This manual is intended for job developers and people working in educational, vocational, and training organizations with responsibilities for job development and placement. It is designed to help them perform their responsibilities more effectively by making them more responsive to market needs and more efficient in executing their…

This document is intended for use by adult job seekers and their employment counselors. It provides names and addresses for more than 1,200 journals that regularly carry ads announcing job and career vacancies. The journals are listed in alphabetical order. An extensive index links 138 occupations to appropriate periodicals. Other information in…

This is a compilation of books, pamphlets, articles and bulletins dealing with vocational opportunities for people with foreign language skills. The paper is divided into 12 sections with the following contents: (1) an annotated outline of various fields in business and industry, vocations and professions and federal government departments where…

Market analysis for new program development in the community college occurs in four phases. (1) An overall manpower needs survey involving a canvas of all the employers and community organizations in the district. This phase is difficult because of the magnitude of the task, and the difficulty of forecasting changes in the market, especially in…

This informal manual was designed to reinforce the counselor's efforts in career education guidance by offering the student materials that are realistic and current. The student is expected to accept much responsibility for his career and lifestyle development through activities and questionnaires. Part one is directed toward self-evaluation…

Due to recent industrial growth in Mississippi and the shortage of trained manpower in numerous occupations, start-up training programs have originated to provide a pretrained work force for new or expanding industry in the State. Each start-up training program is a joint effort between a new or expanding industry and a public educational…

One of a series on Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program models, this monograph provides professionals employed in CETA programs with information on how job recruiting and searches take place to help them improve their job placement and development skills. The content is in four sections. The first section briefly covers the…

This pamphlet was prepared to help all those involved in the job-seeking, placement, and recruiting processes. Candidates cannot be provided with a "sure" technique for finding positions, but it is hoped that this guide may help make the search for a position more efficient and more effective. The guide is divided into the following chapters: (1)…