A computerized resume service to graduating seniors on college and university campuses across the country is described, including how to distribute the materials to students on campus, and how to account for a participating store's involvement in getting a student to sign up for the service. (MLW)

Surveyed career services directors (N=154) to determine the nature and extent of burnout. Results showed a low burnout rate for this sample. Possible explanations include a combination of personal characteristics and working environment, although denial is also possible. Further investigation of characteristics that prevent burnout is needed. (JAC)

The costs incurred and tax monies saved through the successful implementation of an ongoing job training and placement program for moderately and severely handicapped workers were analyzed. The total direct financial benefit to taxpayers for four years is $90,376. The clients' cumulative earnings were over $500,000. (Author/SEW)

Medium- and long-term strategies for allocating resources to avoid any reduction in quality and quantity of education and still meet financial criteria are discussed. Recommendations include: maximizing use of existing staff through reassignment within or between institutions, retraining, and staff development; and controlled appointments through…

Employment trends for 121 Black deaf individuals (16 years old and older) who were placed in gainful employment during July 1978 through May 1981 were evaluated. The study sought to determine whether race, age, or gender affected employment. (Author/SW)

Career preparation for blind and visually handicapped students should be included as part of the high school program. Preparation skills include work skills, basic skills, and awareness of aptitudes, interests, and family/peer influences. The preparation phase culminates in the placement of the student in further education, training, and/or…

Arlington (VA) Career Center offers experience-based career education as an alternative high school program for special education students. Forty-five sites in the community provide a range of work environments and opportunities for practice of occupational skills. (SK)

Discusses possible solutions to the problems of declining enrollments and reduced federal aid. Solutions include tapping new markets, i.e., older students, and living with reduced staff and budgets while striving for increased productivity. Another solution is to combine placement functions and cooperative education to enhance students' potential…

Examines the potential of mobility-based classifications. Contrasts this approach with traditional industrial and counseling approaches to worker-job matching. Explores the social and psychological meaning of one such classification by describing the classification's categories in terms of the demographic characteristics of category incumbents and…

Discusses the Job Development Network Project designed to augment the job development efforts provided by the Florida Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Program results suggest that: counselors should use specialists more effectively, negative biases in hiring specialists with disabilities need to be changed, and proper groundwork must be laid.…

Presents a strategy for improving labor transactions in the local labor market. An interorganizational network perspective is suggested which involves a shift from developing and maintaining contacts with individual firms to a network of firms in the same industry which share a dependence on the local labor market. (CT)

In a survey, college students (N=1,399) selected one of three job offers and rated it for 20 different job choice characteristics. Rankings of jobs and relative weights given to different jobs varied significantly. Respondents identified different values in each job and weighted them accordingly. (RC)

Describes programs at the Maricopa County Skill Center (Phoenix, Arizona) which trains youths and adults in vocational skills which enable them to obtain meaningful employment at the entry level. A profile of the adult learner is presented and the center's curriculum design is discussed. (CT)

A broad-based task force at the University of Delaware has systematically developed both a theoretical and a programmatic model of career development. From its findings a coordinated, universitywide career development program with an experiential component has been implemented. (MSE)

Elements of the individual education plan (IEP), developed to provide flexible and meaningful training for the handicapped child, are presented. Deals with awareness, exploration, evaluation, preparation, job development/job placement, employability skills, parents, community interests, and follow-up. An appropriate education strategy is also…