A paralegal is a person with legal skills who works under the supervision of an attorney or who is otherwise authorized by law to use these skills. The article describes the functions of the paralegal, the types of employment for which the paralegal is qualified, training programs, training techniques, and standards for certification. (AJ)

A national study was made in 1977 to update the assessment of the principalship and to describe the characteristics, conditions, and perceptions of senior high school principals and of significant other persons involved with schools. This report provides a baseline of "normative-descriptive" information about principals, their views, and working…

The Department of Labor, other Federal and state government agencies, and private producers have developed a significant amount of occupational information which can be useful to counselors and others who help students in making the transition from school to work. However, over the years the training of users has not kept pace with the development…

This report describes the cooperative activities of eight colleges/universities and four junior colleges using an IBM 370/145 system in central Mississippi. The Network provides the equipment with the accompanying educational effort, so as to allow each participating institution to become more aware of the academic implication of computers as they…

Summary information on arts and humanities occupational clusters, obtaining occupational information, career ladder and lattice possibilities, job projections, and job competencies for arts and humanities careers is presented in this report of research, which resulted in a series of 11 arts and humanities career exploration resource guides for…

Advances and employment outlook in the field of computer science are discussed as well as the problems related to improving the quality of computer education. Specific computer jobs discussed include: data processing machine repairers, systems analysts, programmers, computer and peripheral equipment operators, and keypunch operators. (EA)

The search for a job with the federal government can be a confusing and frustrating experience. The purpose of this booklet is to explain the federal employment system; to simplify the search for a federal job; to assist in the completion of the basic government employment application form, the Personal Qualifications Statement, Standard Form 171…

Fleet personnel in 10 electronics ratings were asked to indicate: (1) how often they used skills in 20 mathematics topics areas in performing their jobs, (2) the type of work engaged in when employing mathematics skills, (3) whether mathematics skills ability was helpful to job performance, and (4) whether they required mathematics skills not…

This bulletin prepared by the Media and Library Advisory Committee to the State Board of Education of Illinois provides descriptions of task competencies and responsibilities for library and media staff members. The first of three sections delineates the professional responsibilities of media specialists in areas of administrative and curricular…

Each step involved in developing an objective salary schedule for school administrators and supervisors is explained in this booklet. The schedule is based on job analysis (division of each administrative job into its component parts) and job evaluation (assignment of numerical points to indicate the relative importance of each position). The…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for vocational or employment counselors, community or social workers, and paraprofessionals who wish to establish a job…

This guide is designed to assist guidance personnel responsible for planning and implementing career guidance programs through use of a systems approach. The topics focus on employment outlooks, job placement, apprenticeship opportunities, computerized guidance, and laws affecting career guidance. The organization of this handbook parallels the…

This inventory contains summaries of current and completed activities sponsored or conducted by local collaborative councils through the Work-Education Consortium Project. The summaries are grouped into ten issue area/process categories: (1) engaging community resources for youth; (2) opportunities for work and service experience; (3) employment…

The manual assists both experienced and inexperienced personnel in defining and completing the entire range of tasks associated with the position of Pennsylvania Migrant Education Recruiter. The recruiter's primary responsibilities are to identify migrant children in the area and enroll those children eligible under Title I ESEA (Elementary and…

All 437 census occupational titles were assigned scores from the following five systems for describing occupations: (1) Holland's (1973) occupational typology; (2) an occupational prestige scale; (3) an occupational self-direction scale; (4) the "Dictionary of Occupational Titles"; and (5) the Census Bureau classification. Occupational…