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Peterson, Jane – 1980
This guide was designed to provide students with information on choosing a career and finding a job. Chapter 1 discusses the importance of self-understanding in career choice, job change, and the improvement of job performance; explores methods of self-evaluation and self-development; and lists pertinent resources. Chapter 2 focuses on the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Nelson, Robert B. – 1982
A practical handbook to guide the job-hunting process, especially directed to recent college graduates, is presented. Information is provided on: marketing yourself, deciding what to do, the resume, informational interviewing, searching, interviewing, follow-up, considerations for the individual after being hired, the most common job-hunting…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Employment Interviews
Hoyt, Kenneth B.; And Others – 1990
This report describes an inquiry into the work attitudes and career decision making skills of 754 sophomores in seven rural and one urban high school in Maine. The study is the first part of a planned 7-year longitudinal study that will interview these students again when they are seniors and then again 5 years later. The eight papers in the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Development, Education Work Relationship
Daugherty, Ronald D.; And Others – 1979
This student job guide is designed to assist students in making decisions by providing information regarding the options available to them. The guide is comprised of three major parts. Part 1 is designed to introduce and train students in the important aspects of job finding. It covers the following topics: evaluate youself, nontraditional jobs,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Employment, Employment Interviews
Hildebrandt, Sharrie; Lucas, John A. – 1980
In fall 1979, a study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to determine the characteristics, attitudes, and activities of former and present students in the Legal Technology Program. All students enrolled in a selected Legal Technology course between fall 1974 and fall 1979 were included in the survey. The questionnaire solicited…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Libraries, Education Work Relationship, Educational Background
Download full textGallup Organization, Inc., Princeton, NJ. – 1999
A study examined adults' attitudes and experience related to work and the selection of a career or job. Data were gathered through a telephone survey of a sample of 1,003 adults (659 employed either full- or part-time), 18 years of age and older, conducted in June and July 1999. The following areas were explored: current employment status; the…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development
