This task-based curriculum guide for agricultural production, specifically for poultry, is intended to help the teacher develop a classroom management system where students learn by doing. Introductory materials include a Dictionary of Occupational Titles job code and title sheet, a task sheet for developing leadership skills, and a task list.…

This task-based curriculum guide for agricultural production, specifically for sheep, is intended to help the teacher develop a classroom management system where students learn by doing. Introductory materials include a Dictionary of Occupational Titles job code and title sheet, a task sheet for developing leadership skills, and a task list. Each…

This task-based curriculum guide for agricultural production, specifically for beef livestock, is intended to help the teacher develop a classroom management system where students learn by doing. Introductory materials include a Dictionary of Occupational Titles job code and title sheet, a task sheet for developing leadership skills, and a task…

This task-based curriculum guide for agricultural production, specifically for swine, is intended to help the teacher develop a classroom management system where students learn by doing. Introductory materials include a Dictionary of Occupational Titles job code and title sheet, a task sheet for developing leadership skills, and a task list. Each…

The student's manual of this set consists of materials dealing with resume writing and job interview skills needed by individuals enrolled in cosmetology instructor training programs. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: resumes and employment applications, employment interviews, and preenrollment interviews.…

Career counseling is a particularly critical need for blue collar men, displaced workers from the declining industries of manufacturing. This article uses developmental theory based on the model of adult development of Daniel Levinson (1978), "Seasons of a Man's Life," to discuss the difficulty of blue collar men in attaining developmental…

This self-contained instructional package defines a comprehensive job placement program as a coordinated series of activities involving school-community interaction, staff training and curriculum development resulting in youth being able to obtain and retain satisfying employment. The author and contributors focus their efforts on presenting case…

A practical handbook to guide the job-hunting process, especially directed to recent college graduates, is presented. Information is provided on: marketing yourself, deciding what to do, the resume, informational interviewing, searching, interviewing, follow-up, considerations for the individual after being hired, the most common job-hunting…

The model is based on the highly successful first Women's Bureau sponsored Colorado Education and Employment Conference for Hispanic Women ("Adelante, Mujer Hispana") held in January 1980 for low-income women seeking employment and employed women seeking better jobs and upward mobility. It is intended for use by groups and individuals in…

This workshop presentation from the National Vocational Guidance Association Annual Convention consists of two parts--a discussion of strategies for women to use in entering the paid labor force and a process to identify marketable competencies one has acquired. First, strategies are addressed for handling these three components of the change from…

This handbook is designed for use by teacher educators in the preparation, implementation, and maintenance of programs on school-to-work transition skills for disadvantaged youth. It consists of five sections. Section 1 contains a listing of school-to-work transition skills (pre-employment, job search, and post-employment skills) for disadvantaged…

Addressed in this report are the major proposal objectives, activities, and accomplishments of the Lewiston High School job placement program. Particular attention is given to the employment opportunities, pre-employment skill training, and career-related supportive services provided by the project for Lewiston's day students, adult education…

Air traffic controllers no longer able to perform their highly specialized duties must be removed in the interest of aviation safety. Because few employment opportunities exist outside the government for controllers' skills, Congress established a second-career training program in 1972 for controllers so removed by the Federal Aviation…

This book focuses on the concepts, philosophies, principles, and practices utilized by professionals in career planning and placement. The chapters address the following topics: (1) career planning and placement; (2) systems approach to effective career services; (3) student and employer services; (4) career counseling theory and skill…

This curriculum guide is one of three documents developed in a community college project to meet the career and vocational needs of disadvantaged handicapped youth (mainly the learning disabled, the educable mentally handicapped, and the emotionally handicapped) by assisting them to gain and retain full-time, non-subsidized employment. The…