Women returners are women who leave the paid workforce for a period of time following the birth of their child(ren) and subsequently seek to return to paid employment. As women returners attempt to re-enter the workforce, many of them are in need of updating their skills or re-training in a new set of skills. In this study, the training and…

This counselor's guide is part of the HAVE (Homemaking and Volunteer Experience) Skills materials designed to help women identify the job-relevant skills they have learned as homemakers and volunteers and to match those skills with paid jobs. The main purpose of this is to help counselors work with women who are entering paid work after spending…

This Women's Workbook is part of the HAVE (Homemaking and Volunteer Experience) Skills materials designed to help women identify the job-relevant skills they have learned as homemakers and volunteers and to match those skills with paid jobs. In addition to helping women who are entering paid work after spending time as homemakers or volunteers,…

This guidebook is designed to aid former homemakers to assess their skills and realize the transferability of them to the present day job market. It gives practical tips for all aspects of getting and holding a job, including the following: sources of employment; resumes; employer contact; application forms; employment tests; job interviews;…

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…

This book is designed for women who want to react to the empty nest syndrome with a new career. The first chapter contains an introduction and activities to help with self-awareness and career exploration. The second chapter discusses the importance of a positive plan. Strategies for setting long and short term goals, a sense of responsibility for…

This workshop presentation from the National Vocational Guidance Association Annual Convention consists of two parts--a discussion of strategies for women to use in entering the paid labor force and a process to identify marketable competencies one has acquired. First, strategies are addressed for handling these three components of the change from…

This guide provides administration and teaching materials for use in organizing and conducting workshops intended to provide job-finding techniques and emotional support for women entering and re-entering the work force. Suggestions are made for assessing the employment situation in the community, the workshop, and finding potential students.…

Goals of the "Transition, Retraining, and Change for Entry" project were to provide counseling and/or group support for single heads of households or persons entering nontraditional employment and to provide placement services for the target group. A third goal was to disseminate information about the value of and opportunities in…

Based on a survey of former fulltime homemakers in the Reading, Pennsylvania, area, this handbook was designed to provide a framework for resource persons to lead group sessions for women in transition. The material focuses on leading women to assess their skills and to discover which skills developed through homemaking can be transferred into…

The Potential Reentry Opportunities in Business and Education (PROBE) counseling and referral system is intended to help single parents and displaced homemakers gain greater control over their own lives, careers, and futures. PROBE began in 1975 as a campus-based program at Pennsylvania State University and became community based in 1977. PROBE,…

Career planning and job hunting for graduate students are discussed in this book. In Chapter One important career planning activities during graduate study are discussed including: academic advisement, assessment of career goals, and obtaining practical experience. Steps for conducting an effective job search are detailed in Chapter Two. The…

This core curriculum, in use at the Homemaker ReEntry Center at Northern Kentucky University, provides three units of materials that teachers can use to help homemakers make the transition to the world of work. The first unit, on personal development, covers such topics such as self-esteem, self-awareness, goal setting, decision making, sex role…

This document is a guidebook for counselors working with Black and Hispanic American women, women reentering the workforce, and underemployed/career-changing women. The material contains workshop designs, activities, checklists, readings, techniques for recruiting women, and other community outreach suggestions. Topics covered included evaluation,…