Four sources of self-efficacy than can be useful in career counseling are enactive attainments, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion, and physiological arousal. Self-efficacy interventions may benefit women, minorities, and disadvantaged individuals. The Career Search Self-Efficacy Scale is a useful instrument for such interventions. (SK)

Contends that, although volunteering is usually an activity that is done to satisfy one's intrinsic need to give of oneself to others, volunteers may not realize that they are fostering their own career development through their volunteer activities. Encourages educators, career counselors, parents, volunteer coordinators, and volunteers…

The "place-train" model of supported employment, appropriate for developmental disability, must be replaced by a "choose-get-keep" model for supported employment of people with psychiatric disabilities. Key model concepts include client job choice, development of job seeking skills, and application of appropriate job behaviors. (Author/DB)

Written for workers starting careers or reentering the labor force after a long absence, this article explores issues to think about when considering a job offer and provides criteria for judging job offers. (JOW)

Little is known about how young people begin their occupational careers. Since many students are employed, the transition from student to worker is not necessarily a singular event. Consequently, the optimum time for studying the early career/job-search process is an unresolved question. Although job choice of career entrants is intertwined with…

This paper examines the theoretical basis for "excessive" job mobility among certain groups of young workers that may lead to spells of unemployment and low lifetime earnings. An economic model of job findings by young workers is used to describe "normal" behavior and "pathological" cases of excessive job mobility and unemployment. Emphasis is on…

English teachers who want to change professions have many skills that can be put to good use outside the classroom--a person who can operate a successful English classroom can tackle any job in the market. An objective look at teaching will yield an impressive list of teachers' competencies and capabilities, especially people skills, such as…

Provides tips to engineering students about developing a resume and interviewing for a job. Makes suggestions about how to word the resume and discusses common questions asked by interviewers. Proposes a set of questions that the student might ask the interviewer about the position. A sample resume is included. (TW)

A study examined the factors that influence lower-income women's career decision making and planning. The 24 women interviewed included African American, white, and Hispanic American women ages 20-60 years or older. The women were employed in a variety of industries. All were college graduates, and none earned more than $24,000 annually. Most…