Specific procedures and recommendations are presented to facilitate the progress of patients within the hospital and then out into the community. (Author)

Describes a new type of program which was conducted in a group and stressed distinctive techniques as mutual-assistance among job seekers, a "buddy" system, family support, and sharing of job leads. Results indicate 90 percent of counseled job seekers obtained employment versus 55 percent of noncounseled job seekers. (Author)

Points out the elements necessary for a successful job training program, and subjectively considers long-term objectives. (DM)

The article describes "Project Occupations" at a Missouri junior college to train and find employment for low-income persons who are unskilled, undereducated, have lost jobs, or are chronically unemployed. Emphasis is on fast training and placement in area businesses. (MF)

Job Seeker's Aids is a step-by-step procedure that can be used by rehabilitation counselors to help clients locate and visit manufacturing, institutional, and other places of employment for the purpose of identifying and applying for job openings. (Author)

Examines the roles of job development and placement within the career counseling process and explores four unique approaches now used with handicapped individuals. Counselors of the handicapped must do both decision making and job placement because of the added difficulty of employer resistance. (Author)

One key to a hopeful future for American Indians lies in increased awareness among employers and career counselors. This article describes several programs the authors have found successful in bringing American Indians and personnel representatives together. (Author/HMV)

This article describes the early stages in the implementation of the competency-based employment-counseling model in a local employment office in Kentucky. Preliminary steps taken at both the state and local levels are discussed. The conclusions provide several key factors to successful initial implementation. (Author)

Due to changes in labor market conditions for college graduates and under the pressure of career education, institutions of higher education are combining career counseling and job placement services in integrated career service centers. The Career Development and Placement Center of the Pennsylvania State University is described as an example of…

Guidelines for a state-mandated employment counseling and placement program are discussed. (Author)

This paper describes the development and implementation of a selective job-placement system in the Michigan Vocational Rehabilitation agency. A number of specialized units in the system were created to facilitate both job development and job placement. (Author)

Communication between the career planning and placement office and the students at one institution was a problem until the inception of a mobile information center. (Author)

The clients are required to undergo a battery of tests, provide a series of self-estimates, and indicate certain preferences relevant to the work situation. These data are then fed into a computer which is programmed to select occupations that appear compatible. A computer printout is made available. (Author)

Job finding is a learnable skill. Many programs emphasizing job search methods and interviewing techniques show a high rate of success in equipping the unemployed with the tools to find work quickly and efficiently. (JAC)

A career planning and placement center with 8,100 students--most of whom are on campus only for classes--uses a computer to reach its clients. (Author)