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Gyan-Baffour, George; Shaffer, Ron – 1989
A survey of 501 Wisconsin firms (260 responses) assessed the impact of changes in demand, productivity, and technology on the employment needs and training requirements of Wisconsin employers in 10 selected economic sectors. Major findings included the following: (1) Wisconsin's services sector has recently experienced major employment growth and…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Economic Change, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
de Castro, Ignacio Fernandez; de Elejabeitia, Carmen – 1993
A study examined the need for vocational counseling among two target groups of young people under the age of 28 years in Spain: young women whose chief activity is domestic work in their own homes in Madrid and young people of both sexes affected by industrial reconversion who were living on the left bank of the Bilbao Estuary. Their vocational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Counseling, Counseling Objectives, Counseling Services
Liaroutzos, Oliver; Robichon, Marc – Training & Employment: A French Newsletter from Cereq and Its Associated Centres, 2000
The nature of basic computer occupations has changed greatly since the early 1980s. The changes reveal a shift in the respective roles of the sectors of industry associated with computer services (manufacturing and industrial computing). The service sector has adopted the procedures of industry in terms of organization, methods, and quality,…
Descriptors: Computers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Sum, Andrew; And Others – 1996
Over the past 2 decades, the inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings of full-time employed males and females decreased by 31% and 13%, respectively, and the deterioration in the real weekly earnings of young adults (ages 18-24) shows no signs of abatement. Male high school dropouts and graduates with no postsecondary schooling experienced the…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 1998
This document contains 12 papers on vocational education and training (VET) and related research that were developed for a 1998 European research report titled "Training for a Changing Society." The following papers are included: "Foreword" (Stavros Stavrou, Manfred Tessaring); "Institutional Framework Conditions and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Gatti, Mario; Grazia Mereu, Maria; Tagliaferro, Claudio – 2000
Changing occupational profiles in the hotel industry in France, Italy, and Spain were examined in case studies that included interviews with hotel managers, human resource managers, and individuals employed in hotel occupations identified as new or entailing new skills. The study focused on the following topics: (1) changes in the hotel industry…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Business Administration, Case Studies, Competence
Curtin, Penelope, Ed. – 1998
This book contains 31 papers from a conference on future training issues in Australia's industries. The following papers are included: "Training Development in Australia" (Chris Ellison); "Meeting National and Employer Training Requirements" (Mark Paterson); "Meeting Employee Training Requirements" (Bill Mansfield);…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agriculture, Building Trades, Case Studies