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Download full textStone, James R., III; Blackman, Orville; Lewis, Morgan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
Labor market economists argue that it is difficult to fit occupations into a few skill categories, but most will agree that there are at least three. In this schema, high-skill occupations are those in the professional/technical and managerial categories. Low-skill occupations are in the traditional, in-person service and agricultural categories.…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Vocational Education, Institutional Role, Skilled Occupations
Gordon, Edward – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
Millions of Americans remain unemployed. Yet, as of July 2010, about 3 million mainly STEM-related jobs were vacant across the U.S. economy. More firms are beginning to report that even though there are huge numbers of available workers, those workers do not have the skills the firms want. Businesses are struggling to find the talent needed to…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Dislocated Workers, Skilled Occupations, Skilled Workers
Hemmelman, Chris – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
One of the most important components to the discussion of emerging careers is the recognition that the American economy will need an increasingly skilled workforce. According to the recent report, "Help Wanted: Projections of Job and Education Requirements Through 2018," the American workforce will be in need of 22 million new college degrees as…
Descriptors: Career Education, Labor Force Development, Human Capital, Demand Occupations
Stoner, Gayla; Bird, Bruce; Gaal, John – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
While concerns for skill shortages within the world of trades workers have been a focal point of a variety of recent studies and reports, the reactive alarm has not been sounded in the modernized registered apprenticeship program. Registered apprenticeship is a combination of on-the-job learning (OJL) and related classroom and shop instruction. A…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Partnerships in Education, Trade and Industrial Education, Educational Trends
Ellner, Jerry; Tkaczyk, Jan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
Educators must prepare today's youth not only for jobs requiring a four-year college experience, but also for careers that demand more than a high school diploma but something other than a traditional university degree. This is why technical schools can be a viable option for training students with skills needed for a particular type of…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
No doubt career and technical education (CTE) is integral in preparing a skilled workforce for today's jobs. Hands-on training is an important element of the CTE classroom, and when that occurs in an actual workplace setting, it may be called internship, apprenticeship or cooperative education. Whatever term is applied, it is another way in which…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Sustainability
