This report was prepared to present reviews, synthesis, and evaluation of research studies and demonstration projects concerned with the labor market experience of unemployed engineers, particularly in aerospace-defense. It also includes a review and evaluation of national manpower efforts to aid the reemployment of unemployed engineers,…

Examines the literature concerning custodial workload assignments, lists variables in the determination of workload, and constructs a Work Level Index to determine the relative amount of work necessary in a custodial operation. (Author/MLF)

Reported are data regarding employment of scientists and engineers at doctorate-granting institutions. Employment of scientists and engineers in January 1974, was up 3 percent. Almost all of the increase was due to the increase in the number of life scientists. The greatest declines were in the number of psychologists and engineers. Women…

This issue of "Engineering Manpower Bulletin" reviews some of the statistics and other information concerning the status of women in engineering. These major topics are considered: dispelling some common misconceptions; women in the current engineering picture; why does engineering need women; what keeps women out of engineering; problems facing…

Discusses problems involving the replacement of expatriate managers with national managers.'' (Author)

Examines the overall distribution of physicists with particular reference to the future market possibilities, especially for those prepared to take the necessary role of scientifically educated entrepreneurs. (Author/PR)

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)

Discusses manpower requirements' relationship to higher education. (PG)

Three papers consider various aspects of the labor market in the telecommunications field in the United States. The first, "Employment and Worker Dislocation in Telecommunications Equipment" (Julie Gorte, Office of Technology Assessment), notes that the increasing importance of international trade in the American economy has meant both a…

Project VEHTS (Versatile Employment of Health Trained Servicemen) is demonstrating how civilian hospitals can employ and use more effectively the thousands of medically-trained servicemen who are released each year by the Armed Forces. A system of recruitment and placement of veterans at Cook County Hospital, Chicago, was designed and implemented.…

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)

Introduces the annual compilation of the essential statistics of the chemical industry, presented in eight sections (SE 506 182 to 506 189): products of the industry; sales, earnings, and other financial data; chemical company performance; industry employment; chemical R&D spending; U.S. chemical trade; raw materials for the industry; and foreign…