Providing career preparation for our students continues to be a focus for faculty, departments, and institutions. Professional development is most effective when accessible to students in a number of ways. This article presents how career preparation can be incorporated in advising, through programming and assessment in a career center, and in the…

"Scanners" has become a common term for a recently identified category of people who find choosing just one interest or career path difficult (Sher, 2006). Academic and career advisors who work with scanners will likely find that these students have difficulty selecting an academic major or career path and that they seem to suffer anxiety and a…

Little is known about when adolescents' vocational interests begin to surge. For the author's study with students participating in Georgia's Future Educators Association (FEA) conference, the sample had students from 13 to 19 years of age, and the author found that there was a dramatic change in interest between ages 15 and 16. FEA offers middle…

The concept of congruence between person and occupation lies at the core of Holland's (1997) theory of career types. The C index is arguably the best available method for comparing the congruence of two Holland code profiles. The C index reflects the theorized hexagonal structure of the Holland RIASEC model, is sensitive to code ordering, and is…

The authors argue that an effective way to describe the manifestation of interest patterns within a particular work domain is through a nuanced description of interests in terms of the essential functional activities common to that domain. Focusing on the domain of business work and studying a large sample of business professionals over a 15-year…

Methods for reporting vocational interests which do and do not reflect sex-role stereotypes are examined. Interest inventory validation procedures based on the prediction of occupational preference and group membership are shown to favor inventories providing scores that reflect past sex-role stereotypes and current employment inequities.…

Describes the "Illinois Valley Community College Catalog and Career Decision Guide, 1979-1980," which provides vocational outlook information and codes curricular areas to correspond to the results of vocational interest inventories. Discusses counselor responses to the catalog, as well as cost and readability factors. (JP)

Singer Vocational Evaluation Systems in use in Nova Scotia create a simulated work setting with which the individual can readily identify and experience job tasks in a noncompetitive atmosphere. Work behavior and performance are evaluated to identify what individuals can and like to do. (JOW)

Describes the Focus of Career Search Program, a day-long program designed to help meet students' career needs. Activities include testing of interests, values and aptitude, and helping students and parents become knowledgeable about the key elements in a career search. Educational alternatives are explored. (JAC)

A five-phased project is described which was designed to develop more specific diagnostic procedures and instrumentation that would allow both the vocational counselor and the prospective student to determine more effectively specific occupational programs and occupational objectives for education at the postsecondary level. Phases of the project…

This 1989-1990 status report of the Oklahoma State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (SOICC) includes the following: mission statement; organization chart; information on SOICC publications, including a labor supply and demand report; a listing of occupations licensed in Oklahoma, and a note on a career tabloid; descriptions of the…

Reports on a study where students were given characteristics of a target pupil and then asked which career area that pupil would pursue. Although the given characteristics refuted traditional stereotypes (male/social interests, female/technical interests) the students maintained that the target pupil would choose traditional careers. (MJP)

The New Choices for the Displaced Homemaker in Vocational Education project was aimed at developing skills and providing training for employment to meet the displaced homemaker's need for financial support while simultaneously offering services to aid in her emotional development. Objectives were to provide opportunities for the displaced…

Third-party evaluation of the Wisconsin Career Education Consortium (WCEC) was conducted over two years, utilizing a time series evaluation design established in 1975. On-site interviews, surveys, and tests were used to collect data from students, teachers, counselors, parents, and administrators. The WCEC was effective in disseminating career…