The concept of evolutionary life cycles should become an integral part of a job placement process. The college educational process should be the beginning of a lifetime of learning and earning and not be viewed as a point of departure into an unknown work world. (Author)

This is a report of a survey of the career guidance and counseling needs of 401 representative in-transition adults in the United States. None were full-time students, and all were either undergoing or anticipating job or career changes. The survey determined that 36% of the American population between the ages of 16 and 65 is in a career…

This is the report of a follow-up study of 400 randomly selected former clients of the Career Education Project (CEP). CEP was an innovative program, funded by NIE, which offered telephone counseling to home-based adults in Providence, Rhode Island. CEP attracted and served clients who were predominantly female, white, and 20-34 years old. They…

Interviews were conducted with a sample of 400 nonstudent, in-transition adults to identify their career information and education needs, their reasons for being in-transition, and their personal and demographic characteristics. In-transition was defined as either undergoing or anticipating job or career changes. Over forty million Americans (36%…