Virginia information project builds public understanding and acceptance of the Virginia Employment Commission. (Editor)

The article, based on a speech given to a biennial conference of agencies and schools for the blind in France, discusses the roles of governments and schools in providing job training and job opportunities for blind persons. (GW)

Provides information drawn from findings of several experimental projects for disadvantaged youth that concentrate on short-term orientation as a prelude to fast placement in jobs or training. (SB)

Describes the job placement success experienced by graduates of the Science Greats Course at the University of Manchester. Discusses the course content which centers on the social relations of science. Since nearly half the course involves science content, the author discusses the science background necessary for enrollees. Presents a personal…

An educator sees an urgent need for counseling and placement to be considered a major part of the campus educational process and a basic issue of individual self fulfillment. (Author)

California State College at Los Angeles has merged the once separate counseling and placement functions into an integral service center that combines academic and personal counseling with vocational orientation. The author describes the new organization. (Author/BY)

The network program offers students on the scene" information about the cost of living, housing, schooling, and other data necessary to make a realistic employment choice in any desired geographic area. (Author)

Analysis of 422 applications submitted to an employment agency by married women suggests that some professional women seeking to reenter the labor force lack confidence in presenting themselves in their own names. In this sample, the independent professional was more likely to get a job than was the individual who used her husband's name. (Author)

This article summarizes suggestions in a review and synthesis publication developed by Dr. Kenneth Little for the ERIC Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education at The Ohio State University. (GB)

Essay by senior girl describes difficulties encountered in applying for job in nuclear engineering. Employers in male-dominated fields still discriminate against women, laying burden on placement directors concerned with advising women interested in such work areas. Part Two of three-part article. Other parts included same issue. (CJ)

New facilities, reorganized administrative structure, permit meeting of following objectives: (1) jobs for working students; (2) career opportunities for graduates, alumni; (3) vocational counseling; (4) employment research, followup; and (5) public relations program. (CJ)

Analyzed long-term influence of employment and training programs on labor force participation rate of CETA participants. Analyzed data collected from terminated CETA participants (N=225). Results indicated that enrollment in employment and training programs can lead to increased wages, and positive feelings about participation in the work force.…

Opportunities Industrialization Centers are community-based organizations that provide employment and training programs to poor and unskilled people. Essential features of their programs are attention to attitudinal and behavior changes, skills training, and work readiness. (SK)