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Download full textWolverton, Mimi; Macdonald, R. Timothy – 2002
A recent national study suggests that 80 percent of current superintendents are at or near retirement. To compound the problem of a shrinking pool of candidates, highly qualified potential applicants often simply do not want the job. This report focuses on the aspects of the positions that serve as disincentives to seemingly qualified candidates.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns, Job Applicants
Heinrich, Janet – 2001
Current evidence suggests emerging shortages of nurses available or willing to fill some vacant positions in hospitals, nursing homes, and home care. The nationwide unemployment rate for registered nurses (RNs), which has been low for many years, has declined to 1.0 percent, the lowest level in more than a decade. Nurses report job dissatisfaction…
Descriptors: Career Education, Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Heinrich, Janet – 2001
Current evidence suggests emerging shortages of nurses available or willing to fill some vacant positions in hospitals, nursing homes, and home care. Total employment of registered nurses (RNs) per capita and the national unemployment rate for RNs have declined, and providers from around the country report growing difficulty recruiting and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demand Occupations, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Seccombe, I.; Smith, G.; Buchan, J.; Ball, J. – 1997
Selected issues of concern to second-level enrolled (registered) nurses in the United Kingdom were examined through national surveys of two groups: (1) a random sample of 21,762 of the 115,459 nurses holding second-level registration in the United Kingdom, and (2) 700 employers who, included nurse executive directors in all National Health Service…
Descriptors: Career Development, Certification, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
The Shortage of Skilled and Technical Workers; An Inquiry Into Selected Occupations in Short Supply.
Franke, Walter; Sobel, Irvin – 1968
The institutional arrangements through which workers are prepared and employed in selected occupations are examined to determine whether barriers to entry and employment are susceptible to elimination or reduction, and how labor shortages effect employers. It covers six occupations in the St. Louis and Chicago metropolitan areas: licensed…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Educational Programs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Schuman, Tom – BizVoice, 2003
Demand for nurses is soaring to unprecedented levels while a variety of factors are limiting the number of available nurses. Some facts and figures related to the shortage are as follows: Indiana's per capita nurse employment decreased 2.4% between 1996 and 2000; the percentage of nurses under 30 decreased from 26% in 1980 to 9% in 2000; 1 in 5…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Applicants, Demand Occupations, Demography
Scanlon, William J. – 2001
The General Accounting Office examined existing and anticipated concerns related to the recruitment and retention of nurse and nurses aides. Special attention was paid to the following aspects of the problem: (1) factors contributing to the current and anticipated shortage among nurses; (2) what is known about the current and projected supply of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Compensation (Remuneration), Demand Occupations, Demography
Osterman, Paul; Kochan, Thomas A.; Locke, Richard; Piore, Michael J. – 2001
The evolution of jobs and the job market in the United States was examined in a 3-year project during which a task force consisting of 25 representatives of the education, labor, business, and policy sectors organized 17 workshops and commissioned working papers from experts. The project began by examining how recent changes in the world of work…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Corporations, Cultural Pluralism, Demand Occupations
Heinrich, Janet – 2001
The General Accounting Office's (GAO's) director of health care-public health issues testified before Congress regarding growing concerns about the adequacy of the health care work force and lessons learned from the experience of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) in addressing the maldistribution of health care professionals. The following…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Demand Occupations
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science. – 2002
This report presents the testimony and submissions given at a field hearing on workforce training in Michigan. Four expert witness statements follow introductory comments from Vernon J. Ehlers and James A. Barcia, United States Congressmen from Michigan. The statement of Bruce P. Mehlman, the assistant secretary of commerce, assesses the ability…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Continuing Education
