This literature review discusses supported employment as one aspect of the transitional linkage between school and work that can augment the quality of life for individuals with moderate and severe disabilities. It then focuses on job matching, one aspect of supported employment training programs within public school settings, with an emphasis on…

In 1991, survey questionnaires were completed by 823 out of 1,518 College Placement Council college members in a study assessing the status of career planning and placement activities. The results revealed that 87% of the responding offices were centralized. The 1991 survey results showed a continuation of the decline in the use of "placement"…

The study reported in this paper investigated the type and level of co-worker involvement reported by employment specialists who placed 264 Illinois supported employees individually, in groups, or in mobile work crews, and also investigated the relation of level of disability to type of placement. The study found that co-workers associate with…

This report, sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), focused on the access of 1972 high school graduates to postsecondary education and jobs in 1973-74. (Author/RK)

An instructional approach for high school students, based on employment opportunities, is described in four phases: exploring accounting jobs, the accounting cycle, job training, and job placement. (MS)

A study, covering two years of employment activities, was conducted in an employment agency to gain insight into the question of the need for counseling services in the agency. The data indicated that counseled applicants have better than twice the chance of being placed on a job than uncounseled applicants. (Author)

Discusses questions related to the growing phenomenon of college and university graduates' unemployment. (PG)

This report considers the differences among displacement, outplacement, and inplacement and looks at the risks, benefits, and costs of each. Displacement is defined as the termination of employment with little attention given to corporate or individual needs. Outplacement is defined as the pre-planned management of employee termination, addressing…

The fact sheet is designed to help counselors, teachers, administrators, and disabled students with issues concerning career planning and placement in postsecondary academic and technical schools. The value of early counseling and the importance of encouraging healthy risk-taking are underlined. Model programs at University of California…

The relationship between the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Program and vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs was reviewed. Focus was on the extent to which VR services are successful in returning SSDI beneficiaries to productive employment. The review was carried out in 10 states with widely varying practices in referring SSDI…

The report describes the operating experiences of the Structured Training and Employment Transitional Services (STETS) demonstration, a program designed to prepare mentally retarded young adults for regular private sector employment. The STETS program was managed by several types of agencies in five cities. Evaluation information on STETS…

The authors explore the roles that distributive education teachers and counselors may assume in the establishment and maintenance of a job placement service. (EA)

The article describes a postsecondary agribusiness program at Mankato, Minnesota, where job placement literally begins before the student is accepted into classes. (Author/AJ)

Using a hypothetical example of how a job placement program was developed in a small, rural community, this booklet is intended as a guide to aid local high school systems in the development of job placement programs. Written in a question/answer format, it focuses on four major objectives of a job placement program: To provide information to…

Summarized are some research and development recommendations for opening new jobs for severely handicapped persons and improving the broader aspect of personal satisfaction and life-quality related to both severely handicapped and less handicapped individuals. (Author/IM)