Offers experiences of six job seekers to illustrate key job-search concepts. Discusses prior planning, selecting the best search methods, identifying various resources, researching potential employers, making cold calls, networking, and interviewing. Provides advice on using the Internet in the job search. (JOW)

Statistical data on unemployment emphasize problems experienced by people with disabilities in seeking work. Advocates changes in public policies, institutional practices, rehabilitation practices, and employer benefits to ensure people with disabilities a share in the prosperity anticipated in view of brighter economic prospects. (Author/KS)

Provides advice about what to do before, during, and after a job interview. Offers tips for preparing, dressing, dealing with nervousness, and following up after the interview. Discusses ways to enlist good references. (JOW)

Article presents the author's personal accounts of experiences as interviewer and interviewee for jobs in academia. Suggestions are given on things to do and not do at a job interview. Advice for the hiring institution on how to act towards all candidates is also considered. (JDM)

This article traces the author's emotional journey of a job search, from finding what seems to be the perfect position to being turned down for the job. It is intended to remind counselors, employers, and job seekers of the emotional side of a process that is often seen as a simple series of rational, cognitive, and carefully planned steps.

A common mistake made by job seekers is to discuss salary before receiving a job offer. This paper offers two basic rules for discussing compensation: (1) Do not mention salary in an interview if the employer does not broach the subject; and (2) when negotiating a pay rate, never give the first figure. Although a job's salary is usually paramount…

The job-seeking process involves two stages: mechanics--decision making, application, interviewing; and "i-can-ics"--developing good attitudes, self-confidence, and salesmanship. (SK)

Compulsive Resume Addiction (CRA) is a condition where applicants become dependent on their written credentials to get new employment. It is similar to other addictions in that the person manifests short-term, gratification-seeking behavior with the long term cost in self-esteem and self-confidence. Applicants get stuck in thinking that a better…

Discusses expectations held by client beginning a job search. Describes Ellis's Rational-Emotive Therapy, designed to teach clients to think rationally prior to the job search. Assesses various irrational beliefs surrounding the job search. Concludes that clients can be taught to combat irrational expectations. (Author/BHK)

Supporting documents should be prepared before attempting to create a resume or application letter. These documents (discussed in the article) include a company fact sheet (company history) and a personal skills inventory (personal biography). After the initial contact a job search control sheet is recommended. (CT)

Decribes the experiences of four doctoral graduates who successfully obtained university faculty positions. Offers insights for prospective counselor education job applicants about facets of the job seeking process. (Author/JDM)

The way job positions in English studies are conceptualized, advertised, applied for, and awarded is defined by the conventional contours of literary study. The precision with which the "Job Information List" breaks down literature positions by national and historical categories reflects the desire of a great many departments to hire and…

Operation Able of Michigan is part of a national network of organizations designed to (1) promote employer and public awareness of the qualities of older workers; (2) inform older citizens of services; (3) link employers with older job seekers; and (4) coordinate and strengthen agencies and services. (JOW)

Suggestions on job hunting are offered in a question/answer format. Emphasis is on how to make a present job a catalyst for future qualifications, how to begin the job hunt, what are attractive pluses in the employer's eye, and tips on developing a resume. A sample resume is provided. (LC)

Suggestions are offered for individuals involved in a job search for teaching positions in foreign language departments and who are planning interviews at the Modern Language Association convention. (LB)