This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. Changes in the national labor force are analyzed over a 120-year span.…

This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. Changes in the national labor force are analyzed…

In the 1960s teacher demand and supply increased rapidly to match the increasing school enrollments of those years in Pennsylvania. But due to declining enrollments and lower than normal teacher replacement needs in the 1970s the demand for teachers began to fall faster than the supply. Rather conservative projections indicate that teacher supply…

Nine papers presented at the conference on Employment Statistics and Youth are presented. Focusing on the meaning of unemployment counts in the U.S., the first three papers are Measurement and Interpretation of Teenage Unemployment in the United States and Other Countries, by Beatrice Reubens; What Do Teenage Unemployment Statistics Measure?, by…

A profile of the socio-economic characteristics of the permanent residents of Canada holding an earned doctorate is presented. In 1973, there were 27,410 Canadian residents who had obtained an earned doctorate. (Holders of such professional doctoral degrees as Doctor of Medicine are excluded from this study.) Only 9 percent of the Ph.Ds were…

Employment trends for sociologists in federal service are examined for the period 1975 to 1985. Bureau of Labor statistics indicate that the number of persons seeking employment as sociologists in both government and private positions in the 1980s is likely to greatly exceed available job openings. Figures show that for an average of 800 sociology…

INTERRELATED AREAS OF MANPOWER UTILIZATION AS APPRENTICESHIP, TRAINING, AND RETRAINING ARE DISCUSSED AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF THE MAJOR TRENDS AFFECTING MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. SEVERAL MAJOR FACTORS HAVE AFFECTED MANPOWER UTILIZATION--(1) AN INCREASED POPULATION, (2) AN OLDER POPULATION, (3) MORE WOMEN IN THE…

AN INTENSIVE STUDY OF TWO SAMPLES DRAWN FROM ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN EACH OF FOUR COUNTRIES AIMED TO DETERMINE THE TRAINING AND JOB HISTORIES OF SKILLED WORKERS IN THE METAL TRADES AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY DIFFERENT TRAINING SYSTEMS. THE COUNTRIES WERE SELECTED TO REPRESENT (1) PREDOMINANTLY SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING (BELGIUM), (2) HIGHLY REGULATED…

QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO 297 BUSINESS FIRMS TO DETERMINE THE CHARACTER OF THE WORK FORCE, THE TURNOVER OR OPENINGS ANNUALLY, THE JOB QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO FILL THE JOBS, AND THE TRAINING PROGRAMS NEEDED TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE OCCUPATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, AND FARMS IN THE COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVIEW ARTICLE AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON LIBRARY TECHNICIANS IS TO (1) SUMMARIZE CURRENT ACTIVITIES IN THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING FIELD, (2) PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUES, PROBLEMS, AND OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT, (3) IDENTIFY THE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH LIBRARY TECHNICIANS, AND (4) LIST, IN A SELECTIVE…

Previous work on job availability according to Holland's classification is examined in terms of the following variables: (1) the number of jobs in the U.S. in 1970 by prestige level as well as type of work, (2) the distribution of types of jobs in and out of government service, (3) race and sex differences in type and level of work, and (4)…

California public community colleges (n=106) were surveyed regarding projected retirements at age 65 of certificated college staff and faculty members for the years 1977-78 through 1981-82. Survey responses identified 1,041 persons employed at least 60% of full-time that would reach age 65 between 1977 and 1982. By year, these figures were: 125 in…

To help meet the needs for manpower information, the interim manpower projections program was designed to provide detailed industry and occupational employment and manpower requirement projections for the States. This report presents the projections for the State of Georgia and includes: (1) population and civilian labor force projections; (2)…

Prepared to determine the attitudes and beliefs of department chairpersons in speech communication about the future areas of academic concentration, this survey collected information on the kinds of nonacademic employment which Ph.D. graduates in speech communication obtained over the past two years. The investigators used the 1973-74 Speech…

Findings regarding minority officer procurement in the Armed Forces are analyzed in terms of concepts and standards regarding minority officer representation and of methods for achieving minority representation goals. Chapter 1, Concepts and Standards of Representation, discusses sociopolitical and socioeconomic criteria subdivided through the use…