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Congruency between Occupational Daydreams and Self Directed Search (SDS) Scores among College Students
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Miller, Mark J.; Springer, Thomas P.; Tobacyk, Jerome; Wells, Don – College Student Journal, 2004
In this study, the relationship of expressed occupational daydreams and scores on the Self-Directed Search (SDS) were examined. Results were consistent with Holland's theory of careers. Implications for career counselors are discussed. Students were asked to provide specific biographical data (i. e., age, gender, race) and to write down their…
Descriptors: Counselors, Career Planning, Career Counseling, Career Choice
A Comparison of Two Career Planning Inventories.
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Gault, Frank M.; Meyers, Howard H. – Career Development Quarterly, 1987
Compared effectiveness of two career self-assessments: the Vocational Interest, Experience, and Skills Assessment (VIESA) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS). Fifty-one college student volunteers from career-planning seminars participated. Results indicated both instruments were found useful. No statistically significant preference for either SDS…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Planning, College Students
Experience: Key To Decision Making
Barkhaus, Robert S.; Bolyard, Charles W. – Journal of College Placement, 1977
Techniques and experiences that would help students not only in finding their first job, but in all future career decisions, were packed into a three-credit-hour course. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, College Students, Course Descriptions
Comparison of Self-Scoring Error Rate for SDS (Self Directed Search) (1970) and the Revised SDS (1977).
Price, Gary E.; And Others – 1979
A comparison of Self-Scoring Error Rate for Self Directed Search (SDS) and the revised SDS is presented. The subjects were college freshmen and sophomores who participated in career planning as a part of their orientation program, and a career workshop. Subjects, N=190 on first study and N=84 on second study, were then randomly assigned to the SDS…
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Students, Guidance Programs, Higher Education
Where is the Working Class? On Your Campus.
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Jaffe, Martin Elliot – Journal of Career Planning & Employment, 1998
Describes characteristics of working-class people who are attending community colleges. Discusses InfoPLACE, a comprehensive career-planning resource center serving a socioeconomic cross-section of clients from a public library setting. Offers that using InfoPLACE before reaching the college campus can be beneficial. Presents examples of…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Planning, College Students
Self-Directed Career Exploration: A Comparison of CHOICES and the Self-Directed Search.
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Reardon, Robert C.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Compared student satisfaction ratings for CHOICES, an interactive computer-based career guidance program, and the Self-Directed Search, a pencil-and-paper career planning guide. Results indicated a user preference for CHOICES, although both programs received positive ratings. The findings were discussed in terms of cost effectiveness. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Career Planning, College Students
The Stimulus Value, Treatment Effects, and Sex Differences When Completing Two Interest Inventories at the University of Kansas.
O'Neil, James M.; And Others – 1977
Men's and women's immediate reactions to completing the Self Directed Search (SDS) and the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) were assessed, as well as the impact of this testing on their subsequent behaviors four weeks later. A random sample of college freshmen at the University of Kansas (N=96) completed either the SDS, SCII, or both…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, College Students, Higher Education