The demand for competent translators is at an all-time high. Translators work with written language, and generally work either in-house for a business, translation agency, or other institution, or as free-lancers. Leading employers of translators in the United States are the federal government, domestic and multinational corporations and…

By the year 2025, one in every three Arizonans will be Hispanic. This report presents statistical information on the demographic profile of Arizona's Hispanic population, on Hispanics and employment trends, and on Hispanic access to services. The report also contains a discussion of action steps to help Hispanics strengthen their chances for…

The success of virtually every endeavor of the Federal Government depends on the skills, abilities, and motivations of its work force. Yet recent years have seen increasing concern about the quality of the Federal work force and the Government's ability to retain its most capable employees. In any given year, the Government loses nearly 120,000…

Presents statistics relative to the current employment crisis in astronomy, and outlines recommendations to combat the situation made by the National Academy of Sciences. (GS)

Describes findings of a survey that sought to determine differences in age, administrative responsibility, and salary for corporate executives who change employers relatively often, compared to executives who change employers less often or not at all. Respondents who had changed employers recently were also asked their reason for doing so. (JG)

Some consequences of net regional mobility for the male labor force aged 30-37 in 1964 are reported. The effect of geographic mobility on earnings is estimated from earnings differences by mobility status, after controlling for age, sex, race, region of employment, education and academic achievement. Differences in earnings levels between the…

Patience, perseverance, flexibility and footwork will help teachers find employment in the limited teaching market. (Editor/RK)

A few of the interactive effects between schooling and patterns of options in life before and after experience in schooling are singled out for comment in their relation to education in economic terms. (Author/KM)

A nationwide study of more than 1,300 full-time workers aged 40 or older was conducted to determine their characteristics, activities, and attitudes toward retirement. Most of those surveyed had spouses who also worked, and most considered their health better than average. Government at all levels was the biggest single employer of workers over…

An analysis illustrating the direct and indirect role of government policy in generating employment begins by documenting the level and composition of government spending over the last 50 years. In 1929, federal, state, and local expenditures amounted to 10 percent of the Gross National Product (GNP); by 1980, government expenditures represented…

This report examines the demographic and employment characteristics, geographic distribution, and earnings of the agricultural work force in the United States as of 1985. Data are from the Agricultural Work Force Supplement to the December 1985 Current Population Survey. The three components of the agricultural work force--hired farmworkers, farm…

Article compared theory and practice in the area of education in Russia and China as well as how both nations have inculcated education with productive labour. (RK)

Discussion of the reasons women give for working. Statistics show that two out of five workers will be women in 1980. Women noted reasons for working as financial, fulfillment of social needs, and achievement goals. (EK)