Career guidance at the beginning of training can play an important part in developing a student's interest, attitudes, and expectations. The instructor of a trade should be prepared to present all aspects of the job, not merely the more attractive. (DS)

Skills, today, are transferable to a variety of occupations. This article outlines the formulation and identification of skills which are common to a large number of jobs and basic to a series of specialized or job specific skills, and the development of individualized training modules for the identified skills. (Author/KP)

Includes economic and political background in a review of the historical development of vocationalism in American, beginning with the latter part of the 19th century and continuing to the current career education movement. (Editor)

The Minnesota Job Requirements Questionnaire (MJRQ) was developed and administered to supervisors of 22 selected jobs who rated the ability requirements of the job they supervised. Comparison of mean ratings and variabilities of ratings by supervisors in a job showed construct validity for the MJRQ approach, as did intercorrelations of MJRQ…

Business, government, and industry joined in launching a program that guarantees employment by matching supply with demand. (Editor)

Through a parlay of COIN and BREAD, a VA program prepares veterans with little or no civilian employment experience to seek and find such employment. (Author)

Why the dropout rate in apprenticeship programs is high, and ways to lower the rate and improve the programs. (MF)

Universalization of Education'' permits Cuban students to work 20 hours each week in a field related to their course of study. (Author/PG)

Reports on the training and recruitment of shipbuilding workers in Norway, Sweden, and Germany. (DS)

A program of training for understanding other professionals, cooperating with them, and actual experience in shared effort, concern, and application is described. (Editor)

The Adult Basic Learning Examination was administered to enrollees in a Concentrated Employment Program. On the basis of this investigation it was found that trainees obtained higher scores on the language skills than in computational areas. The suitability of the ABLE as a screening instrument for poverty programs is discussed. (Author)