Presents information gathered from organizations with 50 or more employees concerning how the training budget will be spent in 1987 and compares that with information from previous years. Topics include (1) occupations receiving training, (2) use of computers, (3) sources of training, and (4) instructional methods. (CH)

The study attempts to assess the validity of occupational labor market typologies used in the literature. Analyses of occupational characteristics from 1970 Census Bureau data for males and females indicate occupational labor markets may be more differentiated and complex than suggested in the dual labor market literature. (Author/CH)

The first in a series on specific careers in online, this article examines jobs representing the online industry innovators and initiators. Highlights include the online job stream, the Research and Development/Planning job cluster, job interviews, work environment, organizational structure, getting in, moving up, perks and perils, and getting…

Examined the structure of occupations based on judgments of similarity, compared this structure with those derived from subjects' (N=26) responses to interest inventories, and compared the circular and hierarchical models. Results indicated that a combination of the circular and hierarchical models is preferable to either model alone. (LLL)

To meet the need for teachers with knowledge which cuts across many areas of an occupational cluster and yet stay within budget limitations, the author finds the usual sources inadequate. He suggests granting academic credit to teachers for training courses in vocational education as a solution to a many-sided problem. (AG)

Author proposes cluster grouping as a meaningful, realistic, costly, and viable approach to career education. (GB)

A program model for elementary career education is based on a rationale and focus emphasizing the integration of significant early experiences at home and at school. (KM)

Office Education Association shapes up its competitive events. (Editor)

The Occupational Work Ethic Inventory was completed by 1,201 workers in various businesses and industries. Women were more likely to endorse the work ethic than men. There were few differences by age or educational level and significant differences by occupation and for those workers with 2-8 years of full-time experience. (SK)

Measures of workplace skills used to construct graphical representations of occupations. Interpretable groupings of occupations based on similar skills emerged, as did an occupational map with salient skill dimensions. Implications for career counseling context discussed with respect to (a) selection of courses; (b) consideration of alternative…

Career recommendations were made based on aptitude scores of 335 high school freshmen. Artificial neural networks were used to map recommendations to 12 occupational clusters. Overall accuracy of neural networks (.80) approached that of discriminant function analysis (.84). The two methods had different strengths and weaknesses. (SK)

Analyzes instances of business-higher education collaboration within small business clusters in Britain, detailing the extent, contents, and intensity of that collaboration. Suggests that the leaders must committed to and believe in the benefits of collaborative relationships for them to be successful. (JOW)