Three nations, Great Britain, Sweden, and the United States, participated in the conference with representatives from management, trade unions, government, academic institutions, and interested observers. The International Labor Office and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development also participated. Speakers from each of the three…

To make policy makers and others more aware of possibilities for utilizing Alaskan manpower, information has been gathered on the manpower demand to construct the proposed 800 mile Alaska oil pipeline and its supporting system. The recruitment and training of chronically unemployed or underemployed workers (largely Eskimos and Indians) is being…

The purpose of the project, "Revision and Update of Traffic Safety Manpower Training Program Development Guide," was to develop the HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY MANPOWER FUNCTIONS GUIDE. This document provides an organizational schema illustrating the functions essential to be performed and the interrelationship of these functions to carry out…

Using longitudinal data gathered over a 5-year period, a cohort of 645 male and female students was studied (n=242) to determine the impact of an experimental manpower economics course on world-of-work understanding, attitudes, education-related and employment-related behavior. While the eighth grade course (given fall semester 1967-68) had…

Prepared by the Illinois State Advisory Committee for submission to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, this report focused on the growing concern among Latino parents, students, and community leaders over alleged violations of Latino students' rights to an education in Chicago, the only city in the United States with a large population of both…

The volume focuses on the long-term outlook for the Federal budget in terms of the overall balance between outlays and receipts and the possible program options that might be considered in policy planning over the long term. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the budget outlook for the last half of the 1970's. Chapters 3-10 discuss possible program…

The report presents a review of institutional manpower training programs conducted in the State during the 1973 Federal fiscal year. Two major manpower training objectives are used for the basis of the report: to provide education, supportive services, and training opportunities for unemployed and underemployed individuals and to provide education…

Examining what manpower services are to be delivered, how they can be delivered, and how to gain the support of State and local governments, the conference on rural America aimed at improving equity of access for rural residents. The opening paper examines the delivery of public services in rural areas; the second session deals with the particular…

The research paper examines the following hypothesis: the current US Army Officer Distribution System is inadequate in design and execution to respond to change and has caused dysfunctional effects in the area of career management not previously identified with the process of officer distribution. The research methodology into officer assignment…

Intended to provide information to employers who want to hire and train hard-to-employ, disadvantaged workers, this manual summarizes and distills the most important lessons learned from the experiences of a great many employers involved in the National Alliance of Businessmen (NAB) Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) Program and other…

The objectives of the Smaller Communities Program of the Employment Security Offices in Catron County, New Mexico, were to inventory the unemployed, underemployed and individuals who wish to change jobs, register them and do job development work; to test applicants and assist them in choosing a job; to refer all possible applicants to work,…

The objectives of the Smaller Communities Program of the Employment Security Offices in Torrache County, New Mexico, were to inventory the unemployed, underemployed, and individuals who wish to change jobs and register them for employment; to test applicants and assist them in choosing a job; to refer all possible applicants to work, training, or…

The third edition of the annual report by the North Carolina State Advisory Committee on Services to Migrants has the same purpose as previous reports--to improve state services to migrant families. Grouping responsible governmental and non-governmental programs by agency, the descriptions include eligibility requirements and names of contact…

This partial list, prepared by the Bilingual Resource Center in New York City, of bilingual training sessions includes staff development components under Title VII, ESEA. Among the projects are the In-Migrant School Community Project, Project BEST (Bilingual Education Skills Training), P.S. 25 (The Bilingual School), and the Integrated Bilingual…

The capabilities of Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act have been used for several years to fund experimental and demonstration projects for the prerelease training of prisoners. Four conferences on Manpower Development and Training in correctional institutions were sponsored to bring together the basic groups of people charged…