This paper describes an instructional unit that prepares students as job seekers. The five-session instructional unit employs a team-teaching approach in which a technical writing instructor stresses format, content, and mechanics, and a counselor emphasizes decision making, intrapersonal communications, and interview techniques. The following…

This publication provides leaders of public school adult education programs with a practical guide to the organization and content of a workshop for women who desire to return to work. The section on organization (part I) presents the rationale for a workshop and treats such basic matters as the selection of the workshop leader, and promoting and…

In the Marin County Regional Occupation Program (ROP), in the school year 1976-77, 15 trained volunteers taught job seeking skills to over 1500 students; the total cost was $5,600. (Author)

Provides tips and resources to assist women attempting to make the transition from homemaker to labor force participant. To help women put their best foot forward, author goes through steps of conducting a successful job campaign: assessing skills, choosing a career, writing a resume, and going for job interviews. (CSS)

According to job length and skills required author examines jobs abroad. Short-term unskilled positions in work camps and voluntary service projects are detailed; information sources are listed. Suggests short-term skilled jobs such as trainees and tour guides. Reviews long-term employment opportunities in U.S. government jobs, international…

The author offers some unconventional interviewing techniques for prospective teachers to enhance their employment potential. He suggests a student teaching notebook, a slide narrative presentation, a cassette tape recording, and videotapes. (KC)

The failure of two vocational counseling interventions to generate tangible results suggests that counselors need to become experts in job-seeking skills and pass this knowledge on to their counselees. (Author)

Indiana University's new Career Center is trying to apply a systems approach in the development of new programs. It allows a method of identifying problems, unrelated elements and relationships, and ties these together into a progressive whole. (Author)

Presents an intensive teaching approach to assist students in negotiating with post-secondary organizations and institutions. Links elements of job-search programs and group counseling. (BH)

The qualitative study examined characteristics of 25 deaf graduates of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Findings are discussed for finding a job, learning the job, communication at work, relationships at work, expectations for the future, discrimination in the workplace, reasons for leaving the job, and strategies for managing difficult work…

Describes dropout prevention programs in the School District of Philadelphia: (1) High School Academies, schools within schools that provide a holistic approach to the transition from school to work; (2) Jobsearch; (3) Education for Employment Initiative, an effort to coordinate programs that prepare students for employment; and (4) Vocational…

Job search activities of two-year college administrators were studied based on Granovetter's findings. Attention was paid to the importance of personal contacts versus formal sources of information and methods of becoming a candidate, factors that influence contact networks, and whether job-search behavior differed by type of administrative…

Presents an effective, but simple, format for students to use when preparing a resume that will result in a job interview. Discusses in particular the header, job objective, education, experience, activities, personal data, references, and appearance. (SRT)

Provides a list of questions for obtaining, organizing, and comparing attributes and liabilities across several institutions or universities. Topics include: demographics; faculty/administration; duties; labs/equipment; programs; research; professional development; promotion; and benefits. These questions would also be useful to students selecting…

Presents a sequential model for teaching interview skills based on job interview research. The model integrates objectives of interview training with methods, and teaches students how to prepare for an interview, communicate effectively, identify goals, and reduce anxiety. (JAC)