Investigated the relationship between work values and job knowledge to determine the need for client understanding in these areas. Data indicated that work values and job knowledge are independent variables and should be addressed separately in the career counseling process. (RC)

Significant job-relatedness was found for a posttraining job knowledge test criterion. Content validity methods may be able to help solve the problem of criterion relevance in validation research by providing quantitative evidence of job-relatedness. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to forecast the demand/supply situation for analytical chemists through the 1980s and to report various suggestions from analytical chemistry professors responding to a Procter and Gamble survey for increasing the supply of chemistry students entering graduate school. (Author/CO)

Describes and strongly encourages the use of the new fourth edition of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles by counselors in educational and community agency settings. With closely related materials mentioned and other career information sources, counselors can more efficiently put all of these tools to work for their clients. (Author/BEF)

Describes the process of staff selection for the general studies department at Piedmont Technical College. Makes suggestions on how to write a job description, establish selection criteria, develop the selection process, and make the selection itself. Includes sample forms used in the process. (DR)

The System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI) helps students make informed and rational career decisions. Interacting with a computer, students examine values, identify and explore options, gain and interpret relevant information, master strategies for decision making, and formulate plans of action. Extensively field-tested, SIGI has…

Describes a new publication, "Exploring Careers," which offers readers a way of relating their own interests to the demands of different careers. Emphasis is on "hands-on" activities. Aimed at junior high students, the book contains games, vocabulary lessons, and descriptions of particular jobs in 14 occupational clusters. (Purchasing information…

Focuses on engineering education in the developing nations and assesses whether or not the existing curricula suit the specific conditions that prevail in each. (Author/SA)

Arguing that the infusion of career information into the student's mainstream curriculum, in this case mathematics courses, both provides the student with information about a wide range of occupational options and enhances the teaching of actual subject matter, the author introduces a series of mathematics texts he has written to enable students…

Components of solar energy systems are described, the development of the solar industry discussed, and implications are drawn for employment opportunities in industries (which may expand into new, solar-related areas) and in the professions, from law to sales, upon the advent of solar heating. (AJ)

Communication between the career planning and placement office and the students at one institution was a problem until the inception of a mobile information center. (Author)

Discusses the job loss in the textile and apparel industries because of fierce domestic and international competition that has closed mills and factories. Suggests that intensified competition and advanced technology will ensure turbulent and challenging years ahead for the domestic industries. (JOW)

This special issue reviews 71 books on the following topics: career management; career opportunities for people with disabilities; federal government career information; college career development/counseling; job search strategies, tools, methods; coaching; retirement issues; strategies for managers; women and careers; general career books; and…

Presents three case studies illustrating how many applicants for positions in academic libraries fail to meet the advertised minimum requirements. Recommends applying for positions listing minimum requirements matching one's qualifications and seeking advice from librarians who serve on search committees or faculty members in ALA-accredited MLS…

Australia's new national course database OZJAC (Job and Career Explorer) is a directory of information on postsecondary education and training in over 10,000 courses and data on over 600 types of jobs. It is the culmination of 10 years of development of a national information system. (SK)