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Feingold, S. Norman; Hansard-Winkler, Glenda Ann – 1989
This document is intended for use by adult job seekers and their employment counselors. It provides names and addresses for more than 1,200 journals that regularly carry ads announcing job and career vacancies. The journals are listed in alphabetical order. An extensive index links 138 occupations to appropriate periodicals. Other information in…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Employment Counselors
Download full textAmerican Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1993
This booklet describes a self-directed job-search plan that works for older adults. First, the publication contrasts a self-directed job search with a typical job search. Then the brochure outlines the basic steps the job seeker needs to take: (1) assessing oneself with regard to interests, skills, work environment, and potential employment…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Employment Interviews, Job Applicants, Job Application
Crawley, Brenda; Dancy, Joseph, Jr. – 1984
This guide provides information and exercises geared to the realities of the mature/older person's job search needs. The order of this guide follows the usual steps in job hunting: work life review, skills assessment, applications, where to look for work, how to look for work (resumes, job letters), references, job interview (pre-interview stage,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Interviews, Employment Potential, Job Application
Harden, Neva N. – 1986
This practical guide is designed to provide teen parents with skills that will prepare them for the working world. The first section on job skills focuses on the steps in the job-finding and keeping process. It covers job interests, job search, social security, writing a resume, resources, job-finding tools, job interviews, application forms, W-4…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Budgeting, Day Care, Early Parenthood
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1992
Intended for midlife and older women in the job market, this booklet is designed to help them in the process of looking for work outside the home. It helps them assess current skills and identify potential employment barriers; teaches them how to prepare effective written materials to support the job search and how to interview successfully; and…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Educational Experience, Employment Interviews, Job Applicants
Frantzich, Stephen E. – 1986
This booklet provides information to help prepare undergraduate students for academic internships with the federal government. Most interns serve without pay; however, the opportunity to observe and participate in government provides important guidance for future decisions, and even potential employment opportunities. The student should do…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Employees, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Carter, Carol – 1990
Primarily intended for college freshmen, this book provides practical advice and hints on ways to succeed in college and on setting career goals. Thirteen chapters outline and discuss various life skills and "tools" for succeeding in college and on the job, including planning and organizing; problem solving/analytical skills;…
Descriptors: Careers, College Freshmen, College Students, Communication Skills
