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Peer reviewedRose, Robert F. – RQ, 1988
Reports on a workshop presented at San Diego State University as a cooperative project between the university library and the Center for Counseling Services and Placement to teach students how to identify potential employers, develop corporate research strategies, and find relocation information. Background, organization, content, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employment Services, Higher Education, Job Placement
Wehman, Paul; And Others – AAESPH Review, 1979
The paper addresses the issues involved in helping severely developmentally disabled individuals become placed in competitive employment. Based on the placement experiences of Project Employability, factors in job selection and in working with employers are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Developmental Disabilities, Job Placement
Etherington, Helen M. – ABCA Bulletin, 1980
Describes a systems approach to the job search. Notes how courses in business communications, technical writing, and report writing can help students acquire job search skills. (RL)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Higher Education, Job Applicants, Job Application
Peer reviewedSalomone, Paul R.; Rubin, Donna C. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1979
This article is a compendium of strategies for rehabilitation counselors and their clients to secure job leads in relatively painless ways. Traditional job search mechanisms, such as want ads and state employment services, have been shown to be decidedly ineffective as compared to a good first-hand job lead. Job placement is not an exact science,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Opportunities, Job Development, Job Placement
Download full textShumate, Katherine E. – 1991
This packet of materials contains the pieces needed to create brochures, flyers, and handouts to market the abilities of persons with disabilities to potential employers. A "how to" section includes a glossary, instructions for reproducing brochures, tips for working with the media, and ideas and suggestions for using the videocassette,…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Disabilities, Employment Practices
Serapio, Manuel G., Jr. – 1986
This manual is intended for job developers and people working in educational, vocational, and training organizations with responsibilities for job development and placement. It is designed to help them perform their responsibilities more effectively by making them more responsive to market needs and more efficient in executing their…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Education, Employment Opportunities, Job Applicants
Staff, Bruce – 1986
Lake Sumter Community College (Florida) undertook a project to improve its existing job placement services for vocational students. The primary objectives of the project were to develop and implement a system for all vocational students to register with the placement office, inform all vocational students and instructors about the services…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Potential, Employment Services, Job Development
Feingold, S. Norman; Hansard-Winkler, Glenda Ann – 1989
This document is intended for use by adult job seekers and their employment counselors. It provides names and addresses for more than 1,200 journals that regularly carry ads announcing job and career vacancies. The journals are listed in alphabetical order. An extensive index links 138 occupations to appropriate periodicals. Other information in…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Employment Counselors
Mertz, Norma T.; McNeely, Sonja R. – 1990
Women professors in educational administration have moved from near obscurity to relative visibility in the last 15 years. The process by which they obtained their positions and their perceptions of the process are the subjects of this descriptive survey research. Specifically, the study attempted to identify factors perceived by women professors…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Selection, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Active Job Placement in an Isolated Community. Final Report, from October 31, 1985 to June 30, 1986.
Florida Keys Community Coll., Key West. – 1986
Florida Keys Community College (FKCC) undertook a project to expand and improve job placement services to increase the overall placement rate for Associate of Science program graduates. The size, minimal available resources, and isolated location of FKCC contributed to its graduates' difficulties with job search. Objectives were accomplished…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Potential, Employment Services, Job Placement
Zambrano, Laura C. – Academic Therapy, 1988
This article examines the role of the vocational counselor in the job-seeking process for learning-disabled adults. It covers assessment of clients' interests and abilities and matching with job opportunities; teaching of job-seeking skills; use of volunteer jobs to assess clients' work habits; job-hunting procedures; and dealing with work…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Counselor Role, Employment Opportunities
Ryan, Robin – Currents, 1996
Services that colleges and universities can offer to support alumni job placement and career development are noted, and practical suggestions for creating, administering, and advertising them are outlined. Program ideas include seminars, career-development courses, career placement, counseling and resume services, electronic services to support…
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Counseling, Career Development, Computer Networks
Palo Alto Coll., San Antonio, TX. – 1988
The PAC-WISE program provided 150 hours of skills training in office occupations to single parents and homemakers with a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate. Recruitment was effected mainly through GED classes and a flyer in the lobby of the administration building. Selection was based on need according to a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Guidance, Displaced Homemakers, Job Placement
Alexander, Marjorie J. – 1988
The Santa Fe Community College Work Exploration Center (Florida) provides work evaluation and placement services to persons who are unable to obtain or maintain suitable employment due to handicapping conditions, undefined or poorly defined vocational training, limited employment skills, and limited knowledge of skills levels. To help maintain…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems
Faddis, Constance R.; Long, James P. – 1986
The demonstration project described in this report was designed to explore the value of job clubs in preparing two-year college students with disabilities for the transition from school to work. The demonstration sites were Chicago City-Wide College (CCC), Columbus Technical Institute (CTI) (Ohio), and the Community Colleges of Rhode Island (CCRI)…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
