. Increasingly complex technology, fast response time, the demands of production and managerial positions, increased levels of education and sophistication of employees, shifts in motivational needs, and new organizational…

This monograph is addressed principally to the policy maker and program planner dealing with job development, and defines some of the limits, problems, and needs of the field. Primarily, job development is concerned with the demand side of the labor market equation, dealing with the availability of job openings in general or for a particular…

This preliminary model deals with manpower requirements to 1980 and jobs for University of Georgia graduates. Emphasis is placed on suggested methodology for dealing with a projected output of graduates in terms of speciality fields and the correlation of this projected output with projected manpower requirements in the related speciality fields.…

The present state of library manpower and the outlook for the future is assessed in terms of manpower analysis. The field of library service is appraised within the larger framework of such comparable fields as teaching, social work, and nursing which also make use of large numbers of female workers. Important findings and conclusions are: (1) the…

The volume describes the PSC (public service careers) program created to secure, within the merit principle, permanent employment for the disadvantaged in public services agencies, stimulating the upgrade of current employees, and thereby meeting public sector needs. PSC aims to attack institutional and individual barriers to promote the most…