This special report, prepared by manpower and economic experts, details the employment prospects for chemists up to 1985. A demand for chemists equal to the supply is projected, but opportunities in academic institutions will decrease as overall college enrollments drop. (BT)

This publication is a report in which past trends and events relative to scientific manpower in the form of scientists and engineers are reviewed, the current status of the scientific manpower situation is described, and various assessments of possible future situations are compared. Within the last 25 years the situation has changed from one in…

A conceptual and methematical model was developed to study the preparation of persons holding Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees and to discover the proportion of them who assume academic positions. Data were collected on the number of US and foreign engineering students enrolled, degrees granted, and their employment in academic,…

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…

This annotated bibliography on manpower planning and utilization covers materials received in the U. S. Civil Service Commission Library from 1968 through 1970. References are listed in sections by subject, such as manpower forecasting, policies and methods, planning, utilization, shortages, changes, jobs, and skills. No indexes are provided. (MF)

This study of skill transferability between missile production and nondefense industries provides the necessary data to help formulate retraining and other programs designed to help workers adjust to cutbacks in defense spending. This technical appendix to the project report contains the data upon which the report's conclusions are based. The…

This study evaluated short-term manpower projection methods for the personal services and medical and other health services industries. An employer benchmark survey was used to estimate actual employment of cosmetologists, barbers, registered nurses, and licensed vocational nurses. Out of seven projection methods which were applied to the data,…

In the 1960's academics, politicians, administrators and industrialists became convinced of the importance of education for economic development. The forecasting of qualified manpower needs was able to turn this new idea into practice. During the decade hundreds of manpower forecasts were made, and innumerable international conferenceses were held…

Eighty-six persons representing vocational education, the Employment Service, the Labor Department, and community colleges attended the conference designed to develop an understanding of the cooperative planning and techniques needed to conduct manpower surveys and to analyze and implement their findings. The conference, coordinated by the Labor…

Three factors must be recognized in relating manpower policy to the needs of Blacks: an awareness of disciminatory practices; the priorities of training programs; and the projected needs and demands of the economy. (Author/MC)

Data were collected from 69 large employers and interviews were held with 25 of these for purposes of introducing the researchers to research in the problems of manpower planning and forecasting. Findings from this heuristic survey of employers included: (1) 72 percent forecast some of their manpower requirements, (2) 36 percent forecast external…

In 1963, the National Commission on Community Health Services appointed the Task Force on Health Manpower to assess community health needs, to evaluate methods of recruiting, educating, developing, motivating and utilizing manpower, and to recommend ways to assure availability and optimal utilization of manpower based upon community health needs.…

REPORTED IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL, OR CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, TO BE USED IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR HEALTH MANPOWER. THE MODEL IS DESIGNED TO PREDICT, UNDER CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS, THE DEMAND, SUPPLY, EXCESS DEMAND, AND EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH PERSONNEL FOR SOME PERIOD IN THE FUTURE. THE MANPOWER REQUIREMENT FORECASTS…