Discusses the role of chance in career choice and provides some guidelines for career counselors. Suggests that counselors discuss the impact of chance during counseling sessions rather than assuming that logical, rational career planning is possible or desirable. (JAC)

Current explanations of the historical basis for the American work ethic are examined and determined to be inadequate in explaining the industrial labor work ethic. (Author)

Twelve groups of high school juniors exhibiting distinctive vocational decision-making strategies are identified, and the behavior discriminating among them is described. (Author)

Meditation and other forms of mysticism can provide a means of career exploration through the path of heightened self-understanding; methods and circumstances will depend on one's theory of mystical experience. (Author)

Helping strategies are more effective if the counselor understands grief and its relationship to loss. This article stresses the grief impact of involuntary career loss, the nature of possible grief reactions, and the role of the counselor in assisting those who are experiencing grief as the result of career loss. (Author)

Vocational realism is discussed as it relates to women in our changing society. A distinction is made between status quo realism and self-actualizing realism. (Author/ABB)

An analysis of the vocational preferences of policement and recruits indicated they have militaristic, mechanical, and risky types of interests. (Author)

An examination of recruits' job preferences revealed that recruits were not firm in their choices and that choices and aptitude were not necessarily related. (Author)

A woman's identity and fulfillment develop from her accommodation of sex role and competitive achievement role; counselors focusing on the interrelatedness of these roles can motivate girls to plan effectively. (Author)

This study compared interest, personality, and ability scores of vocationally undecided students who, after counseling, either selected a major or remained undecided. (Author)

The author contends that vocational counselors must attempt to mold society to the requirements of the individual, rather than vice versa. Counselors must help create new jobs, not just passively fit individuals to already existing jobs. (Author)

Three years after high school graduation, relationships were found between high school curriculum, job classification, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with high school preparation. (Author)

A system that actually teaches the student how to think about vocational choices rationally and systemtically is described. (BY)

Using the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, an occupational interest scale for dental hygienists was developed, and comparisons of interests were made between graduates of two- and four-year programs. (Author)

Scales of the Career Development Inventory correlated significantly with certainty of career goals for college students but not with the incorporation score. (Author)