Raises 10 issues concerning initiation, development, and implementation of realistic job previews (RJPs), framing issues as tough choices that must be made. Makes recommendations for each of 10 choices on basis of previous RJP research, relevant theory, and personal experience. (Author/NB)

The director of the MCI Heritage Classic, a stop on the Professional Golf Association tour, and the Family Circle Magazine Cup, a women's professional tennis tournament, talks about his profession. (JOW)

Describes the steps necessary to establish a career information center (CIC). Indicates that a successful CIC is testimony that the school endorses students' needs for occupational and career information. (JOW)

This report describes a process to determine the degree to which labor market information guided the program decisions of local planning and advisory groups in Illinois' Education for Employment system. The first part focuses on the program approval application and local validation process. It offers recommendations for the sequential contents of…

Describes residential conference centers, types of center programming, staffing and organization, financial operation of the centers, physical facilities, how technology and electronics have changed the centers, and the effect of competition. (CT)

Presents a cooperative education model that correlates the student's occupational objective with his/her training station. Components of the model discussed are (1) the task analysis, (2) the job description, (3) training plans, and (4) student evaluation. (LRA)

The principle of supply and demand has been chosen to capture and present quantitatively an important data source for describing employment potential. The Pennsylvania State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee has developed an Occupational Information System (OIS) and companion microcomputer version (Micro-OIS). This system contains…

Describes the evolution of the Maine career information delivery system and the cooperation between state agencies to deliver high quality and timely career information. (JOW)

The universality of administrative functions and tasks is sufficiently established to make special preparation programs for any one group of higher education administrators unjustifiable. This thesis is based on research undertaken to determine if significant differences existed in the functions or tasks performed by presidents, vice-presidents of…

Vocational educators must have good labor market information to make useful plans for vocational education, develop realistic curriculum, and counsel students effectively. There is little cooperation between coordinators and those who find work stations for training purposes. (Available from W. C. Publications Inc., P.O. Box 1578, Montclair, NJ…

Recognizing recent efforts by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in establishing departments or designating full-time staff for preservation efforts, the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) undertook a survey to identify ways research libraries are reorganizing for these new activities. Telephone interviews were…

This report presents a proposal made by a Utah task force appointed to establish a plan for a district school library media program to best serve the students and staff of that district. The introductory section discusses the priorities on which the proposal focuses, the philosophy of education in a school library media center, and the aims,…

Many difficult political, administrative, and technical issues must be addressed in developing occupational standards and certification systems in middle income and developing countries. Political issues focus on the clear recognition within the country, particularly by the key stakeholders (government, unions, enterprises), of the following: the…

Many companies feel that the communication skills of newly graduated employees are inadequate. As a result, they try to improve employee communication skills by either encouraging extension type courses, establishing inhouse instruction, or retraining consultants to give individual tutoring or group workshops. While each of these approaches is…

Since research suggests that a direct relationship exists between effective orientation and employee productivity, careful consideration must be given to content, design, and delivery issues when developing orientation training programs for foreign-born employees. The United States typically does not provide adequate employee orientation.…