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Download full textSpringer, Philip B.; Anderson, Sydney C. – 1972
A series of 185 interviews in the San Francisco Bay area, conducted by 15 young black men with college backgrounds, dealt with the employment-related experiences, problems, and attitudes of a random sample of black males who were participants in one of 11 federal and private manpower programs, or were labor force nonparticipants. Comparisons were…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Employment, Career Development, Disadvantaged
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1971
This reprint of a chapter from the annual comprehensive Presidential report on the nation's manpower problems and federal programs discusses: (1) major legislative developments, (2) program evolution and innovation, (3) meeting the needs of special groups, (4) administering and delivering manpower services, (5) strengthening the unemployment…
Descriptors: Career Development, Employment Patterns, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Programs
Franchak, Stephen J.; Bruno, Nancy L. – 1971
These guidelines for the use of labor market information are presented in order to improve program planning for vocational education in Pennsylvania by supplying necessary manpower supply/demand data. Once occupational needs are defined for a specific geographic area, a systems approach to program development can be utilized by vocational training…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Programs, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
Barocci, Thomas A. – 1972
The report is based on the results of a mail questionnaire sent to a sample of the total population of persons involved in the registered apprenticeship program in Wisconsin during the years 1965-1970. The returned questionnaires consisted of approximately the same number of dropouts and completers; these two groups were compared throughout the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Career Development, Data Analysis
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Center for Studies in Vocational and Technical Education. – 1972
This study, conducted in response to the requirements of Wisconsin's State Advisory Council for Vocational Education as delineated in the Vocational Amendments of 1968, focuses specifically on the impact of Federal vocational education funds on State health occupations education programs. The six chapters deal respectively with: (1) the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Development, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Cook, Alvin A., Jr. – 1971
A mathematical model was developed of military enlistment behavior based on the principle of occupational choice. A quality adjustment, applicable to all labor markets, was incorporated into the model in estimating the supply of volunteers. It was assumed that the greater the excess supply of volunteers, the greater the average quality of…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Career Choice, Career Development, Labor Economics
Olympus Research Corp., Salt Lake City, UT. – 1972
Reasons for the failure of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962 to meet its major objective of alleviating skills shortages are recorded and analyzed. The lack of skills shortages was admitted to be the main reason for the shortcomings in performance, although the term "skills shortage" had yet to be defined and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Demand Occupations, Employer Attitudes
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
The National Society of Professional Engineers, under contract to the Department of Labor, conducted a study to investigate the conversion of technical skills of displaced aerospace and defense professionals to other industries. The Seattle and Wichita study teams, focusing on the food industry, projected that about 200 employment opportunities…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Employment Programs
