Statistical data on unemployment emphasize problems experienced by people with disabilities in seeking work. Advocates changes in public policies, institutional practices, rehabilitation practices, and employer benefits to ensure people with disabilities a share in the prosperity anticipated in view of brighter economic prospects. (Author/KS)

Explores how job seekers use online computer services to gather information about their present line of work as well as jobs that represent a career change. Suggests creativity and persistence are the keys to using the virtual job market. (SK)

Describes opportunities for locating job information through online networks using the World Wide Web or commercial networks such as CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy. Points to the Online Career Center, the Interactive Employment Network, and books that describe available services. (JOW)

Explains why training and development is a feasible field for three categories of professional educators: (1) teacher applicants who are unable to find teaching vacancies; (2) teachers who want to supplement their income; (3) teachers who may be thinking of a permanent career change to a related field. (Author/JOW)

Discusses University of Iowa's efforts to prepare graduate students in rhetorical and communication studies for employment in academia. (PD)

Calls for administrators to be compassionate in responding to letters from those seeking teaching jobs. Offers suggestions for those seeking teaching positions. (FL)

The author argues that market churning in good and bad times alike assures that most job searches will ultimately be successful. But many of these jobs--and thus the success of the job search--are very temporary. Just how much is gained by improving job search success is subject to question. (CT)

Presents job-hunting options and career opportunities available by searching the Internet, as well as tips for consulting others in a field of interest through a listserv or usenet news group. A collection of Internet addresses providing access to information on job search strategies or job availability is provided. (JPS)

Suggestions on job hunting are offered in a question/answer format. Emphasis is on how to make a present job a catalyst for future qualifications, how to begin the job hunt, what are attractive pluses in the employer's eye, and tips on developing a resume. A sample resume is provided. (LC)

Presents nine tips to help music education graduates find their first jobs. Suggestions cover educational preparation and personality characteristics which make graduates more desirable in the job market. Job search strategies, working abroad, and interview techniques are discussed. (AM)

This publication contains nine articles on finding employment in education as well as a directory of state teacher certification offices. The authors of the articles include educational placement directors, faculty in colleges of education, and recognized specialists in education-related careers. The following topics are addressed: (1) using a…

Placement services and employee recruiting for college graduates have become major enterprises. Organized employment assistance consists of (1) college placement services, (2) personnel departments within businesses, (3) traditional employment agencies paid by employers, and (4) agencies paid by the client for individual job searches. Although…

The job search for assistant professors in the area of composition and rhetoric may be divided into four phases: the application, the interview at the professional conference, the campus interview, and the formal job offer. Following an introductory section which speaks to all phases of the process, this paper concentrates on the latter part of…

Suggests that hiring one's own university graduates is increasingly taboo. This conclusion is derived from experience with a departmental hiring committee and a survey of large universities. Concludes universities seek to avoid bad impressions, and only the weak or very strong hire "their own." (Author)

Five highly respected, practicing art therapists responded to a series of questions related to employment, training program development, and legislative issues. Excerpts from their comments have been arranged as if an actual interchange occurred. This article is part of a theme issue on art therapy. (Author/SJL)