Texas A&M
The
ttalion
Thursday, April 28, 1983/The Battalion/Page 1B
Graduation
Surplus of workers with degrees to continue
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Employ
ment will increase in nearly all
occupations between now and
1990, especially in the areas of
computers and high technology,
according to a U.S. Department
of Labor size-up of job pros
pects.
Janet L. Norwood, commis
sioner of labor statistics, warns,
however, that the current sur
plus of college graduates will
continue in many fields. During
the 1980s one out of every five
college graduates is expected to
take a job not traditionally
sought by college graduates.
That won’t necessarily be bad
financially. A postal clerk, for
example, earns more than $9 an
hour — well above the hourly
rate for many college instruc
tors. Some of these holders of
new Ph.D.’s make $12,000 to
$15,000 a year or less.
The 1982-1983 “Occupation
al Outlook Handbook” from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics re
ports:
— New jobs between 1980
and 1990 will number from 17
million to 26 million, depending
on the assumptions of high
levels of employment and in
creases in population.
— The number of farmers
and farmworkers will decline.
— The youth labor force,
ages 16 to 24, probably will de
cline by about 2 million during
the 1980s, easing competition
for entry level jobs.
— A high school education
has become the minimum for
entry into almost all jobs.
The job handbook includes
for each of 250 occupations:
what the work is like; job pros
pects to 1990; personal qualifi
cations', training and education
al requirements, working condi
tions, related occupations’ earn
ings, chances for advancement,
and where to find additional in
formation.
Here are excerpts of selected
occupations, showing the per
centage growth in the number
of jobs expected between 1980
and 1990. The expectation is
that jobs in general will increase
17 percent to 25 percent.
— Accountants and auditors,
up 25-34 percent.
— Aerospace engineers, up
4353 percent.
— Machinists, up 16-29 per
cent.
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