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)

The purpose of cooperative education is to gainfully employ students, part-time or full-time, in fields directly related to their curriculums of study during their enrollment at the institution. (Author)

The placement of foreign students in home countries is an important and complex matter. The Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus International Placement Advisory Council serves as an appropriate model for other schools to follow, for which placement personnel set up a program with the alumni offices. (Author)

A University of Texas study follows students through a six-month period to determine how their decisions are influenced by recruiters and others. (Author)

This report is the second in a series of articles which deal with the current state of research in the areas of career planning and development, placement, and recruitment of college trained personnel. The present article summarizes studies within the categories of the employer" and the placement and career counseling center." (Author)

Presents the premises underlying college career counseling and placement services. Discusses whether counselors are unintentionally influencing students' career choices through language, programing, counseling, career resource materials, campus and public media, and campus recruitment. Describes a workshop that helps students explore values. (RC)

The Westminster College Skills Identification Program raises students' awareness of the link between education and career by identifying specific skills acquired in a liberal arts education. Contents of the two sessions are outlined along with a skills inventory sample, program objectives, and program evaluation results. (HLM)

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)

A follow-up of 1975 graduates shows the many directions which liberal arts students might take for employment. The study identified 29 different categories of employment. The largest number of respondents indicated employment in business or industry (18 percent), but no single category was clearly dominant. (Author)

A survey at Indiana University revealed that most of its liberal arts graduates found jobs that satisfied them. A well-rounded education combined with career planning and careful job search methods can be an asset in daily life as well as in the marketplace. (JAC)

A shortage of managers and supervisors is facing the nation by 1980, in part because those with management talent just don't want to manage. (Author)

The prospect of finding the "perfect" job looms heavy over a student's head. One professional explains the importance of helping students find their niche long before the final countdown. (Author)

Need for additional college education or career change is becoming common for registered nurses who are graduates of hospital diploma programs. This creates challenges for career planning and placement professionals, including counseling of R.N.s with a variety of majors and needs who wish to enter fields other than hospital nursing. (Author)

Discusses a program designed to assist liberal arts graduates in realizing their market potential. (NJ)

Examines a career fair'' as a valuable adjunct to a career counseling and placement program. The process of planning and setting up a career fair is detailed. (Author/NJ)