College educational exposure does not prepare the graduate for the human relations demands of teamwork in industry, and may not prepare the graduate for the relationship with his supervisor. Five major dimensions of difference for the student between his interaction with his professors and his new relationships with his supervisor are: degree of…

With increasing summer enrollments, college placement services should consider expanded activities to provide adequate assistance to summer graduates. (Author)

Based on the 1973 and 1977 Annual Housing Surveys of the United States, about 800,000 household heads were relocated annually by their employers. Income and education levels associated with relocated heads indicated that job transfers are most likely to occur among the higher socioeconomic status occupations but nonetheless appear to be frequent…

The authors explore the effects of labels and employers' hiring decision making in relation to placement of handicapped persons. Eleven job placement practices (such as matching the client to the job and addressing employers' objectives) are outlined. (SW)

Rehabilitation counselors put the availability of jobs at the head of the list of client problems, followed by deficient job-seeking skills and poor employer reception of the disabled job applicant. Agency procedures and paperwork and lack of time were rated as the most serious impediments to counselors' placement efforts. (Author)

If what individuals hope for in employment differs greatly from what successful individuals in that occupation consider the principal psychological needs satisfied by their jobs, chances for job satisfaction are dim. One way to predict job satisfaction is by relating self-selected psychological needs of an individual to the normatively-established…

The paper addresses the issues involved in helping severely developmentally disabled individuals become placed in competitive employment. Based on the placement experiences of Project Employability, factors in job selection and in working with employers are described. (Author)

The University of Missouri-Columbia's implementation of the federal Job Location and Development program helps students find employment that will assist in funding their education as well as provide opportunities to develop job skills and self- and career awareness. (SK)

Examines the effects of combined on-the-job and classroom training on the employability of Job Training Partnership Act terminees completing a two-year training activity in Missouri. Although combined program participants' employability was enhanced immediately after the program's termination, this advantage disappeared after one year. Benefits…

Presents summaries of three projects winning excellence awards from the College Placement Council: (1) program to increase student participation in placement services (Bowling Green State University); (2) best career planning publication for students (University of Virginia); and (3) audiovisual recruitment video to Lipton and Lawry's Sales…

Describes a personal job market concept used by college placement officers in which clients are shown how their choice of job-search strategy can either help or hinder their efforts to connect with employers. Steps in the plan include understanding employer, selecting and packaging selling points, and choosing delivery system. (ABL)

Discussion of the development of educational radio focuses on high school radio stations. Problems with determining an accurate number of high school radio stations are considered; and the history of one station in Buffalo (Missouri), KBFL, is described, including details of the two-year broadcasting curriculum, funding, and job placement…

This study presents evidence on the insight of accounting students and recruiters about the importance (to students) of six job attributes. Both students and recruiters underemphasized the importance of compensation; recruiters overestimated the importance of firm type; both groups overestimated the importance of opportunities for advancement and…

Reentry workers with multiple sclerosis (n=23) participated with employers and rehabilitation counselors in training seminars; 14 received traditional job search intervention. After 16 weeks, 11 of the 37 had reentered the labor force. Most already had high self-efficacy and career maturity. (SK)