Major selection methods for promotional consideration are examined and compared, focusing on production employees. Special attention is given to the historical evolution of selection methods for promotion in American industry, the extent of current usage, and the experiences of major industrial users. The employee request system is recommended.…

Describes the dual career path approach developed by the Exploration Division of British Petroleum for their management and technical employees. (JOW)

Offers six ways to rise in a career: (1) love what you do; (2) never stop learning; (3) try to get international experience; (4) create new business opportunities; (5) expect more raises, few titles, and fewer people reporting to you; and (6) be outstanding at what you are doing now. (JOW)

Discusses the implications for status movements during the occupational career and attempts to determine if meaningful differences exist in the careers of workers in core and periphery sectors, between first and midcareer jobs and between midcareer and late career jobs. (JOW)

Suggests that the biggest obstacle to career growth is inertia and offers a personal plan to get started in leveraging a career. Indicates that it makes sense to set multiple goals, be aware of options, and to work actively toward several at once. (JOW)

Data from the January 1987 Current Population Survey are presented on (1) number of workers who voluntarily changed occupations; (2) number who did so within their employing organization; and (3) voluntary exit and entry rates within an organization by occupational group. (SK)

Employees must take responsibility for their own career development by (1) linking career goals with organizational strategy; (2) being realistic about their supervisors' career management skills; (3) building an individual action plan; (4) using organizational resources; (5) having realistic expectations; and (6) making choices in the best…

Secretarial positions are no longer dead ends. There are a number of ways to move up within the secretarial ranks or into management. (JOW)

Surveyed 147 chief student affairs officers to examine the status of student affairs as a profession and the influence of academic training or experience on advancement. Concluded that professional experience is the essential ingredient in advancement, overriding the field in which a terminal degree was earned. (JAC)

Examined the career patterns and characteristics of 104 chief student personnel administrators. Data indicated opportunities for upward mobility may be decreasing due to enrollment decline, fewer positions, and increasing tenure. Nearly half the administrators reported planning to stay in their positions until retirement, and most were under 50.…

Nursing administrators can minimize promotion trauma and its unnecessary cost by building awareness of the transition process, clarifying roles and expectations, and attending to the promoted employee's needs. This article will help nursing administrators develop a concept of manager care combined with programs for orientation of new managers,…

Empirical analysis of data concerning a cohort of employees in a large corporation over a 13-year period indicates that mobility in the earliest period of one's career has an unequivocal relationship with many of the most important parameters of one's later career. (Author/IRT)

In a recent article Harlow (1973) provided some empirical data regarding the upward mobility aspirations of professional employees. The results reported here test the two hypotheses she investigated and a third hypothesis relating organizational commitment and preference for promotion. (Author)

Alice in Wonderland must be appealed to in order to understand the plight of the young Ph.D. in English. (JH)

The stated purposes of the Kentucky Career Ladder Project were to: (1) test the feasibility of operating the proposed statewide system to recognize and reward high quality teachers; and (2) provide reliable Kentucky-based information for making sound decisions concerning the future operations of a teacher career incentive progam. This summary…