A collection of 54 career profiles was prepared for use in the Comprehensive Career Education Model being developed in the Los Angeles school district. Each profile is written in the first person and indicates that the individual enjoys his work and is involved in work which corresponds to his interests and abilities. The occupations were chosen…

This report analyzes recent developments in the labor-force status of blacks and examines their job situation relative to whites. The recent slowdown in economic activity has had serious repercussions for Negro workers although their situation has deteriorated less than in previous economic declines. Tables provide employment, unemployment, and…

The authors investigated the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed non-college-degreed men using two inventories of vocational orientation. The results revealed that two scales of one and four scales of the other inventory successfully differentiated the occupational groups consistant with Holland's theoretical framework. (Author/SE)

When scores of 300 educable mentally retarded high school students on 11 interest scales of the Reading-Free Vocational Interest Inventory were subjected to two hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis procedures, both methods resulted in five distinct areas of interest: natural, mechanical, mechanical-natural, personal service, and…

Presents information gathered from organizations with 50 or more employees concerning how the training budget will be spent in 1987 and compares that with information from previous years. Topics include (1) occupations receiving training, (2) use of computers, (3) sources of training, and (4) instructional methods. (CH)

The study attempts to assess the validity of occupational labor market typologies used in the literature. Analyses of occupational characteristics from 1970 Census Bureau data for males and females indicate occupational labor markets may be more differentiated and complex than suggested in the dual labor market literature. (Author/CH)

The first in a series on specific careers in online, this article examines jobs representing the online industry innovators and initiators. Highlights include the online job stream, the Research and Development/Planning job cluster, job interviews, work environment, organizational structure, getting in, moving up, perks and perils, and getting…

Examined the structure of occupations based on judgments of similarity, compared this structure with those derived from subjects' (N=26) responses to interest inventories, and compared the circular and hierarchical models. Results indicated that a combination of the circular and hierarchical models is preferable to either model alone. (LLL)

To meet the need for teachers with knowledge which cuts across many areas of an occupational cluster and yet stay within budget limitations, the author finds the usual sources inadequate. He suggests granting academic credit to teachers for training courses in vocational education as a solution to a many-sided problem. (AG)

Author proposes cluster grouping as a meaningful, realistic, costly, and viable approach to career education. (GB)

A program model for elementary career education is based on a rationale and focus emphasizing the integration of significant early experiences at home and at school. (KM)

Office Education Association shapes up its competitive events. (Editor)