Examined undergraduate students' willingness to explore, enter, and predict success in three occupations as a function of subject sex and information about occupational sex ratio, salary, and position availability. Results indicated males were more likely to report an interest in further exploration of and entry into the occupations, as well as to…

Describes methodology and procedures for an interactive approach to the interpretation of profiles in which few occupational scales are in the similar range. The answer sheet is used as a means of understanding and exploring the client's career thinking with counseling focusing on identification of client decision base, theme analysis, and…

Examines continuity in career development from adolescence to middle adulthood by testing the proposition that early developmental task-coping activity predicts later task-coping activity. Results reveal that occupational choice clarity predicted midcareer establishment activity. (Contains 39 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)

The Bem Sex Role Inventory and the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSE) were completed by 134 women and 44 men. For androgynous and undifferentiated types, sex role identity was related to levels of CDMSE, number of career exploration activities, and rating given to preferred job outcomes. For masculine and feminine types, results…

A French version of the Fukuyama Profile completed by Swiss 14 and 15 year olds in 1984 and 1990 was compared to a Japanese sample. Strong similarities on the level of means and patterns of the indices were found, suggesting the usefulness of a program of preparation for occupational choice for this age group. (SK)

Of 782 community college and university students in education and nursing, 38% had participated in high school cooperative education; 48% did so to test a chosen career, 15% for general experience, and 14% to explore a career. Time constraints and lack of appropriate placements were the major reasons for nonparticipation. (Contains 27 references.)…

This paper describes the adaptation of the Career Planning and Career Exploration scales of the Career Development Inventory-Australia for use in a Thai cultural context. One hundred and fifty-nine Thai high school students participated in the study. The results were compared with data from Australian students collected in earlier studies and from…

Thomas Jefferson High School (Pittsburgh) has successfully experimented with the Career Information System developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. (Author)

A model for a high school program for gifted/talented students is presented. Career exploration is emphasized in grade 9 while career choices are narrowed from four in grade 10 to two in grade 12 with an apprenticeship in one career choice. Curriculum concentrates on communication and media in grade 9, the physical universe in grade 10, humanities…

Examined vocational hypothesis testing by applying Snyder's hypothesis-testing research paradigm to a vocational task in two experiments. Subjects (N=106) were asked to evaluate the appropriateness of a specific occupation for themselves. Subjects tended to exhibit confirmatory hypothesis-testing strategies when relevant occupations were…

Subjects, who were pretested for levels of cognitive complexity and occupational positivity, participated in one of four self-administered vocational interventions. Results indicated subjects decreased in levels of complexity but increased in levels of occupational positivity over time. Effects were qualified by the differential impact of various…

The goal of this paper is to invite career service professional to incorporate a Multiple Intelligences framework in their practice to better assist their clients. The authors suggest that this framework is worthwhile to apply for the following reasons: MI can be used as a diagnostic and assessment tool to assist counselors in their case…

Advocates an approach to career counseling that helps clients understand career choice as a developmental process, learn decision-making skills, and become active change agents in their own lives. Discusses the potential impact of this self-directed, decision-making model on career counseling. (Author)

CHOICES is a computerized career information system which provides students with career exploration activities, specific occupational information, and career comparisons. Career counseling and planning services are using CHOICES both as an alternative to traditional methods and as a marketing device. (SK)