Describes the steps necessary to establish a career information center (CIC). Indicates that a successful CIC is testimony that the school endorses students' needs for occupational and career information. (JOW)

Describes the evolution and implementation of a program designed to decrease student reluctance to seek counseling services and occupational information and to increase client responsibility for decision making. Used a verbal contractual agreement to describe the counselor's and client's roles. (JAC)

The Group Guidance Program is a comprehensive career guidance program designed to prepare young adults for a positive transition from high school to suitable employment or post-high school training. The program materials deal with three major areas: self-awareness, labor market information, and tools for employment. Volume I of a two volume manual…

Summarized are the components and outcomes of a career education project begun in Oregon in June of 1969. One of the first comprehensive programs in the field, the Careers Oriented Relevant Education program had as its objectives to: (1) plan a program for the public schools based on life career roles, (2) establish effective communication between…

To develop a natural resource career information program that (1) explains occupational opportunities (2) helps individuals clarify how each occupation matches his needs, and (3) informs students of the realities associated with each occupation, a study was conducted to isolate some dimensions associated with a group of high school students…

Lists five functions that should be executed in order to carry out a successful career exploration program for junior high and/or middle school students. (SB)

Career Resource Centers (CRCs) are a logical outgrowth of vocational development theory which views career development as a continuous process with a lifelong series of career decisions made at various transition points over time. After starting in high schools, CRCs have spread to all arenas of formal education as well as to community agencies,…

This report presents the Self-Directed Career program, an inexpensive program designed to provide vocational guidance to all high school students, college students, and adults who desire it. The report discusses the need for such a program, the costs involved, the materials required, and how to use them. Appendix A provides some of the basic and…

This 12-section handbook, based on information for Colorado but applicable to other states as well, contains resources and lists and explains procedures to establish or expand a career guidance center in a school, government office, or organization. The 12 sections cover the following topics: (1) purpose and philosophy; (2) assessment, advisory…

A computerized career information system named EUREKA has been developed for California. It originated in 1975-76 under the direction of the Bay Area Computer Educators and since that time has received state and VEA funding. It consists of two major components, Quest and information files. Quest asks users twenty-one questions in order to…

This manual presents the master lists of 206 job titles of 167 different Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) code numbers which were held by physically handicapped graduates/completers of vocational programs as determined by a business and industry survey and graduate followup. (The project itself is reported in CE 026 163; survey and followup…

In addition to surveying the approaches to and elements comprising vocational guidance, this book represents an attempt to develop a position state about the potential significance of vocational guidance within the educational context. As a result of this approach, vocational development is viewed as a subsystem within the larger system of…

A fourteen-month project was undertaken to update, expand, publicize, and evaluate EUREKA, a career information system used for vocational counseling in California. As a result of this project, the following information was added to EUREKA's data base: twenty-one new schools; sixty-two agencies offering over 1,000 courses; a VISIT file for Contra…

To assist school administrators and guidance personnel in providing job placement services, a study was conducted to: (1) develop a model design for a school-based job placement system, (2) identify students to be served by the model, (3) list specific services provided to students, and (4) develop job descriptions for each individual responsible…