A resume is a selling tool that outlines a person's education, skills, and experience. The reader will probably spend 20 seconds or less screening a resume, so it is necessary to focus his or her attention quickly. Everything needs to be right--from the information the resume contains, to how it's written, to where it's written. A poorly written…

A former vice president for academic affairs at a small college in New England describes his experiences of searching for a job in the nonacademic field, the failure of which led him to seek guidance from a career-counselor. Their assessment revealed that he was an introvert and suggested that his preferred approach to confronting new people and…

Distance education is regarded as one of the means for educating people who have not had formal education chance or who have not preferred the formal education. Distance education, on the other hand, is quite difficult and requires the fulfillment of various conditions. When the applications of distance education are examined, it is seen that it…

Four international doctoral graduates who found jobs in American academia wrote narratives about their job search process and were interviewed afterwards for this descriptive qualitative study. Retrospective narratives, responses to open-ended questions, and discussions in focus groups supported the integration of the self-regulated learning…

This paper describes an assignment that gives students the ability to improve written and verbal communication abilities, which they will be using throughout their lives, by enhancing communication skills and competencies in a class setting. It is a two-part assignment that begins with a discussion on how to produce a successful cover letter and…

A three-fold research challenge, focused on the following general, interrelated questions, is undertaken in this study: (1) How does one develop competencies required in different university degrees in order to adequately function both as a person in society as well as in professional practice? (2) What role do Institutions of Higher Education,…

A study was conducted to identify characteristics considered important by personnel directors when reviewing resumes. Findings were obtained from questionnaires completed by 166 respondents located throughout the Midwest. Results suggest that there are very definite opinions held by individuals whose function is frequently to review resumes. A…

In an excerpt of a paper, data examining the relative effectiveness of various job search techniques (direct application, friends and relatives, state agencies, and other methods) are presented which were obtained from a 1974 survey of 3,357 head of households in four southern rural counties. (Author/BP)

Reports on the development of nonacademic job-hunting conferences for graduate students, which focus on self-assessment, sources of help about job hunting, correspondence and resumes, and interviewing. (GW)

Narrates the employment experience of a professional bilingual/bicultural librarian who eventually took on the job of editing a special section in Spanish for an English-language newspaper in Calexico, California, a town with a 95 percent bilingual or monolingual (Spanish) population. (VT)

Reports on a workshop presented at San Diego State University as a cooperative project between the university library and the Center for Counseling Services and Placement to teach students how to identify potential employers, develop corporate research strategies, and find relocation information. Background, organization, content, and evaluation…

The author describes Adult Preparation Training, a short-term course sponsored by the Manpower Services Commission. The course is designed to help unemployed people find their way into satisfying employment. (Author/CH)

Reviews some of the traditional services (public agencies, college placement offices, private employment agencies, executive search firms, and executive counseling) used by job seekers to find work, as described in some of the literature often read by laypersons. (Author)

Provides background on the job club process and how it can be used for integrated training of special needs and regular education students in need of job search assistance. Includes field test project information. (JOW)

Examined attitudinal shifts during prolonged job search. White-collar and blue-collar workers (N=347) completed questionnaires at the beginning, middle, and final stages of their job searches. Results showed deterioration of self-esteem, difficulty dealing with others, and inclinations to be more realistic the longer the job search continued. (BH)