More than half of discouraged workers have not looked for jobs in more than a year. While some return to work or resume job searching, the majority have rare contacts with the job market. (SK)

In which the author semi-seriously lampoons the hiring policies today--given the severe lack of positions in college in humanistic areas. (MM)

Specifically describes steps a job candidate can follow in resume preparation and in job interviewing. (CJ)

Some helpful hints to job seeking counselors are: (1) decide what you want to do and where you want to do it; (2) make up a one or two page resume; (3) contact the office of the County Superintendent of Schools in the areas where you would like to work; and (4) follow up all leads. (Author/KH)

Through a questionnaire, members of the ACRL Discussion Group of Personnel Officers of Research Libraries rated the relative importance of 43 items commonly found on resumes. From the data collected a model resume is suggested, identifying elements that are of greatest importance and interest to academic libraries seeking librarians. (Author)

Guidelines are given to the job-seeking music teacher on interpreting job advertisements and on the content, structure, and appearance of a good resume. A sample resume is provided. (SJL)

Increasing numbers of colleges accept job applications only online. Illustrates the job application process at Montgomery College, Maryland as the college changes to an online system for all job applications. (SLD)

Thirty-three students (average age 15 years) with learning disabilities received either learning strategy instruction or traditional instruction in the completion of job applications. Results indicated the learning strategy group demonstrated statistically significant lower numbers of information omissions and information location errors and…

Surveys of Fortune 500 companies in 1978, 1985, and 1995 revealed trends and preferences in content of resumes and cover letters. Compared to earlier years, current preferences were for both letters and resumes in the initial contact, more emphasis on grammar and spelling, and acceptance of two-page resumes. (SK)

Fourteen principles for first-time candidates for the position of law school dean include: be able to explain why you want to be dean; become familiar with the literature on law school deaning; understand and show respect for the culture of the particular institution; and consider whether you and the central administration have shared goals for…

Suggests that Ph.D.s in English can find job opportunities in business and tells how to apply for such positions. (RB)

Research supported by U.S. Office of Education, Grant No. OEC-4-7-061349-0266.

Faculty members completed the Job Resume Questionnaire. An experimental group was given data on faculty opinion and asked to construct a resume. A positive relationship existed between faculty responses to the questionnaire and actual items appearing on the resumes constructed by the experimental group. (Author)

Suggests some unconventional methods of finding a job. (IRT)