Data from 199 respondents among 2,000 dislocated auto workers showed My Vocational Situation to be a reliable instrument. Differences between high and low scorers on the Vocational Identity subscale suggest that different counseling interventions may be appropriate. (SK)

Interviews with 10 dislocated office workers determined that (1) primary economic barrier to retraining was applying for unemployment compensation; (2) counseling for stress was financially prohibitive; (3) a positive factor affecting reemployment was employer placement service; and (4) negative factors included lack of information about training…

Describes a program designed to help people develop continuous personal development as a life-at-work strategy for dealing with a continuously changing world. (JOW)

Fifteen individuals who received outplacement counseling (OPC) were interviewed to determine which services were helpful or hindering and whether there were services they would like to have received but did not. The critical incident technique (J. Flanagan, 1954) was used to analyze the data around 16 emergent categories. Results support previous…

Joliet Junior College's Dislocated Worker Assistance Center in Illinois was selected in 1987 by the U.S. General Accounting Office as one of eight exemplary dislocated worker projects nationwide. This article describes the program and the contributors to its success. (Author)

Describes outplacement services as including such services and information as (1) financial and career counseling, (2) connections with established training programs and resources in the community, and (3) workshops to teach business start-up skills (although at different levels depending upon program costs). Includes questions to ask potential…

A pilot program was set up to provide displaced workers in Wausau, Wisconsin, with skills needed by specific local employers. The program consists of four basic components: preemployment training activities, two-week assessment activities, training activities, and placement-related activities. The goal of 65 percent placement seems to be feasible.…

Stresses the importance of early response programs in cases of job layoff and plant closings to assist workers with retraining and job placement. (SK)

Interviews with 325 British union members who had become unemployed and with 30 union officials found some attempt by unions to organize the unemployed and provide assistance. However, policies and services such as job information, retraining, and legal aid are not well communicated to the people who need them. (SK)

Two samples of Trade Adjustment Assistance Program participants before and after 1988 program changes were studied. The program served workers who were permanently displaced and suffered significant earnings losses, but there was no evidence that training affected earnings three years after initial unemployment. (SK)

As military downsizing displaces servicemembers, there is a need for policy advocates for veterans' education, coordinated national action, cooperation of colleges in accommodating veterans, systematic exchange of information, and connections among the triad of military experience, education, and jobs. (SK)

The authors examined the relationship between an individual's human capital profile--knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics--and compensation before and after a job loss. The results of this study show that the types of human capital that predicted pre-job-loss salary differ from the types that predict reemployment salary. The…

Once the decision has been made to dismiss a school executive, the relationship should be concluded in a private manner with adequate severance pay and outplacement services provided. Preparation for potential dismissal can help executives avoid some employment crises and ease the impact of others. (MLF)

Successful programs developed to help laid-off teachers find new jobs are described. (MD)

The Aquilanti Integrated Model of Outplacement was developed from various aspects of existing grief and career theories. It comprises many practical elements that are present in the other models as well personal experience and knowledge of career counseling. It involves four phases: loss, grieving, and transition; personal development; job search;…