Career development programs are one way of responding to declining enrollments and rising costs while helping students with career and educational plans. A psychology elective at County College of Morris includes exploration of factors affecting career choice, self-assessment and a job-search practicum. (JAC)

Provides guidelines for job interview preparation. Discusses effective interview communications with emphasis on potential employer questions and applicant's answers, nonverbal behavior, and questions to employer. Suggests followup measures. Lists fifty typical employer questions and fourteen negative factors leading to rejection. (CSS)

For some students their own behavior in the job-hunt is the major obstacle that prevents them from being placed. (Author)

Presents five articles dealing with teaching job search strategies: (1) "Preparing a Scannable Resume" (Carol Roever); (2) "Preparing an Online Resume" (Tim Krause); (3) "Using the World Wide Web to Teach Employment Communication" (K. Virginia Hemby); (4) "A Visual Heuristic for Promoting a Rhetorically Based Job Search" (Helen Foster); and (5)…

Investigates the relationship among demographics, vocational service, and job placement among refugees from the former Soviet Union. Tracked vocational service and employment history for 12 months for 379 employable, adult refugees under age 55, and whose first visit to Jewish Vocational Service Chicago occurred between October 1 and December 31,…

A middle-aged educator with over two decades in the superintendency describes his search for a job and his eventual acceptance of a professorship. Job seekers must be committed to working, have clear-headed retirement plans, believe in themselves, and produce superlative resumes. Sidebars by Cynthia Clarke list online job-hunting resources and…

Describes the job search experiences of 348 previously unemployed managers and professionals over age 40. Reasons most frequently cited for leaving jobs were company reorganization, personality conflict, budget cut, and firm went out of business. Two most important barriers to reemployment given were age and being overqualified. Offers…

Presents fourteenth annual review of professional literature on vocational behavior. Looks at several substantive areas of research: vocational choice, career development, decision making, interventions on career development and productivity, job search, industrial/organizational measurement issues, personnel issues, adjustment and development in…

Provides a brief description of a number of federal jobs available and the education and/or experience requirements for each. Gives references for further information and application forms. Discusses job classifications, wages and benefits and provides addresses for information on federal jobs. (MVL)

Describes the author's experiences during the 1970s while he was a graduate student; at that time, he knew almost nothing about community colleges. Presents a profile of the author's institution, Westchester Community College in New York, and the faculty search process that the college now uses. (PA)

Offers strategies to help camp counselors identify and effectively communicate their job skills (particularly interpersonal skills) to future employers. Addresses how to present one's skills through a resume, cover letter, and job interview. Discusses the employment value of camp experiences. Includes sample resume. (LP)

Considers reasons why students may delay their job-search activity, distinguishing between urgency and importance and noting the possibility of fear of the future. Describes ways for counselors to help students begin their job search. Concentrates on strategies borrowed from the time-management literature. (NB)

Carter reviews changes in the workplace and in campus recruitment procedures that affect student job placement and describes the University of Missouri's job development program (cooperative education, internships, part-time work, work study, service learning, and volunteering). Franta expands on service learning's effect on career development.…

A blind individual offers career education guidelines concerning helping blind children make realistic vocational choices, providing job awareness, setting up work-experience programs, and developing special job-seeking skills. (DB)

Describes two new forms of employment discrimination found at the informal job contact level and suggests that use of informal contacts continues to be a major barrier for women and people of color. Results are based on 13 interviews and a survey of approximately 280 school superintendents. (SLD)