A Connecticut business association helps place teachers in job-related summer work and promotes their image as professionals. Because teachers apply course teachings to first-hand experiences, the internship helps ensure that skilled teachers will instruct future workers. Describes ways to set up a summer job placement program. (CJH)

Explains the role of the California Employment Training Panel in ensuring that public monies are well spent by guaranteeing that training leads directly to employment. Emphasizes the importance of job training as a tool for economic development. (AYC)

Among postsecondary education programs for the deaf, no single model will serve all deaf students. While deaf students should consider such special services as notetaking and counseling, the degree of specialized services should be determined by previous exposure (e.g., a previously mainstreamed student might profit from a program providing…

This 34th annual report on placement and salaries of graduates of 57 ALA accredited library schools reveals the 1984 average beginning level salary of men and women to be $18,791, based on 1,541 known full-time professional salaries from a total of 3,529 library school graduates. Twelve tables are provided. (EJS)

This article examines a description of a career guidance model whose evolution can be traced to the beginnings of the vocational guidance movement, what career guidance programs for both youth and adults might look like as they evolve to keep up with the changing workplace, and implications for industrial/vocational education and career guidance.…

This 33rd annual report on placements and salaries of graduates of 60 ALA accredited library schools reveals the 1983 average beginning level salary of men and women to be $17,705, based on 1,410 known full-time professional salaries from a total of 3,494 library school graduates. Twelve tables are provided. (EJS)

Cites benefits of using computer technology in career counseling and information dissemination. Describes Thomas Nelson Community College's system, which features career and employment counseling, job vacancy information, career planning workshops, on-campus interviewing, and a current, easily accessible database of occupational information.…

Examines a proposal utilizing a series of models that enable Service Delivery Areas to provide eligible in-school youth with JTPA (Job Partnership Training Act) services through the schools' vocational co-op programs. Describes goals, delivery system, accomplished objectives, and benefits to the student, service delivery area, school district,…

Describes a special placement program for liberal arts students. Company representatives (N=16) held 208 interviews during a one-day "Career Interview Program for Liberal Arts" and completed questionnaires about the students and the program. Of the students interviewed, 31 percent were recommended for further consideration. (BH)

Discusses five identifiable causes for the employment difficulties of liberal arts graduates. Suggests that evidence of a focused commitment and training in preparation for a professsional career are keys to success in the employment search. (JAC)

Surveyed 39 counselor educators to examine doctoral programs for training counseling psychologists. Results suggested recent moves to more clearly define the field of psychology have reduced the number of counseling psychology training programs. The advantages of American Psychological Association approval were noted. (JAC)

The Self-Directed Search for educational and Vocational Planning is a self-administered, self-scored, and self-interpreted vocational counseling tool. It is inexpensive, practical, and has a high degree of scientific validity and client effectiveness. The SDS is based on Holland's theory of personality types. (Author)

This 31st annual report on placements and salaries of graduates of 65 ALA accredited library schools reveals the 1981 average beginning level salary of men and women to be $15,633, based on 1,725 known full-time professional salaries obtained from 4,512 library school graduates. Twelve tables are provided. (EJS)

Older students (N=38) responded to a questionnaire examining whether students changed careers as a result of their coursework, students' methods of obtaining new jobs, success of students in their new positions, and effects of age differences. Findings indicated that the on-campus interview is appropriate for nontraditional students. (RC)

Examined the impact of employment counseling within the U.S. Employment Service in the mid 1970s. Collected data from office managers, counseling supervisors, and placement interviewers in 700 local employment offices. Discusses criteria for counselor evaluation, support for counseling, client characteristics, and services provided by counselors.…