The Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) offers advice on becoming a successful researcher in the field of STEM education and a portrait of an early career researcher support program. The advice offered throughout the guide comes from experienced researchers who are part of the National Science Foundation's Discovery…

A study was conducted to determine the type of documentation of students' skills desired by employers in the banking and residential carpentry industries. Data were collected by interviews with employers of random samples of banking institutions (thirty-one) and residential carpentry firms (thirty-five) in Oklahoma. Results of the study led to the…

Asserts, based on data collected from companies in Wisconsin, that illegal interview questions are common. Cites criteria for assessing instructional strategies on illegal questioning, and uses them to assess the instructional strategies of 11 college-level interviewing textbooks. (PRA)

Investigates the importance of follow-up letters to the job application process. Finds that a slight majority of personnel administrators favor follow-up letters. Finds that letters should immediately follow the interview. Notes that letters may not help to get an interview or a job but suggest "good breeding" and make a favorable…