The process of career change is examined: assessing what one has; deciding what to do; seeing how one can use skills in new work situations; or, if necessary, developing new skills. (CT)

Reported are the results of a recent employment level forecast survey for the technical professions. Trends of past declines and future projections are reported in relation to technical developments and national priorities. (CS)

Advantages of guided fantasy as a counseling technique are presented. Emphasis is placed on the use of guided fantasies in the career counseling of women. Accounts of two fantasies, sex reversal and role stripping, are presented along with briefer descriptions of others. Suggested procedures for implementing fantasy experiences are discussed.…

Guidelines for physical educators considering physical therapy as a career alternative are presented including where and how to obtain information on programs offered. (JMF)

Factors associated with the career move from teaching to educational administration were studied using nationally representative data from 4,800 teachers. Overall, socialization factors were salient for men and women, but a woman's predicted probability of becoming an administrator remained far below that of a man. (SLD)

Chronicles a new director's experiences after accepting a position in a college career development center. Explains some of the issues that arose with staff, students, and professional colleagues, as well as matters occurring both on- and off-campus. Author presents what was learned during this time for anyone considering a similar career change.…

Describes a program developed to assist with military personnel's transition back into Canadian society by aiding with their personal and career readjustment. Group-based life review and therapeutic enactment counseling interventions are used to identify critical incidents and facilitate the resolution of stress-related reactions soldiers have…

Presents a personal narrative of a midlife decision point and the choice that one librarian made regarding a career change. Topics include initial career choice; lateral and interim career choices; differences in midlife career choices; and continuing along a similar career path versus starting over in something very different. (LRW)

Career development programs must identify occupational needs of adults. A model based on Maslow's hierarchy develops occupational questions related to individual motivations (physiology, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization). Individual needs are then compared with characteristics and benefits of proposed jobs, companies, or careers. (SK)

Asserts that many people who change their jobs in middle age move to less skilled and lower paying work. Discusses two methods of preventing this phenomenon: retraining by methods designed to take account of learning difficulties in those past normal apprenticeship age and applying principles of ergonomics, fitting the job to the worker.…

Increasing numbers of adult students have begun reentering college to obtain certification as elementary and secondary teachers. This paper uses questionnaire and interview data from a study to examine reasons cited by one group of post-degree, adult students for returning to college for teacher certification. (JD)

Describes experiences of two career planning and placement administrators, one from New Hampshire and the other from California, who traded jobs and houses in nine-year long professional exchange. Concludes that exchange was a highly successful professional development experience. (Author/NB)

Seven politicians who have spent some time in the college classroom as professors or lecturers comment on the influence of their teaching experience on their approaches to law-making. The legislators are: Senator Phil Gramm, Senator Paul Simon, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Representative Roscoe G. Bartlett, Representative Bob Filner, Representative…

The downsizing of the military has resulted in the development of military Career Resource Management Centers (CMRCs) to assist veterans. The primary means of delivering services are two- to three-day transitions programs that assist veterans in analyzing skills and determining work preferences. Establishing and maintaining close contact with…

Focus groups (n=23) and survey responses (n=492) of Hong Kong business graduates reveal a belief that intrinsic and extrinsic rewards are important, but they tend to make job rather than career decisions, seek extrinsic rewards in initial jobs, lack commitment to organizations, have a short-term perspective, and focus on gaining exposure and…