The growing number of educational options and job opportunities has made career planning increasingly complex and uncertain. To help students navigate these choices, this paper introduces Career Guidance Application (CGA), a tool designed to assist secondary level students (grades 9-12) in selecting their field of study based on their academic and…

Discusses general issues and concerns relative to the adaptation of paper-pencil assessment instruments to computerized formats. Describes and evaluates Self-Directed Search computerized version (SDS-CV). Presents strengths and weaknesses of the SDS-CV and makes recommendations for its use. (Author/ABL)

Argues for examining computerized career information and guidance systems in the same way in which paper-and-pencil instruments are assessed. Considers issues related to programing, technical-service problems, and staffing. (Author/ABL)

This annual report covers the background and recent accomplishments of the Adult Career Counseling Center (ACCC) at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. The following 11 topics are covered: (1) recent developments and history of the ACCC; (2) mission of the ACCC; (3) description of the ACCC; (4) ACCC coordination with the Practicum Counseling…

The author examines current career counseling services for adults and explores further possibilities utilizing computers and view screens. Programs discussed include CETA counseling, educational brokering, and career education delivery systems. He also describes a typical assessment process. (Editor/CT)

Seeks to show why computer-based career guidance systems need to take on the educational role of helping people develop appropriate and effective ways of thinking about their career problems, rather than simply matching people with occupational databases. A computer program called SELSTRA, which seeks to meet these needs, is described. (Author/MBR)

Discusses the use of the Eureka, a computerized library of occupational and educational information, for those seeking employment during the current economic trends affecting the labor market. The Eureka offers direction and current reliable information about the labor market in a short period of time. (JAC)

Describes an economically feasible approach to designing computerized systems. The actual design and development of such a system on the campus of Virginia Tech University is outlined. (Author)

The central mission of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) and its network of State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees (SOICCs) is to help states develop and implement an occupational information system (OIS). NOICC supports the use of existing sources of data for the OIS and has worked with the…

Describes the use of the System of Interactive Guidance and Information to help students explore career options. Suggests with the help of the computer and a career counselor, students can recognize and develop viable career objectives and plan a successful job search program. (JAC)

These 43 papers focus on changes in vocational assessment and evaluation. Selected titles include "Review of the Needs of Physically Handicapped Persons in the Vocational Counseling Process and a Possible Solution" (Ranson); "Vocational Assessment in the Management of the Chronic Pain Patient" (Dutton); "Vocational Evaluation of the Individual…

Secondary school administrators can use local community colleges as resources in several ways: as showplaces of diverse uses for computers, links to the needs of business regarding computing skills, participants in concurrent enrollment programs, and providers of staff development courses and computing services. (Author/JM)

The Canadian government is meeting the rising demand for highly skilled workers with a $296.4 million national dropout prevention initiative over five years. This document, written in both English and French, describes the initiative. More than half of the funds will be allocated to programs and services, more than a quarter to mobilizing…

The use of computer assisted programs in career exploration and occupational information is well documented. Various phases of the vocational counseling process, i.e., diagnostic evaluation, program planning, career exploration, case management, and program evaluation, offer similarly promising opportunities for computerization. Using the…

The four sections of this special issue examine the relationship between counselors and the computer; discuss the delivery of career information and guidance by computer; describe other uses such as testing, student services, personal counseling and software applications; and discuss improving computer applications. (JAC)