Past job-search research has focused on how hard unemployed people search for a job, but we still know little about the strategies that people use during their search and how we can predict the quality of the reemployment found. The first aim of this study was to predict the use of different job-search strategies via job-seekers' career…

Expectations that graduating students hold about certain aspects of their future job and career were examined, with focus on expectations regarding starting salary, job tenure, bases for pay raises, and the frequency of performance feedback. The sources of career information used by the college graduates were also examined. Approximately 2,000…

This paper describes the RECAP/JETS program, an acronym that represents the two components of a training process for laid-off workers: Re-employment Career Planning (RECAP) and Job/Education/Training Selection (JETS). A description of the process of program development discusses developing the collaborative network for program design, establishing…

This report contains results, both in narrative and chart form, of the implementation and evaluation of Ohio's K-10 career development program. Introductory charts indicate program growth and funding, 1970 to 1980. The next section contains results of the Career Skills Assessment Program (CSAP) administered to tenth graders in 20 school districts.…