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Career Navigator: Its Use with College Students Beginning the Job Search Process.
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Garis, Jeffrey W.; Hess, H. Richard – Career Development Quarterly, 1989
Explored effects of Career Navigator, program providing job search assistance, on college student self-rated knowledge and skill in the job search process as compared to professional development business administration course and no-treatment control. Findings suggest that students using Career Navigator progressed in self-rated knowledge of job…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education
Teacher Placement Services: An Evaluation.
Edson, William H.; Braun, Frank R. – Journal of College Placement, 1984
Surveyed 215 graduate teachers to examine job search methods and services used. Results indicated 78 percent of the respondents used the vacancy bulletin and 91 percent filed credentials with the career development office. Subjects who consulted with a placement counselor found employment more often than those who did not. (JAC)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Graduates, Employment Services, Graduate Surveys
Correlates of Participation and Completion in a Job Club for Clients with Psychiatric Disability.
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Corrigan, Patrick W.; And Others – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1995
Adults with severe mental illness (n=44) were administered measures of job interviewing skills, psychiatric symptoms, work history, and quality of life before and after a 3-month Job Finding Club. Results suggested that participants with a lower quality of life were more likely to complete the program, and that quality of participation was…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling Effectiveness, Dropouts, Higher Education
Job-Search Workshops: A Developmental Approach.
De Sesa-Smith, Denise; Parnum, Edith Gross – Journal of College Placement, 1984
Describes the development of job search workshops that emphasize student development. Outlines stages of cognitive and career development and discusses how these theories were applied to the workshops, which combined support and challenge. Presents guidelines for developmental workshops. (JAC)
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Students, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
Using Learning Packages to Develop Job-Search Readiness.
Arthur, James V.; Ebbers, Larry H. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1981
Compares self-instructional learning packages and traditional methods of improving job-search readiness. The use of the learning packages, which included slides, audiotape and a workbook, resulted in greater job-search readiness than use of the traditional method, a manual package using only a workbook. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Career Counseling, College Students, Education Majors
Job Orientation: A Course Useful to All Technical Students.
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Troutt-Erwin, Eileen; Isberner, Fred – 1988
Today's graduating technical students need more than a sound technical education to obtain personally and professionally rewarding employment; they also need job search skills to compete successfully in the job market. To address this need, a course called "Professional Development" at Southern Illinois University's College of Technical Careers…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Course Content, Curriculum
A Study of Services Offered by Career Planning and Placement Offices throughout the United States.
Bryant, B. J.; And Others – 1978
A study of college placement offices was conducted to determine types of student services, staffing patterns, computer use, and strengths and weaknesses. The survey was limited to the 226 placement offices that returned the questionnaire. From the data gathered in the study, the following conclusions can be drawn: (1) most placement offices are…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Colleges, Counseling Services, Higher Education