Reports on the findings of the "2000 Graduating Student and Alumni Survey" conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE.) Examines respondents' views on career planning and the job search process and their expectations of employers in terms of salaries, benefits, and working conditions. (GCP)

Provides an introductory discussion of important issues in career development concepts and outlines the main features of career counseling from a constructivist perspective. An overview of assessment procedures in career counseling is also provided. (SR)

There are three basic types of career indecision: (1) developmental; (2) acute situational-reaction; and (3) chronic indecision. Developmental indecision is usually alleviated by maturity as well as by self-awareness activities and career information. Acute situational-reaction indecision is relieved by the removal of situational or environmental…

This pamphlet provides a partial listing of career opportunities in natural resources management. Educational requirements are discussed and potential employers are listed. Pay is described as "adequate." Sources of additional information are included. (BW)

The author defines the scope and importance of vocational guidance in the Soviet Union. He states that such guidance is primarily for youth. He discusses the institutional framework of vocational guidance programs and new developments in the Soviet Union. (CH)

Describes a self-assessment course designed to help students determine whether they want to become teachers. Identifies the goal of the program as helping students identify and build on personal qualities important to the educator. Describes advantages to education undergraduates and counseling student group leaders. (LLL)

A New York City project to help high school students from minority groups prepare for mathematics-based careers is described. Bridge Projects, field trips and seminars, a summer institute, and other interventions are discussed. (MNS)

Reviews implications for career decision making (CDM) from recent studies. Techniques of decision analysis have been developed for helping people to make better decisions. These methods might be of value to CDM, both in supplementing traditional guidance procedure and in defining criteria used to evaluate CDM. (Author)

Suggests that counselors redirect their efforts toward using more concrete, active career-guidance experiences for Black youth and presents a model for Black females. The general outcome expected from participation in this action-oriented guidance model is a demonstrated ability to state personal, educational, and technical competencies;…

Data indicated that the popular model of combining family with volunteer work instead of paid work which was presented to college women of 15 years ago by their parents has been replaced by more career-oriented expectations. (Author)

Describes a framework for systematic decision making by career counselors. The counselor who uses this model selects an intervention based upon the client's presenting request and the counselor's assessment. This framework was developed for use with both adolescents and adults. (Author)

Presents comprehensive conceptualization of concerns and benefits experienced by dual career couples and discusses implications for counseling. Asks counselors to expand role to help couples challenge unquestioned societal values and practices and uniquely define their own success standards in career and family roles. (Author/CM)

Focuses on need to acknowledge and address career myths among Native-American students. Discusses factors influencing these career myths including limited research on Native Americans' needs, continuation of Native-American stereotypes, and Native-American youth's lack of career awareness. Suggests three basic implications derived from rationales…

Later marriage ages, longer life expectancy, higher divorce rates, and the feminization of poverty will all figure in the economic future of modern girls. Values about work, marriage, and motherhood are in flux during adolescence, and the messages they receive are often contradictory. Steps must be taken to educate girls to make clearheaded and…

Statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor and the New Jersey Department of Labor indicate that: (1) in mid-1977, 40 million women were working, meaning that women composed 41% of the nation's labor force; (2) in New Jersey, women composed 30% of the state's labor force; and (3) both nationally and on a state-wide basis, employment for…