Julian Josephson finds the environmental employment picture bleak, but far from hopeless. He looks at training and future trends, and lists a number of leads aimed at helping the unemployed. (Author/BT)

The educational problems of the migrant worker, isolated from his home and the victim of social prejudice, are receiving attention from UNESCO. (JH)

The social and economic implications of migration for both the countries of arrival and the countries of departure are discussed. The right of the immigrant and his children to education is viewed as a "constant", despite political of economic policy. (JH)

The article analyzes the management aspect of group practice, examining the effect of the manager on the use of nonphysician personnel. Findings suggest that management input is important in determining the utilization of nonphysician personnel in medical groups. (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)

Summarized are subtopics of the 1974 Manpower Report of the President. Specific topics covered are: the employment and unemployment record; manpower programs; migration and the American worker; patterns of occupational opportunity; and special programs. (DS)

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 directory lists resources on productivity in the following major areas: (1) sources on productivity and worklife information; (2) information resources for productivity research; and (3) publications of the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life. (Author/JLL)

Adapted from a paper presented at the European Federation of Chemical Engineering Conference on Chemical Engineering Education, Churchill College (Cambridge, U.K., July 10-12, 1968).

WORKERS ARE PRODUCTIVE AGENTS. THEIR ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY IS ENHANCED BY INVESTMENT IN THEM. THE INVESTMENT APPROACH IS NOT ONLY A USEFUL BUT A VERY POWERFUL ORGANIZING CONCEPT FOR POLICY AND PROGRAMING. BY USING IT, ONE CAN IDENTIFY MAJOR MALINVESTMENTS THAT ARE A CONSEQUENCE OF PUBLIC POLICY SUCH AS--(1) IN AGRICULTURE, TOO MUCH HAS BEEN…

HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RESULTS IN ECONOMIC LOSSES TO THE ECONOMY AND IMPOSES SUFFERING ON MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. OF THE MANY TYPES, LONG-TERM STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT AFFECTS MORE THAN ONE MILLION WORKERS AND IS MOST INTRACTABLE TO TREATMENT AND DISTURBING IN TERMS OF HUMAN HARDSHIP. MOST OF THE WORKERS CLASSIFIED AS STRUCTURALLY…

THE SELECTED READINGS WERE COMPILED TO PROVIDE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH A BROAD BACKGROUND OF DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO THE EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946 AND ARE CONCERNED WITH THE FORMULATION OF U.S. EMPLOYMENT POLICIES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II. PARTS I AND II (VT 004 819) PROVIDE THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FROM THE LATE 1920'S THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION.…

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…

A major problem in the utilization of personnel appears in the identification of skills and knowledges acquired in job assignments held in the past. Lack of regular job inventorying of Air Force personnel by individuals rather than samples makes it infeasible to use job inventories to recapture a given airman's record. The possibility of using the…