This study synthesizes lessons learned about the promising role of "career navigators" at community colleges to aid students in the transitions through disjunctures in their careers. Career navigators are student support personnel who follow students from recruitment, through their studies or training programs, to job placement. Findings…

Northampton Community College (NCC) responded to an industry identified need within the regional biotechnology community for entry-level production workers in biomanufacturing. In an effort to meet this need and create a transitional program of study for dislocated and incumbent workers, NCC partnered with the local Workforce Investment Boards,…

Identifies career concerns of displaced workers in vocational training. Reports on results of 83 questionnaires (100% response rate) received from dislocated workers in vocational training, indicating that students were most concerned with identifying potential career possibilities. Discusses implications and recommendations for career counseling.…