The apparent conflict between a decision orientation and a developmental orientation in the literature on vocationally related counseling is resolved by distinguishing between career planning and immediate placement as counseling goals. (Author)

This report focuses on the career awareness, career-planning experiences, and career-planning knowledge of a nationwide sample of 32,000 8th-11th graders. (Author)

Since career guidance stands in part on the premise that schooling is strongly related to later success, implications of Jencks' book challenging that premise are here examined. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to examine the concept of "career" as it has been defined by a number of theorists and writers. Several categories of career definitions are discussed and their elements are analyzed. (Author)

The occupational preferences of young women are shown to be limited in number, and keen competition is projected for positions in many "typically male" occupations chosen. (Author)

College counselors are urged to diversify their contribution to campus life by strengthening faculty advisement. (Author)

Through a review of literature and research, definitions of work and leisure and the nature of the relationship between work and leisure are explored. (Author)

The Jobs-Career Key is an occupational information test. The occupational titles correspond directly to Holland's personality and vocational typology. The item responses are referenced primarily from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and the Occupational Outlook Handbook. (Author)

Literature regarding the vocational adjustment problems experienced by some "young-old" women (those between the ages of 45 and 64) is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on females, and suggestions are made for vocational and personal counseling intervention strategies. (Author)

The Vocational Card Sort (VCS) is compared with the vocational inventory and differences in tasks required and information obtained are discussed. VCS procedures and modifications are discussed as well. (Author)

A developmental orientation toward interpreting Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory profiles is described and Gestalt counseling techniques for processing SCII information are emphasized. (Author)

The author maintains that the counseling needs of vo-tech students are multi-faceted and extremely complex. Those needs are discussed in this article along with the author's recommendations. (Author/HMV)

This article summarizes major findings of Jencks' book and highlights key issues in terms of career education, with implications and suggestions for vocational counselors. (Author)

When examined in a supporting relationship, the constructs of growth generated by developmental and career theorists provide guidelines for practice in guidance and research in career exploration. (Author)

A continuing program of test research on the disadvantaged that was begun by the United States Employment Services (USES) in the mid-60s has produced several testing tools and techniques that are useful both to the employment service and to other organizations. (Author)