The Employability Maturity Interview (EMI) is a 10-item structured interview developed to assess readiness for the vocational rehabilitation planning process and the need for additional vocational exploration and employability services. The items deal with occupational choice, self-appraisal of abilities, self-appraisal of personality characteristics, and orientation to work. The manual describes the reliability/validity study conducted in the development of the EMI. Results showed that agreement between EMI scorers was high. Average inter-rater correlations exceeded .90 and split-half reliability estimates approached .80. The construct validity of the EMI was confirmed by predicted relationships between EMI scores and intelligence, achievement, vocational interest differentiation, general interest in work, and an independent measure of employment potential. The manual also includes scoring guidelines and 21 references. (JDD)