Several resources to consider are offered to ease the squeeze created by the computer market downturn. Areas addressed include: job-shop option; other-industries option; overseas option; graduate school option; entrepreneurial option; military option; job fairs; and weighing locations. Notes that colleges are looking for engineering teachers,…

Discusses techniques for running a successful job placement program at a private career school. (CH)

The job-seeking process involves two stages: mechanics--decision making, application, interviewing; and "i-can-ics"--developing good attitudes, self-confidence, and salesmanship. (SK)

Describes a seminar designed to teach job-finding skills to senior agriculture students through the use of a behaviorally based textbook, practice in job-seeking skills, and corrective performance feedback. Comparisons of student competencies in job-finding skills showed that posttraining performance levels were higher than pretraining levels.…

Describes sources of job listings in online industry including "New York Times,""Boston Globe,""Washington Post,""Los Angeles Times,""Wall Street Journal,""National Business Employment Weekly," and hints on methods for reading and responding to ads and placing them. Sample advertisements…

Presents an experimental resume model for English majors. Discusses sample models and a workshop designed to help English majors assess their skills, rename their traditional job experiences, and enhance their resume writing skills. Traditional and experimental resume samples are provided. (BH)

This workbook is a job search process kit for those over the age of 50. The kit is in honor of all age-50-and-over workers who are determined and dedicated to continuing an active, productive life. Its aim is to help older workers with the what and how of finding a job, and specifically, finding an appropriate mid-life or retirement job. The…

As older adults seek career management assistance in ever-increasing numbers, career counselors will need to know about issues and job search strategies specific to that population. In order to stay current with the changing times in the career world of older adults, both groups (the older adults themselves and the career counselors) will need…

It is the work of the job search counselor/facilitator to educate, mentor, and guide the special needs client in identifying and tackling anything that would encumber the job hunter. The purpose of this paper is to provide information to the job search counselor that will enable him/her to fully and skillfully assist the special needs client in…

Compulsive Resume Addiction (CRA) is a condition where applicants become dependent on their written credentials to get new employment. It is similar to other addictions in that the person manifests short-term, gratification-seeking behavior with the long term cost in self-esteem and self-confidence. Applicants get stuck in thinking that a better…

Describes the Michigan Occupational Information System (MOIS), a computerized body of information that can help an individual plan a career or change career course. Recommends components to be added to the MOIS system, if it is to be responsive to a changing national labor market. (NRJ)

This guide for the law teacher novitiate specifies the responsibilities of a law teacher and gives detailed information on the procedures involved in searching for a law teaching position. (MD)

This study explored the important components of job satisfaction in psychology baccalaureates. Results indicated highly statistically significant associations between job satisfaction and whether or not the job was psychology related and in the respondent's career choice area as well as length of job search and method used to locate job. (AM)

Describes a college-level job search teaching unit that is a practical method of preparing appropriate resumes, participating in effective job interviews, and getting and keeping the job. The unit's four phases are explained: securing job leads, writing resumes and letters of application, the interview, and the postinterview. (CT)

Three instruments assessing rehabilitation process and outcomes found that counseling process variables related minimally with outcome measures. Results also indicate that there was little agreement between counselor and clients. Findings suggest that outcome measures are multidimensional. (Author)