French cognitive scientists under 35 years of age wishing to work abroad and foreign scientists wishing to work in French laboratories may apply by 15Mar97 for Fondation Fyssen 1-year postdoctoral study grants. The foundation encourages scientific inquiry into cognitive mechanisms, including thought and reasoning, that underlie animal and human behavior; their biological and cultural bases; and phylogenetic and ontogenetic development. 120,000 FF per year. Fondation Fyssen, 194, Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France; 33 (1) 42 97 53 16, 33 (1) 42 60 17 95 Fax. [L-Soft, 10Feb97. FISC.]

Search engines can easily find over 50K job-related sites on the Web. Look for "job listings" to get started, or search for specific companies or topics. You might also check , a new recruiting site. Or take a look at the Yahoo! career tips and links. HR departments can get a 20-line ad with CareerMosaic (http://www.careermosaic.com> or The Monster Board for $100-$150/month, vs. $1,728/week in the NYT. [Annette Hamilton, ZDNet AnchorDesk with Jesse Berst, 05Feb97.]

The US has at least 190K information technology jobs open, and at least 10% of high-tech jobs go unfilled. CIS bachelor's degree awards dropped 42% from 1986 to 1994, and engineering degrees dropped 18%. With the Internet job boom, the shortage is likely to worsen. However, many students in non-CS disciplines are now learning computer skills. CIS master's and doctorate degrees are up 29% and 135% since 1986, according to the Dept. of Education. And universities serving Silicon Valley have been bucking the trend, turning out increasing numbers of computer scientists and engineers. [Rory J. O'Connor, SJM, 26Feb97, 1C.]

A Canadian study has found that high-tech firms average 31% professionals and 10% unskilled workers. In low-tech companies, the numbers are 15% managers and 36%. Of the new jobs created by computers, 53% go to managers and professionals -- including [or overlapping?] 15% to engineering, architecture, science, and information systems, and 21% to mathematicians, systems analysts, and programmers. Clerical positions were nearly 23% of the new jobs, but 60% of the [lesser number of] jobs lost to automation. Displaced workers are generally not being trained for computer jobs. [Toronto Globe & Mail, 15Jan97, B3. EDUPAGE.]

The Canadian government has created a National Graduate Register employment network for students and recent graduates, at . Cost of the project was $750K. [Ottawa Citizen, 14Jan97, B6. EDUPAGE.]

Higher Ed Jobs Online is a free listing site for college and university jobs. More than 40 institutions have subscribed. ; John Ikenberry, 814-867-6312. [Educom UPDATE, 15Feb97.]

WEBster is creating a Career Connection classified ads section for webmaster jobs, starting 04Mar97. The text will be available to anyone, by sending a "65002" subject line to . [, WEBster, 07Feb97.]

Network engineer Joseph A. Ondeck says that he gets about 5 hits per week on his resume, posted to CareerMosaic and to IntelliMatch . CareerPath is good for searching Sunday newspaper ads, usually available by Monday night. [, ZDNet AnchorDesk TalkBack, 05Feb97.] (A website hit isn't a job offer, of course.)