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Knorr, Helena – Online Submission, 2008
Current workforce trends show increasing numbers of older workers that will continue to work beyond retirement. To remain competitive, organizations will have to accommodate to emerging needs and provide alternatives to retirement. Scarce literature exists about career transitions beyond retirement. Recent scholarship is reviewed through an…
Descriptors: Retirement, Career Change, Human Resources, Transitional Programs
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De Jong, Gordon F.; Blair, Marilou C. Legazpi – Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 1994
Studies the decline of immigrants with professional and technical occupations to the United States, using data from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Data show a shift in where immigrants are coming from, that is, less technologically inclined countries; and greater immigration of categories with low proportions of professional and…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Potential, Immigrants, Professional Occupations
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Garza, Diana; Evans, Dale W. – Journal of School Health, 1983
Social, economic, political, and health trends likely to shape the education of allied health professionals in coming years are discussed. Instead of work-force expansion, emphasis will be placed on cost-consciousness, care for the aging, and increased use of outpatient services. (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Economic Factors, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns
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El-Khawas, Elaine – Higher Education Management, 1993
A number of countries have predicted a serious shortage of college faculty. Recent demographic information is examined for evidence of the problem, and some salient staffing problems are identified. It is concluded that most industrialized countries will experience staffing difficulties and should consider how their responses will affect other…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Employment Patterns, Faculty Recruitment
Myers, Margaret – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1981
Summarizes available labor market information on the library and information field, discusses some of the supply and demand issues related to the library job market, and explores the implications of present library labor market conditions for the future. A data table and a 46-entry reference list accompany the text. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Futures (of Society)
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Hutcheson, Philo A. – Thought & Action, 1996
Drawing on longitudinal data from federal surveys for 1974-75 and 1992 and other studies, tenure patterns and trends are examined in 3 groups of college faculty: full-time faculty with at least 50% teaching responsibility; women faculty; and all faculty. Conclusions are drawn about the meaning of tenure, and steps to be taken in clarifying its…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns, Faculty Workload
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Kehm, Barbara M.; Teichler, Ulrich – European Journal of Education, 1995
Discussion of the relationship between higher education and employment in Europe looks at literature previously published in this journal concerning response to changing demands in nonuniversity education since the 1960s, diversification of higher education systems, blurring of sector boundaries in response to employment problems, worker…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Graduates, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship
Rosenthal, Neal H.; Pilot, Michael – 1983
Intended to foster greater understanding of employment projections available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), this paper describes their development, their limitations, their use, and publication details. The methods used to develop BLS occupational employment projections are first described: projection of the labor force based on…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
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Myers, Margaret – Library Trends, 1986
Reviews: (1) labor market picture for librarians in 1960s and 1970s; (2) employment trends, supply and demand, employment situation by geographic area, and types of job opportunities in and outside of libraries during 1980s; and (3) discusses factors that may predict future supply and demand in library and information-related fields. (MBR)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Futures (of Society), Geographic Regions
Achatz, Mary; MacAllum, Crystal A. – 1994
This report is based on an intensive 18-month ethnographic study of 47 young fathers enrolled in Public/Private Ventures' Young Unwed Fathers Pilot Project. It presents a detailed look at selected aspects of the lives of these fathers before and during program participation, as well as outcomes of the pilot intervention. Following an introductory…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Support, Early Parenthood, Employment Patterns
Helvoigt, Ted L. – 2000
Labor force issues do not take place in a vacuum. Most individuals base labor force decisions on a multitude of cultural and social factors, such as the environment in which they were reared, family obligations and responsibilities, divorce or the death of a spouse, or because of governmental policies. Sections in this document on demographics,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Influences
Millsap, Mary Ann – 1978
This paper presents an overview of occupational segregation, which keeps women in lower-paying job categories, especially as this segregation pertains to federal job programs. The first two sections of the paper survey occupational segregation in general, examining the statistics which show that women are heavily concentrated into a very limited…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
Mincy, Ronald B. – 1989
This paper is a product of the "Changing Domestic Priorities" project which has examined the shifts taking place in the nation's economic and social policies under the Reagan Administration and is now focusing on the major economic and social problems facing the nation over the coming decade. The following topics are discussed in this paper: (1)…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Economic Change, Economically Disadvantaged
Gappa, Judith M.; Leslie, David W. – 1993
This book examines the practices that support and enhance the value of part-time faculty both in and outside the college classroom, offering 43 specific recommendations to help institutions plan and manage their use of part-timers, develop fair employment policies, and invest in part-timers as valued human resources contributing to the quality of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, Employment Patterns
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Wigand, Rolf T. – Information Services and Use, 1985
Reviews the work environments surrounding integrated office systems, and synthesizes the known effects of automated office technologies with regard to their impact on information networks, work flow/processes, and organizational structure and power. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Automation, Employment Patterns, Information Networks
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