This pamphlet, published by the Canadian Department of Manpower and Immigration, is the second of a Careers-Canada series and describes careers in clerical occupations. The pamphlet is divided into nine major parts: (1) history and importance; (2) fields of employment; (3) nature of the work (this is subdivided into the secretarial group, the…

The collective negotiation process between professional teachers organizations and school systems is fast becoming a full time job. Many school districts employ professional negotiations specialists to handle bargaining on behalf of school boards. To obtain an idea of current practices in assigning the function of chief negotiator, the Educational…

This report is a critical evaluation based on extended field trials and theoretical analysis of the time-span technique of measuring level of work in organizational hierarchies. It is broadly concluded that the technique does possess many of the desirable features claimed by its originator, but that earlier, less highly structured versions based…

Including the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) in a school testing program should be the result of careful planning and formulation of goals. The investment may, however, be worth the advantages that can be achieved by providing students with information that may help them formulate individual educational and vocational goals and make related…

This selected bibliography of materials published by all Federal and many state agencies from 1962 to 1968 is divided into four sections. One deals with occupational and industry manpower literature, including occupational outlook service information, occupational and industry manpower studies, job descriptions, and Federal government careers. The…

The magnitude and importance of nonpolitical speech ghostwriting as a public relations activity was investigated. Corporate public relations departments and public relations counseling firms with more than five members that are listed in the directory of the Public Relations Society of America received a questionnaire asking seven questions about…

A women entering the job market for the first time, getting back to it, or changing jobs can encounter many problems. This step-by-step guide is designed to make this task easier. Of the 1,000 jobs listed there are several special interest areas covered: foods, parties, retailing, direct or mail-order selling, real estate, insurance, animals,…

This study tested sex stereotyping of occupational roles as a determinant of source credibility. The two main independent variables involved sex of communicator and occupation of communicator. Occupations, analyzed only in terms of whether or not the occupation could be considered typically a "man's" or a "woman's" field, were…

The standard is used to grade nonsupervisory jobs involved in routing and expediting the movement of parts, end items, supplies, and materials within production and repair facilities to meet priority needs. The work requires knowledge of material characteristics, uses, condition, industrial production shop procedures, shop layout, and internal…

The objectives of this study were to: (1) compile a comprehensive inventory of tasks which make up the food service function in health facilities; (2) analyze which of the tasks are currently being performed by various levels of personnel working in the food service department; (3) determine curriculum components to satisfy the training needs…

This course guide is designed to aid in the organization and conduct of a training program for driver improvement analysts. It contains a description of the overall training program and instructor and student materials; suggestions for course planning including the scheduling of lessons, class size, prerequisites for students and instructors,…

Employment opportunities as a field examiner for the National Labor Relations Board are described in this pamphlet. The job, training, qualifications, salary, locations, benefits, and employment policies are outlined briefly. A list of field offices and the address for application forms are included. (MS)

This bibliography opens with a general section on career planning and occupational information. Followed by coverage of careers in selected areas of business and industry, communications, education (colleges, universities, professional schools, pre-school, elementary, secondary, and general education), government, health and medical fields, and…

This study investigated two approaches for obtaining job ratings in order to determine which procedure provided the most stable ratings, given a constant number of raters. Specifically, it compared reliability estimates determined by averaging across individually obtained job ratings and reliability estimates based on consensus ratings from…

In this document, the Talent Corps in New York City, which was established to orient and train persons from low income communities to become paraprofessionals in the human services and to work toward the establishment of permanent career lines in public and private institutions in the city, provides job descriptions of twenty paraprofessional…