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USDOL Issuing
The U.S. Department of Labor has
begun issuing a monthly listing of
occupations in highest demand in the
public employment service Job Banks
around the nation, according to an
article in the Manpower and Voca-
tional Education Weekly.
The first listing, published on June
24, covers the previous month and
shows 105 high demand occupations
among the 460,000 full-time openings
on the job service computers.
USDOL officials call the new bulle-
tin "the first large scale national effort
designed specifically to tell job seekers
and young people preparing to enter
the labor market what jobs are avail-
able, what they pay, and where theyHighest Demand
are located."
The Job Bank system operates in
nearly every state and though it
doesn't list all the available job open-
ings in the economy, it is the federal
government's most up-to-date resource
of occupational information.
Texas has six job banks, located in
Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, San
Antonio, Corpus Christi, Austin, and
Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange.
The new bulletin identifies occupa-
tions for which there has been a
"continuing" high demand, identifies
where larger numbers of openings in
selected occupations are located; pro-
vides data on the total number of Job
Bank openings during the previousOccupations List
month along with the average wage for
each selected occupation; and high-
lights about 15 occupations in demand
in almost every area.
From time to time, the bulletin
may list occupations in which oppor-
tunities aren't good at all.
Among the high-demand occupa-
tions in May were auto mechanics,
carpenters, secretaries, clerks, and in-
surance sellers.
Copies of "Occupations in Demand
at Job Service Offices" are available at
most job banks.
Hinckley Elected President
of Communicators GroupCarolyn Hinckley, an educational
writer with the Texas Education
Agency, has been elected president of
the National Association of Voca-
tional-Technical Education Communi-
cators.
The announcement was made dur-
ing the June 6-9 NAVTEC Conference
held in Minneapolis. She took office
on July 1.
Hinckley, a journalist, has been
with TEA's Division of Occupational
Education and Technology since 1974.
NAVTEC, formed in 1974 to foster
professional development activities
among voc-ed communicators, has
members from 39 states who are pub-
lic information writers; information
specialists; research and technical in-
formation disseminators; and directors
of public information activities.
(CARTER, continued from page 1)
botched things up - let's go and save
them."
In her remarks, Abramowitz said
that vocational educators should not
look for "massive increases" in educa-
tion funding in general. Emphasis by
the Carter administration will be on
how well Federal dollars are spent and
whether small increases in funding
produce measurable improvements in
student performance.I
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Mahon Cited for Voc-Ed Support
U.S. Rep. George Mahon of Lubbock (second from left) was presented
a citation recently from the American Vocational Association in recogni-
tion of his congressional leadership in support of vocational education.
Mahon is dean of the Congress and is chairman of the House Appropria-
tions Committee. Looking on are (1-r) Lowell Burkett, AVA's executive
director; Gene Bottoms (AVA president); and ACTVE Executive Director
Alton Ice. The Texas Vocational-Technical Association also presented to
Rep. Mahon an inscribed pen and pencil desk set in appreciation of his
support to voc-ed over the years.4 4
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