This research report is concerned with paraprofessional training, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for poverty adults. The following questions represent the objectives and purposes of the research effort: enrollees' mobility orientations, and how these orientations have changed; how the role sets of enrollees influence their effectiveness in social…

A stratified random sample of 69 6 workers in 361 households in Kern County, California, was selected to investigate the changes in labor use resulting from farm mechanization, and to explore the trend towards a stable labor force. Some major findings were: (1) Mechanization of the cotton harvest has erased the high peak of seasonal farm labor,…

This analysis is intended to assist public health nurses and others to apply the principles and standards of professional nursing conduct and practice to the development and utilization of home health aide services. Part I, "Development of a Home Health Aide Service" covers (1) agency organization and policies, including such topics as legal…

The Task Force on Social Work Education and Manpower found that theory, practice, and administration within the social work field and public sanctions converge to identify the social worker as a person who, through knowledge, skill, and professional commitment, is equipped to assist individuals and groups enhance their social functioning or cope…

This monograph examines the developments which have influenced the United States Employment Service during the 30 years of its history, since the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933. The major social and economic developments, the enabling legislation, and the issues and problems regarding the proper role of that service are discussed. Some of the…

This document explains the problems and policies which placed manpower in a position of national priority, delineates the various manpower programs which have been designed, and evaluates the directions in which they are moving. Part One attempts to provide an overview of the slow evolution of manpower policy since the founding of the Republic;…

A letter of transmittal from the Citizen's Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW) to President Nixon introduces the 1972 third annual report. The central thrust of the report is the recommendation for equal status for women directed to Federal agencies throughout 1972. A detailed discussion of the legislation includes: (1) the Federal and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of apprenticeship on the employment and earnings of selected construction craftsmen and secondarily to learn how informally trained journeymen learned their trades. Information was sought from fringe benefit records and from interviews with over 1,700 journeymen, union officials,…

A study was designed to evaluate the need for new labor market information and for methods of making better use of currently collected statistical and administrative data. The project was to demonstrate various information technologies which would improve the delivery of labor market information. Various computer models of labor market information…

Content of this book include the following papers: (1) "Can Services Be Humane in This Society? Can Work Be Meaningful?," F. Riessman; (2) "The Historical Development of the Conception and Implementation of Full Employment as Economic Policy," R. A. Nixon; (3) "How Many Jobs for Whom?," B. Gross and S. Moss; (4) "A note on Public Jobs and Full…

The Puerto Rican Forum's Basic Occupational Language Training (BOLT) program teaches English language skills to Spanish-speaking people, and Spanish language skills to English-speaking people. Special BOLT curricula emphasize high-skilled instructors, audio-visual and audio-lingual techniques, job-oriented vocabularies, and on-site instruction.…

Papers presented at the 25th meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRAA) covered issues that are central to industrial relations in North America. Papers and discussions dealt with these major issues: (1) Prices and Income Policy: Comparative Aspects, (2) Dispute Settlement in the Public Sector, (3) Manpower Policies in Canada…

This manual was developed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense as a guide for vocational counselors, employers, and others concerned with the employment of veterans. Military jobs in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force are listed and tabbed separately for each service. Highly related and substantially related civilian jobs…

A study of the forest operations and wood products industries was conducted in Atlanta and Seattle by the National Society of Professional Engineers. Included among these industries are tree development, crop and land management, logging, material handling transportation, cutting, peeling, assembly, pulp and paper, mobile homes, construction,…

A study of the future use of technology in education was conducted by the National Society of Professional Engineers in order to determine the potential employment opportunities of ex-aerospace technical professional manpower in education. A qualitative review of manpower trends in the fields of teaching, school administration, career counseling,…