In 1981-86, approximately 10 million workers were displaced from full-time jobs, with displacement proportionately higher among nonmetro workers, high school dropouts, and production workers. Nonmetro displaced workers were more likely than metro workers to experience long unemployment, relocate, or change occupations and earn less at new jobs.…

A study examining factors influencing the decisions of faculty with firm offers to leave two universities is reported, focusing on the weight and importance faculty give to tangible, intangible, and work-related benefits of the incumbent and offering institutions. Comparisons among institutions and with other related research are made. (Author/MSE)

Discusses literature concerning why and when adults return to school. Discusses study of 2,000 adults which investigated the concepts of transitions and triggers as possible reasons for returning to school. Findings indicate for 83 percent, learning was a utilitarian means; for 17 percent, learning was an end that justified itself. (JS)

Suggests ways that career counselors can use Loughead and Black's "job change thermostat" in working with clients. Program and policy issues include service delivery settings, crisis-oriented versus long-term client needs, individual versus group approaches, staff competence, and availability of resources. (34 references) (SK)

Surveyed 82 psychologists who had left college counseling center position to examine job satisfaction in counseling center work. Findings suggest that majority of those who leave counseling centers go to other counseling centers and that career decisions of women counseling psychologists are becoming less affected by geographic/family…

Summarizes a 1993 year-long study of six beginning school administrators's career-transition experiences. Based on data gathered through interviews with these administrators and the author's own experience, this article offers recommendations for new principals and assistant principals covering three professional-development areas: academic…

Many former members of the military have chosen second careers in teaching aided by a Department of Defense program called Troops to Teachers. Teachers are eligible to receive financial support for schooling if they agree to stay with the program for five years. School districts benefit from employees with highly developed technical skills and a…

Summarizes a dissertation in which 9 women aged 40 to 63 with recently earned bachelor's degrees describe their former career development and express their career counseling needs. (JPS)

Provides advice for managing the transition of new employees into an organization. Presents three models for employee orientation and development: self-managed peer groups, red carpet treatment, and "learning the big picture" (self-guided learning and organizational acculturation). (SK)

Increasingly, academic scholars are turning to personal and autobiographical writing as a more fulfilling form of self-expression, as illustrated by the career changes of nine women and one man. One critic finds the personal tone an evasion of politics and lacking in rigorous analysis. (MSE)

System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI) Plus is a revision of SIGI based on the needs of adults. Two revised features are Self-Assessment (rating work values and interests in terms of what adults like and are competent in) and Coping (identifying the practical problems and barriers facing adults in education, training, and…

Discusses the results of a Web-based online survey of job-seeking librarians that investigated how librarians viewed their profession, what drew them to librarianship, and whether they would recommend the profession to others. Topics include career changes; public perception of librarians; discontent; and future possibilities. (LRW)

Interviews and observations of three student teachers in a British further education college were intended to discover how they coped with the transition to a new professional role. Key constraints were inadequate resources, isolation, powerlessness, and problems with students. Their coping strategies were derived from personal resources and…

British nurses (n=275), many of whom had to upgrade skills for conversion to registered nursing, participated in an upskilling exercise. Participants and a comparison group of nonparticipants were categorized as either opportunity-takers or conscripts (those who viewed retraining as obligatory). (SK)

Examines the perspectives that second career teachers, with prior military experience, bring to the teaching profession, specifically to social studies. Uses a life history methodology. Explores case studies of four second career military teachers and suggests a tendency to maintain traditional instructional practices in social studies. (CMK)