Five key criteria usually applied in selecting job applicants-- sex, age, education, race, and experience--are being challenged as to their value in finding the right individual for a particular job. Job- matching has proven to be successful when specific personality dynamics qualities are present in the applicant. (Editor)

Community college placement officers should reorganize their roles so that they can help the colleges to interface with the business/industry community and to restructure instructional programs so that the career development needs of students can be more effectively met. (Author/JDS)

The report presents data on the placement status of 1997-98 vocational program graduates of Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) (Florida) one year after graduation. For this report, state-defined criteria for positive placement status include relatedness of employment to program on training, continuing higher education, and serving in the…

The employment counselor outlook for this decade is good if the needs of youth, older workers, women, and the handicapped are provided for. Short-term curtailment and redirection of counseling staff in state agencies will result from the phasing down of categorical programs and from funding restraints. In the long run, though, there will be a…

A University of Texas study follows students through a six-month period to determine how their decisions are influenced by recruiters and others. (Author)

Schools need to develop opportunities for young people to test real-world alternatives and to prepare properly to cope with the rapidly changing world of work. Three broad goals of educational objectives are identified: 1) improve quality of career choice, 2) improve entry opportunities, 3) improve individual's opportunity to progress in his…

Successful placement following vocational rehabilitation can be influenced by positive or negative psychological characteristics developed by the counselor in the rehabilitated individual. (MS)

Pretrial Diversion, the act of taking an accused offender out of the usual criminal court sequence (trial, sentencing, jail) before the trial actually happens, is exemplified by Project Crossroads in Washington, D. C. (Author/JH)

The author urges that counselors confront students with the fact that a college degree no longer assures guaranteed passport to economic success. He discusses three divergent views of the goals of liberal education and closes by advising that counselors help students come to grips with their personal motivations in attending college. (EAK)

A professional (on leave of absence) in the Placement Office at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse was temporarily replaced by a personnel specialist from Dow Chemical. This exchange experience is separately described by the former director of Placement and Career Advising at the university and by "the man from Dow" himself. (EAK)

Describes the program of the Occupational Training Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. (SB)

A new way to explore the world of work has evolved; the method uses small groups and a formal interaction with a sequenced program for job search and planning. In a recent study, the group members were found to have gained twice the number of jobs, gained in positive employability perceptions, and showed reduced social alienation. (Author)

Study finds that written examination can predict job performance fairly for all groups; a good preemployment test score is reflected in good job performance. (MF)

Career education can be important to thousands of previously neglected Americans if quality is improved and need for change is recognized. (Editor)