This monograph is a revision of "Counseling Women for Nontraditional Careers" (Smith, Smith, and Stroup, 1977). This update reflects changes in societal attitudes toward combined work and family roles for women and toward women entering nontraditional occupations. After reviewing the current employment situation for women, five hypotheses are…

A study was undertaken of West Indian and white youths in Lewisham, England, who were entering the employment market for the first time in 1977. It was found that blacks were less successful than whites in the search for employment. Not only were they three times as likely to be unemployed, but those in employment had taken longer to find work,…

This manual was developed with the express purpose of assisting a potential career information center director through the initial stage of program development. It is intended that this manual be used by a university-trained counselor. It will help him/her to function as an administrator, select staff including paraprofessional counselors, and…

A semester-long high school English course brings local professionals into the classroom to help the teacher introduce students to the language arts skills associated with the working world. The five major areas of the course are composition, career interests, income tax, insurance, and goal setting. The first content area, composition, covers…

Evaluation of the CETA/EBCE (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act/Experience Based Career Education) Field Learning Program at eight sites in Montana showed the program to be successful in helping high school students explore careers. The system was generally successful in achieving program outcome objectives: varied types of students were…

This is a revised edition of the original document, "An Annotated Bibliography of Career Information for Prospective Professionals in Education," including a title and content revision and updating. The material has been taken from many public information sources. Descriptive annotations are those of the authors plus those which were included in…

An instructor's manual on education and jobs is provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of the world of work. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture,home economics, distributive education,…

This instructor's guide is intended to assist in making appropriate decisions about teaching and to help plan, present, evaluate, and expand curriculum materials for a course in career awareness, decision-making, and job-seeking skills. Instructional objectives are provided within six instructional areas: (1) orientation, (2) self-awareness, (3)…

To test the economic theory of job search and the rationality of job search behavior by unemployed married women, the importance of reservation wages (or wages requested for employment) was studied for its effect on the duration of unemployment and its relationship to the subsequent rate of pay upon reemployment. Models were established to explain…

This is the last of four modules on developing a comprehensive program of job placement services in a school setting. The purpose of these modules is to help the placement coordinator plan, implement, and evaluate a program of job placement services to meet student needs. The content areas of the four modules are (1) pre-employment, (2) job…

The handbook presents guidelines for successful jobseeking. Information is presented to aid the job applicant in developing skills that will increase the chances of finding the job of his or her choice. Topics covered include: sources of employment information; self-evaluation; resume writing; grooming; job interviews; forms; predicting job…

The study examined the labor force participation of Ontario secondary school students during the summer of 1973. A sample of schools stratified by region, size of community, and school type was taken. Within each school in the sample, students in levels 2, 3, 4, and 5 completed questionnaires. The tables presented in the report are based on the…

The report covers the activities, results, and lessons learned in a project to test a new approach in developing greater opportunities in employment of the physically handicapped, mentally retarded, and mentally restored by harnessing the resources of leading volunteer women's organizations at the local level on a practical, planned basis. Project…

Advice to foreign language majors seeking jobs in other fields includes identifying transferable skills and preparing to market those skills. Language students often have developed skills in communication, interpretation, and analytical thought. These abilities are occupationally useful. (SW)

A three-year follow-up of a national sample of 419 youth employment training program participants and 356 nonparticipants of comparable background showed that participants obtained more months of employment and had greater job satisfaction. Program effectiveness was greater for minority than nonminority youth and greater for females than male.…