Addresses issues faced by employment counselors working with Soviet Jewish refugees; provides recommendations for working effectively with this population. Includes two case studies that illustrate how use of directed research, informational meetings, and internships assist counselors in providing clients with tools to take control of their career…

Provides a model for developing a career portfolio process for use with high school students and adults functioning in various types of learning endeavors as they seek credentials or licenses for various careers. Notes that the portfolio model provides an authentic alternative to current traditional career assessment practices. (Author/NB)

Examines nature of career problems, drawing out common features that pervade any particular instance. On basis of commonality, proposes common standard for career counseling theory, research, and practice. Notes that significance of identifying common standard is that field is so diverse in theory and practice that there appears to be little basis…

This paper describes briefly the secondary education milieu from which has come students in engineering technology education programs. The paper is based entirely on the published reports of other writers and is intended only to provide an overview of the research which has been done on the American high school, on American high school students,…

The author presents five pitfalls encountered by postsecondary students when making career decisions. They include (1) skill abandonment, (2) inaccurate information, (3) predictability versus flexibility, (4) title versus setting, and (5) workplace change. (CH)

Describes the development of "Choices: A Teen Woman's Journal for Self-Awareness and Personal Planning," a publication of the Girls' Club of Santa Barbara. Suggests that the growing usage of the "Choices" curriculum in secondary schools is evidence of the need for more such materials. (KH)

Presents a model of vocational theory which considers the problems generated by normative theories, using a cognitive model of behavior and incorporating life-style parameters. Outlines research implications of the model. (WAS)

Presents a career preparation model as a guide for developing those steps needed to be more competitive in the job market. The model is designed primarily for liberal arts students and has four main components: assessment, integrated planning, evaluation, and employment search. (RC)

Outlines seven stages of the reflective judgment model of intellectual development. Discusses implications of the model for effective career counseling of college students. Explores the theory's career counseling implications for two of the stages. (RC)

Tested models of interests by examining the significance of disconfirmed ordinal predictions. Examined data regarding Holland's hexagonal model and Roe's circular ordering. Tested adequacy of the hierarchical model and compared significance of the disconfirmed predictions of the hierachical model to that of the hexagonal-circular model. (Author)

Encourages new PhDs in analytical chemistry to carefully consider college teaching as a career choice by pointing out some assets and liabilities of the profession. Discusses academic freedom, salary ranges, job security, and potential rewards of teaching college students. (SK)

Examined the self-reported impact of factors affecting career decision making and tested the validity of the Career Factor Checklist (CFC) developed from O'Neil, Meeker, and Borgers' model. Results provide evidence of the factorial validity of the CFC, and support the O'Neil model and hypothesized factors affecting career decision making.…

Proposes that expectancy measures, when adapted for use in counseling research and practice, can eliminate problems associated with the traditional use of interest inventories. Assessment of additional variables ordinarily contained in measures of work-related perceptions based on expectancy theory might alleviate shortcomings traditionally…

Illustrates a technique designed to help adolescents and young adults become aware of the relationships between certain classic determinants (e.g., prestige, salary, career prospects) and their vocational preference system, the strong and weak points in their information systems, and the internal structure of their occupational representation.…

Discusses cross-cultural factors that can affect optimal career decision making among American Indians living on reservations. Presents factors in relation to knowledge of the world of work, external pressures, and assessment. Identifies career counseling strategies that may enhance career development process. (Author/NB)