Brief profiles of six of the most widely known and respected practitioners who will be remembered for their many years of service and numerous contributions to the field. (Editor)

Career Counseling and placement are caught between the press for mass education on one hand, and the spectre of projections for too few positions requiring college trained manpower. (Author)

The author presents guidelines for designing and conducting a "tailored interview," that is, an interview in which the applicant is screened for a specific job. (Author)

Putting the history of American placement into perspective, the author concludes by stressing the need for the placement field to assume a leadership role. (Author)

Students benefit from a massive program initiated by the placement office to gain the involvement of alumni and parents in gathering data on job openings nationwide. (Author)

Coordinating a conference program can lead to the growth and involvement of all concerned. But, placement personnel find they can't do it alone. (Author)

One small college found that recruiting interviews need not be conducted in person in order to be effective. They use the telephone and agree that it's "the next best thing to being there." (Author)

While the responsibilities of career planning and placement are rapidly increasing, staff size often remains the same. In answer to this problem, two small liberal arts colleges have developed a cooperative program resulting in more time for student and employer services. (Author)

Placement can play a pivotal role in supplying administrators with employment data and evaluations to guide long-range educational planning. (Author)

The campus interview is perceived quite differently by students (prospective employees) and recruiters (future employers), as demonstrated by the survey reported in this article. (Author)

Techniques and experiences that would help students not only in finding their first job, but in all future career decisions, were packed into a three-credit-hour course. (Author)

Trying to place those students who are not the "cream of the crop" can really challenge a placement counselor's ingenuity and skills. (Author)

The separation between work and education is common to many liberal arts institutions. One such institution is fighting this concept by offering career experiences outside the academic environment. (Author)