Discusses ten common psychological roadblocks to job hunting including arbitrary deadlines, post-graduation letdown, isolation, lack of structure, neglecting information interviews, and ambivalence about getting a job. Presents strategies to help job-seekers surmount these obstacles. (RC)

This book, which is designed for consumers and providers of outplacement services, explores recent changes that have led to an essentially new type of service termed OTR (an acronym that stands for "outplacement, transition, relocation" when focusing on employees and for "outplacement, transition, and restructuring" when…

This handbook is designed to provide a framework to assist resource persons in counseling adult students seeking a method for gaining access to employment. Presented first are an overview of the handbook and suggestions for its use. The next chapter deals with the characteristics of a traineeship and the benefits of traineeships to trainees and…

This manual is intended to assist practitioners working in adult career counseling programs in implementing and expanding services. The first section, which is directed toward program administrators, discusses establishing and managing a career counseling service for adults and includes a checklist for administrators. Discussed next are the…