This article describes a seven step program for effective career planning, together with practical considerations, philosophy, and concepts that ideally merge both counseling and placement. (Author)

A new program to assist students and counselors in learning about themselves and career opportunities has been developed from a follow-up of 400,000 students who participated in Project TALENT. (Author)

Providing students with the opportunity to explore academic/career alternatives during the first two years of college is a basic mission of the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) of the Fayette campus of Pennsylvania State University, which provides the first two years of numerous baccalaureate programs. Effective academic advisement, which…

Recommendations are presented for developing career guidance centers in community colleges which would enable their clients to explore, prepare for, select, and progress in an occupation in line with their individual needs, interests, and abilities, and in a job with occupational opportunities. The following areas are outlined: (1) career guidance…