This manual is intended to assist nonreaders in developing job search skills. It includes materials for use in nine sessions involving the nonreader and a tutor. The following questions are addressed in the individual sessions: Am I ready to look for a job? What kind of job do I want? What do I want and need in a job? Where are the jobs? How do I…

This unit, one in a series of packets of teacher and student materials for cooperative occupational education (COE) designed for special needs students, is intended to introduce what constitutes a proper letter of application. Each unit will probably require more than a single period of instruction. Instructor materials include performance…

This unit, one in a series of packets of teacher and student materials for cooperative occupational education (COE) designed for special needs students, is intended to develop student competency in completing employment forms. Each unit will probably require more than a single period of instruction. Instructor materials include performance…

This unit, one in a series of packets of teacher and student materials for cooperative occupational education (COE) designed for special needs students, is intended to introduce students to three common methods used to contact prospective employers and to prepare them to make the initial contact. Each unit will probably require more than a single…

The student's manual of this set consists of materials dealing with resume writing and job interview skills needed by individuals enrolled in cosmetology instructor training programs. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: resumes and employment applications, employment interviews, and preenrollment interviews.…

This publication was developed as a response to many requests for a logically ordered set of pre-employment activities for grades 7-12. The activities were developed for average classroom size and hours using the career developmental areas as a theoretical base. The activities are organized in 13 units that cover the following topics: a closer…

This unit, one in a series of packets of teacher and student materials for cooperative occupational education (COE) designed for special needs students, is intended to introduce students to various methods of finding information about jobs that are available. Each unit will probably require more than a single period of instruction. Instructor…

This packet, part of the instructional materials for the Oregon apprenticeship program for millwright training, contains 12 modules covering human relations. The modules provide information on the following topics: communications skills, feedback, individual strengths, interpersonal conflicts, group problem solving, goal setting and decision…

This updated and expanded edition of a 1-year course on how to get a job and hold it, aimed at students with learning disabilities and their teachers, includes five teaching units: (1) vocational academics (mathematics, letter writing, telephone techniques); (2) vocational resources (responding to classified advertisements in newspapers, Social…

This set of publications, consisting of a student workbook and teacher's manual, is designed for use by adult learners registered in the introductory level of the career planning course of the Ontario (Canada) Basic Skills program. The student workbook contains units on the following topics: introduction to career planning, self-assessment for…

This set of publications, consisting of a student workbook and teacher's manual, is designed for use by adult learners registered in the advanced level of the career planning course of the Ontario (Canada) Basic Skills program. The student workbook contains units on the following topics: introduction to career planning, self-assessment for…

This set of publications, consisting of a student workbook and teacher's manual, is designed for use by adult learners registered in the intermediate level of the career planning course of the Ontario (Canada) Basic Skills program. The student workbook contains units on the following topics: introduction to career planning, self-assessment for…

This student guide consists of 17 units of study for use in a prevocational career education course geared toward ninth and tenth grade students. Covered in the individual lessons are the following topics: assessing personal interests, using the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, identifying occupational choices, identifying vocational and…

This document, which is directed primarily at groups working with people who are unemployed, partly employed, or out of the workforce, contains materials for a course titled "Changing Directions" that is designed to help people make sense of contemporary changes in society and work while considering various ways to channel their…