A recent college graduate working as a coffee shop barista, earning minimum wage and carrying thousands of dollars in student loan debt, is a familiar trope in conversations about the value of a bachelor's degree. In the college-for-all era, young people are encouraged to attain a bachelor's degree to bolster their labor market opportunities…

Purpose: In Japan, high school students who seek employment can apply to only one company at a time at the school's recommendation, and cannot decline a job offer. This shortens the time available for helping students' career selection process, resulting in problems related to effective support and students' consent. Nonetheless, the actual…

Career guidance and counseling (CGC) is vital for smooth career development. Pakistan is a developing country having scarce CGC services; CGC is an emerging field in the country. CGC needs of undergraduates and the services available to them have not been explored extensively through research. This study explored it through 18 semi-structured…

Purpose: Current college students in the USA are reporting higher levels of anxiety over career planning than previous generations, placing pressure on colleges to provide effective career development opportunities for their students. Research has consistently found that increasing career-related self-efficacy is particularly effective at…

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…

This paper examines the position of charter schools in prospective elementary teachers' job search decisions. Using a labor market segmentation framework, it explores teacher applicants' decisions to apply to charter schools. The data come from a mixed-methods longitudinal study of prospective teachers looking for their first job. This paper finds…

Contends that, although volunteering is usually an activity that is done to satisfy one's intrinsic need to give of oneself to others, volunteers may not realize that they are fostering their own career development through their volunteer activities. Encourages educators, career counselors, parents, volunteer coordinators, and volunteers…

A survey of 1,121 counselors (59 percent) determined what information was needed by individuals to facilitate their career decision making and job seeking behavior. It also identified general themes within this career-related information through factor analysis of a lengthy questionnaire. (JOW)

A course in career planning is offered at Daytona Beach Community College to help postsecondary students with the career development process. Learning activities include values clarification, role playing, use of interest inventories and of CHOICES, Florida's computerized career information system. (SK)

The career program at the University of South Alabama teaches students to help themselves and assists them in deciding careers and in fulfilling their capabilities. To deal with students' problems, a course assists students in selecting suitable careers. A course on fulfilling career objectives stresses written and oral communication. (Author/BEF)

The publication contains a user-oriented flow chart indicating necessary steps to be taken before setting up a career center and career planning or job hunting skills classes. Course outlines are presented for a three-unit course in career decision-making and a three-unit course in job hunting skills. A weekly plan of class activities is included…

Presents fourteenth annual review of professional literature on vocational behavior. Looks at several substantive areas of research: vocational choice, career development, decision making, interventions on career development and productivity, job search, industrial/organizational measurement issues, personnel issues, adjustment and development in…

Developed the Needs Assessment for Job Hunters' Guide, and conducted a statewide needs assessment with 1,121 counselors employed in various settings to determine information needed by job hunters. Offers recommendations for counselors in regard to increasing individuals' self-awareness, facilitating access to job information, teaching job-seeking…

This career planning guide is the second in a series on career decision making and the job search. Intended for use by students in career planning courses or by individuals with the help of a counselor, this book focuses on finding and getting the right job once the career planning process is complete. Chapter 1 offers a brief survey of theories…

With increased emphasis on personal fulfillment in society, it seems that individuals must remain knowledgeable about the multidimensional aspects of career choice and vocational life. It is predicted that for people of all ages, career and life planning will continue to play an increasingly important role. A 13-step approach to career and life…