Describes the Personal Employment Program, a four-week training and development experience that enables CETA participants to secure unsubsidized employment. The last two weeks of the program emphasize job search interactions. The program is successful in finding employment for program completers but has a low completion rate. (AJC)

Reviews research about employment interviews. Summarizes research dealing with the reliability and validity of the interview, methodological issues, decision making, interviewer training, minority characteristics, nonverbal behavior, interviewee characteristics, and interviewee training. Notes trends and directions. (Author)

Evaluated the role of behavioral supervision in the Job Club program by comparing supervision of actual job search behaviors with an information-discussion-role playing variation. Results indicated supervised-search clients more frequently obtained employment, had greater labor utilization, averaged more hours of employment per week, and were paid…

Determined the effects of a concentrated vocational assessment and counseling program for high school dropouts. Approximately 60 percent of the dropouts were still employed six months after the program. Dropouts reported increased awareness of their own abilities and awareness of employers' needs. (Author/JAC)

One approach to the placement of job applicants who need extra help is the panel of experts to provide a link between the candidate and the needs of the labor market. Applications of the panel approach to older workers, probationers, and clergy are reported. (Author)

Growing numbers of teachers are seeking new careers as shrinking enrollments decrease available jobs and internal conditions increase stress. A small workshop setting can be an effective method of career counseling that includes self-assessment, career planning, and skill development. (JAC)

Discusses a slide/tape presentation and workbook. A six-page workbook, which includes the cartoon character, was developed so students could review a slide/tape show, use exercises to motivate them, and learn about other sources of information available at a career center. (Author)

Career development programs are one way of responding to declining enrollments and rising costs while helping students with career and educational plans. A psychology elective at County College of Morris includes exploration of factors affecting career choice, self-assessment and a job-search practicum. (JAC)

Provides guidelines for job interview preparation. Discusses effective interview communications with emphasis on potential employer questions and applicant's answers, nonverbal behavior, and questions to employer. Suggests followup measures. Lists fifty typical employer questions and fourteen negative factors leading to rejection. (CSS)

For some students their own behavior in the job-hunt is the major obstacle that prevents them from being placed. (Author)

Presents five articles dealing with teaching job search strategies: (1) "Preparing a Scannable Resume" (Carol Roever); (2) "Preparing an Online Resume" (Tim Krause); (3) "Using the World Wide Web to Teach Employment Communication" (K. Virginia Hemby); (4) "A Visual Heuristic for Promoting a Rhetorically Based Job Search" (Helen Foster); and (5)…

Investigates the relationship among demographics, vocational service, and job placement among refugees from the former Soviet Union. Tracked vocational service and employment history for 12 months for 379 employable, adult refugees under age 55, and whose first visit to Jewish Vocational Service Chicago occurred between October 1 and December 31,…

A middle-aged educator with over two decades in the superintendency describes his search for a job and his eventual acceptance of a professorship. Job seekers must be committed to working, have clear-headed retirement plans, believe in themselves, and produce superlative resumes. Sidebars by Cynthia Clarke list online job-hunting resources and…

Describes the job search experiences of 348 previously unemployed managers and professionals over age 40. Reasons most frequently cited for leaving jobs were company reorganization, personality conflict, budget cut, and firm went out of business. Two most important barriers to reemployment given were age and being overqualified. Offers…

Presents fourteenth annual review of professional literature on vocational behavior. Looks at several substantive areas of research: vocational choice, career development, decision making, interventions on career development and productivity, job search, industrial/organizational measurement issues, personnel issues, adjustment and development in…