In this article, Gwen Taylor describes the West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) groundbreaking program, "Accelerating Opportunity" (AO), which targeted students who are deficient in math, reading, or writing. The program uses the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges' (2013) Integrated Basic…

With a little extra effort from placement and recruitment, disabled persons can overcome not only physical restraints but society's restraints as well. (Author)

Implementation of Career Plans, a course at Penn State's College of Human Development to assist graduates in entering the job market is described. (Author)

Job finding is a learnable skill. Many programs emphasizing job search methods and interviewing techniques show a high rate of success in equipping the unemployed with the tools to find work quickly and efficiently. (JAC)

Baltimore's Job Squad is a placement alternative that motivates the handicapped person to improve independent job-seeking skills through the teamwork of counselors, peers, and community resources. Job Squad's background, support system, organization, positive results, and future implications as a valuable placement technique are discussed. (Author)

When the student load became too much to handle, one university found a way to lessen the workload and still provide for individual needs. (Author)

Outlines six contemporary self-directed placement techniques, reviews research literature regarding these techniques, and provides guidelines regarding which self-placement technique rehabilitation professionals may choose. The Job Club and JOBS program were the most expensive and effective models and can be used with a greater variety of clients.…

Counselors at the UCLA Placement Center organized the Job Club to develop successful job search techniques with group support, direction, and encouragement. Specific goals were: (a) to provide a forum for sharing; (b) to assist in identifying job-related skills; (c) to provide basic information; (d) to establish guidelines; and (e) assist decision…

During 1988-89, the Collin County Community College District (CCCCD) conducted a project to develop, implement, and evaluate a model career laboratory called a "Future Shop." The laboratory was designed to let users explore diverse career options, job placement opportunities, and transfer resources. The Future Shop lab had three major components:…

The purpose of this paper is to review the implications of a series of programs now being conducted throughout the United States which are consciously trying to equip the unemployed with the tools necessary to find work. These relatively new programs are described as demonstrating a high rate of success in helping individuals obtain work within a…

The author describes the development and operation of Wisconsin's In-School Job Placement Project, a joint effort of the Department of Public Instruction and Job Service Wisconsin. The project involving fifty-six high schools has meant jobs for 25,000 students and graduates and has improved job-seeking skills for thousands of others. (BM)

Describes the use of the System of Interactive Guidance and Information to help students explore career options. Suggests with the help of the computer and a career counselor, students can recognize and develop viable career objectives and plan a successful job search program. (JAC)

Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania) graduates are known to be well-educated and capable, so the career center focuses more closely on finding the right job fit for graduates than on just finding jobs. Program components include an expanded staff, access to a database of alumni contacts, seminars on job searches and networking, resume reviews, and…

St. Louis Community College's Careers for Homemakers program is a vocational counseling program designed to help displaced homemakers enter the job market for the first time or after a significant absence. The program's goal is to place participants, chosen according to academic or economic disadvantaged eligibility, in jobs consistent with their…

Addressed in this report are the major proposal objectives, activities, and accomplishments of the Lewiston High School job placement program. Particular attention is given to the employment opportunities, pre-employment skill training, and career-related supportive services provided by the project for Lewiston's day students, adult education…