Describes Project ESTEEM, a program to help single mothers on welfare become self-sufficient. It combines one course--banking and finance--with the basics of how to look for and find a job. (JOW)

The study demonstrated the effectiveness of an instructional package on filling out job application forms with 24 hearing impaired college students. Use of practice forms with many elements common to other forms led to greater generalization than use of practice forms with fewer common elements. (DB)

Male veterans (n=47) who were inpatient alcoholics participated in a study on job-finding skills. Compared to control subjects (n=24), subjects (n=23) who completed a job-finding skills workshop demonstrated better job interview skills and a higher employment rate at three-month followup, when 66 percent of experimental group were employed…

Lists and annotates 13 books and articles in the ERIC database on job searching and interviewing, and on performance-appraisal interviews. (PRA)

Findings from 25 college seniors involved in focus-group discussions revealed that students followed some ethically questionable practices in their job searches, suggesting that they did not understand implications of their behaviors or roles and responsibilities of career services professionals and employers. Found that students acted…

Examined data from Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program. Found that participants increased their use of substitute child care and of licensed day-care homes/centers, after beginning job readiness activities. Child care was found to be highly variable in terms of convenience and program quality. Problems with child care increased…

Survey of graduates from University of California-San Diego, polled by career services center on how they found jobs, determined that many attributed their job-finding success to the career services center. Findings conclude that technology can bolster rather than reduce the role of career services practitioners in serving students and employers.…

Minnesota's WorkForce Centers are a model of state employment services. The centers assist those in need of initiatives such as dislocated worker programs, welfare-to-work services, services for the blind, employment-and-training programs, veterans' services, and job-search assistance. (JOW)

Portfolios are an effective employment tool since they spotlight the developer's capabilities, personalize the interview, and reduce stress while capturing the interviewer's attention. An outline is provided of key components of a school counselor's portfolio beginning with a rationale and goals. Documentation of National Standards for School…

In a study of 225 Israeli young adults applying for their first job, women were more likely to reject jobs due to work conditions, family considerations, or masculine sex-typing. Men rejected jobs only because of feminine sex-typing. Women had greater nonfinancial commitment to work. Men were more stigmatized by unemployment. There were no…

A survey identified business preferences and practices of 46 employers related to the online job application process; 28% had format preferences; 28% accepted resumes via their websites; 78% found electronic follow-up letters acceptable. Implications for instruction in business communications courses were derived. (JOW)

Presents a discussion one year after the author received a tenure-track job. Describes the strategies and tactics that made his search a success. Addresses the period after graduate students have defended their thesis and are searching for a full-time academic job. Notes that the time after his defense was chaotic, bewildering, but invaluable for…

Job-search behaviors and employment outcomes of 121 recent college graduates were measured at and 4 months after graduation. Job seekers increased active searching and use of formal sources and decreased anxiety. Self-esteem and self-efficacy did not moderate changes in search behavior. Changes were related to number of job interviews and…

Finnish job seekers (n=559) were followed up after 1 year (n=401) after 84.3% participated in guidance courses, subsidized employment, vocational training, or some combination. Guidance courses enhanced reemployment. None of the interventions increased job-seeking activity. Training temporarily decreased psychological distress. Deteriorating…

Evaluates job search clubs for internationals students. Participants had greater career self-efficacy, vocational identity, and required less information regarding their occupational choice. Content analysis of open-ended evaluation items revealed suggestions for program improvements including the importance of discussing the U.S. culture and…