Student career development is an important element of a high-quality career and technical education (CTE) program. Students enrolled in programs with high-quality career development activities are able to identify a personalized career plan related to their strengths, interests and abilities, and are informed about post high school education and…

The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance to Minnesota CareerForce youth development professionals on how to intentionally integrate the Guideposts for Success framework into the Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) model. Developed by PACER Center for Minnesota's Partners for Youth Disability Employment Initiative (DEI), this guide…

Asserts that, when university career center pursues a strategic plan and becomes market driven, it is not only perceived to be a quality organization, it is one. Explains philosophy of market-driven management, marketing concept, and implementation of market-driven career planning and placement center. (NB)

Presents the National Association of Colleges and Employers' (NACE) 2000 Employer of the Year, NACE/Chevron honoree, Academy of Fellows inductee, and Awards of Excellence recipients. (GCP)

This handbook provides a framework to assist program directors and other administrators as they discuss questions men and women in premedical and medical schools face with respect to: (1) parenting issues; (2) practical and policy-related questions about becoming parents; and (3) whether it is possible to be both a devoted and effective…

The booklet explains the selection and use of a system to build career development programs and presents a sample career development program produced by the system. The system provides a framework to build a program and is based on the theory of three levels of learning--perceptual, conceptual, and generalization. The model, or sample system, is…

The booklet provides some guidelines and suggestions around which career guidance programs may design their standards. It discusses and briefly outlines some recent legislation, publications, speeches, and committee actions which deal with the objectives and methods of career guidance. It lists 10 assumptions which should be considered when…

This planning guide was written to assist Tacoma (Washington) public school students, working with parents and staff, in developing their career and educational goals. It was designed to be used by high school students in assessing their interests, attitudes, motivation, and awareness to implement a high school educational plan and post-high…

This Coordinator's Guide accompanies a module workbook, which is directed toward working guidance personnel in school settings, grades 7-14 including counselors, administrators and career specialists. The topic is the founding and improvement of Career Resource Centers and the Module focuses on a systematic process of implementing this objective.…

One of the products developed by the Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the booklet on external degree study is intended for those persons who want to pursue postsecondary education but because of home, job, or other responsibilities are unable to do so in the traditional manner. It discusses alternative forms of postsecondary…

The North Carolina Plan for a life career development model provides a statewide framework on which to build meaningful local programs based on local situations and populations. The three domains of career education (learning to live, learning to learn, and learning to make a living) form the North Carolina Career Education Task Force's rationale,…

One of a series of manuals developed by the Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the publication describes the establishment of the project's resource center or specialized library to collect occupational information materials and make them accessible to staff members, clients, and the public. Such a resource center involves…

This manual was designed to reflect current and recommended practices for the utilization of undergraduate paraprofessionals in career services. A brief summary of the literature related to the use of paraprofessionals in career centers in addition to a rationale in support of expanded roles for student staff is provided in Section 1. The…

Discusses the challenge faced by career planning, placement, and recruitment professionals as they try to match the right person and the right job. Different career patterns are identified and five distinct groups of career-oriented persons are discussed in terms of what they value: getting ahead, getting secure, getting free, getting high, and…

This module is directed toward working guidance personnel in school settings, grades 7-14, including counselors, administrators, and career specialists. The topic is the founding and/or improvement of Career Resource Centers and the module focuses on a systematic process of implementing this objective. Participants will review the concept of a…