Career coaching is "just-in-time" career counseling that is done by phone and through the Internet. Coaches provide a sounding board and motivation and offer a fresh perspective on career and life problems. (JOW)

Examines the impact of technology on career services practitioners and administrators, customers, the educational system, and society. Describes how technology is used in career services such as virtual fairs, chat rooms, online resumes, and basic career websites. Addresses concerns about the credentials of those providing services. (JOW)

Provides reviews of 40 websites related to all aspects of career choice, job searching, and career development. Includes information on the selection of websites to review and the guidelines for evaluating them. Includes an article reporting a survey of 74 counseling graduate students regarding use of the Internet for career development. (JOW)

States that in-person job fairs can be challenging for small colleges and universities with commuter campuses because they have difficulty attracting the big name corporations that students and alumni expect. Describes how Roosevelt University in Chicago dealt with this problem by organizing a successful online job fair. (MKA)

Discusses a job fair held by Collegiate Employ-Net, a consortium of colleges and universities in Ohio and Michigan. Explains the benefits of 15 institutions of higher education working together, as well as the weaknesses of the collaboration. The consortium holds an annual job fair and has expanded its services to include additional methods of…

Contains reviews of 41 books on career management, job search strategies, entrepreneurship, the Internet job search, self-improvement; specific careers, women and careers, and career development e-business. Eight guides and workbooks are also reviewed. (JOW)

This paper describes a workshop that involves a holistic model for career and lifework planning and a training resource for increasing competency using the Internet for career related job search activity. "Life Work Transitions.com: Putting Your Spirit Online" and its companion Web site offer career changers as well as career counselors…

The Internet has a wide array of information sources that the career counselor and student can choose from, depending on their goals. The Internet provides opportunities for job search as well as information for people interested in career clarification, career inventories, resume writing, and interviewing. This article focuses on evaluating…

States that career counselors should familiarize themselves with technological resources so that they can encourage job seekers to incorporate electronic search techniques within their job hunts. Discusses online communications, sending resumes electronically, skills assessment, and other electronic technology applications. (MKA)

Reports results of surveying directors of university career centers. Respondents supply information about what types of technology they use and how they use the technology for job searching. They also describe what types of training they provide for students and the methods they use to implement training programs. (MKA)

Intended for those interested in the development of webpages and their use in instruction, this paper discusses the development of a career and job information webpage on InfoSurf, the University of California at Santa Barbara Library's website. The career webpage was created to serve as an instructional and career counseling tool, and corresponds…

This report highlights findings from the fourth National Survey of Working America conducted for the National Career Development Association. The survey gathered information through interviews with a national sample of 1,003 adults, 18 years of age or older, representing a total population of 185.2 million adults, in summer 1999. The study…

This document is a guide to career planning and finding a job for high school and college students and graduates with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, and dyslexia. The guide, which is written from the perspective of an individual with firsthand experience with a learning disability, explains how individuals can find the best…