Describes a short-term counseling experience called Vocational Exploration Group (VEG). VEG is a process of group interaction on the topic of jobs, and attempts to pool the existing job information of members and encourage the development of more imaginative job personalizations. (Author)

Suggests that businessmen generally agree that vocational guidance is poorly done in the schools. Proposes that a retired businessman would be a valuable resource for the conventional guidance officer. (Author/HMV)

Describes the career guidance information available for secondary school students from Canada's Department of Manpower and Immigration. (Author)

Details the development of item pools, or collections of test exercises, including specifying the domain of content; collecting/writing items; pilot testing; and publishing. Implications of item pools for guidance workers are presented. (BP)

Discusses the importance of career education in the '80s. Outlines seven future scenarios for guidance, including changes in the delivery mode, infusing career education into the curriculum, the growth of cooperative education, computerization, remedial education for adults, elementary school guidance, and implications of unemployment. (BH)

Reports observations of unemployed and discovers most have characteristics in common on the Career Management Assessment. The unemployed person has a high degree of naivete. In many work settings high principles are a handicap in getting ahead. Those with unplanned, inflexible, and safe views will fail to prosper. (Author/BEF)

Discusses the relative merits of vocational indecision, as seen from the student's perspective, and presents several models of vocational indecision. Four categories of reasons for indecision are given with ideas on how to remedy each category. (BL)

The author outlines the role of counseling in English schools having spent a year in England as a researcher and observer. (Author/HMV)

Two major problems appear to hinder students in making a successful transition from school to work. The first relates to making appropriate occupational choices and the second to conducting a job search. This article describes these problems and their implications for the development of a vocational counseling program. (HMV)

This article discusses several ways of implementing work experience programs in the schools. (HMV)

Describes CHOICES, an interactive, computerized career exploration system developed by the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission to assist people in making career decisions. (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)

This article defines career education and career counseling and attempts to delineate their functions. It then examines curriculum trends and developments in career education, and describes some innovative career education programs. (NG)

The author describes new sources of change in labor force participation patterns and examines the authority and power of counselors as an occupational group to deal with change and their clients. (Author)

This article lists and describes pamphlets, references tests, programs, courses and tours which are available and appropriate to help counselors in secondary schools provide vocational counseling to their students. (HMV)