The purpose of this Handbook is to stimulate discussion among senior managers, managers, practitioners, administrative staff, collaborating partners, and stakeholders about how staff members can make the most effective use of their time in implementing changes in the design and delivery of career interventions for adolescents and adults who need…

The "Colorado School Counselor Toolbox: Tools and Resources to Promote the Education Profession" is a comprehensive resource designed to help school counselors provide career advising support to students who possess the skills for and/or interest in a career in education. The toolbox outlines five steps for counselors to support students…

Jobs for the Future (JFF) and BigFuture want all students to have the sense of agency and purpose that comes with feeling hopeful, motivated, excited, confident. An essential step in achieving this is to ensure that high school students and their families receive a timely and abundant flow of information, resources, and advising in order to…

The document is part of a series that reports the findings and accomplishments of the Models for Career Education in Iowa project which was initiated to research, define, and describe an emerging concept of career education. The document focuses on a discussion of some of the philosophical bases of career education and the concept of career in its…

Career maturity denotes degree of readiness to make realistic career choices. Clients below a certain threshold of readiness lack the life experiences and personal inclinations needed to make fitting occupational choices. To increase their readiness, a counselor may help these clients develop the decisional attitudes and learn the choice concepts…

Discusses the use of career self-efficacy theory in counseling individuals having low career-related self-efficacy. Begins by presenting diagram of Bandura's model of perceived self-efficacy and then goes on to discuss its implications for counseling. Focuses on how society may alter women's career choices and women's socialization in relation to…

For career education instructors to help in the career choices of their students, it is necessary that a knowledge of occupational information related to different subject areas be acquired. By introducing occupational possibilities into the career education curriculum students can explore these possibilities and make worthwhile decisions. The…

The document is part of a series that reports the findings and accomplishments of the Models for Career Education in Iowa project which was initiated to research, define, and describe an emerging concept of career education. The focus of the report is on the process of career choice and career decision making. Career choices are too often made on…

This handbook outlines the many employment opportunities available to men and women who join the army. It was prepared to be used by students, guidance personnel and Army recruiters, and includes a listing of related civilian occupations, allowing comparison between the two jobs. It is recommended that this handbook be used in conjunction with the…

Notes that many students who graduate with doctorates in family studies desire academic careers in research institutions. Encourages students to prepare themselves early to be competitive in academic market and to succeed in desired positions. Attempts to assist students and new professionals in obtaining academic positions in research…

Notes that Career Services Center at University of California-San Diego has conducted career surveys of graduating classes since 1982 and has learned how to conduct survey and use survey data. Discusses how to get started in conducting a graduate survey. Explains how to design survey instrument, draft questions, test survey, distribute survey,…

This document is a booklet designed primarily for high school students by the American Federation of Teachers on teaching as a career. The booklet discusses the following topics: the history of teaching as a profession; the state of schools in the United States; advantages and disadvantages to teaching; teachers in revolt (collective bargaining…

This edition of the "starter" file of free occupational literature was revised in order to provide optimum amounts of information and assistance to young men and women about to assimilate and use career information. This is a "starter" file in two senses: (1) the file may be an initial step toward building a complete file of…

This document is designed to be a "state of the arts" in education for environmental occupations in Illinois. This document contains three major parts. The first part deals with definitions and basic concepts relating to education for environmental occupations. The second part lists existing and emerging occupations which were considered by the…

Discusses procedures whereby college graduates with teaching skills can identify new career areas; points out the negative factors involved in such pursuits. (MAI)