This report describes the current employment status of students who graduated from the Dutchess County (New York) Board of Cooperative Educational Services Technical Center in June, 1996. It is designed to provide summary data concerning the class as a whole, as well as information on how students from individual programs fared. The placement process is described by explaining the functions of the participants--recruiters, instructors, guidance counselors and supervisors, and employers. The procedures for obtaining the information in this report are outlined. A list of 15 placement office activities follows. The charts, graphs, and lists that make up the remainder of the report illustrate an employment summary for 1996 graduates (completers, number available and unavailable for employment, number employed, location of those unavailable for employment); distribution of 1996 graduates available for employment (employed in area of training, unemployed, total employed); employment by program area; distribution of 1996 graduates (employed, unemployed, college and technical, military, and not in labor force); firms employing 1996 graduates; and numbers enrolled in postsecondary education by two-year college, four-year college, technical schools, and military services. The report concludes with graduates' comments and the follow-up survey instrument. (YLB)