The purpose of this Handbook is to stimulate discussion among senior managers, managers, practitioners, administrative staff, collaborating partners, and stakeholders about how staff members can make the most effective use of their time in implementing changes in the design and delivery of career interventions for adolescents and adults who need…

The "Colorado School Counselor Toolbox: Tools and Resources to Promote the Education Profession" is a comprehensive resource designed to help school counselors provide career advising support to students who possess the skills for and/or interest in a career in education. The toolbox outlines five steps for counselors to support students…

Jobs for the Future (JFF) and BigFuture want all students to have the sense of agency and purpose that comes with feeling hopeful, motivated, excited, confident. An essential step in achieving this is to ensure that high school students and their families receive a timely and abundant flow of information, resources, and advising in order to…

The handbook was prepared as a guide for school administrators and teachers of occupational orientation in secondary schools to help them develop an occupational orientation program which will meet the needs of their students. Topics discussed are: a definition and philosophy of occupational orientation; general objectives; course structure and…

Presents an instructional assignment--the development of a "Job Strategy Notebook"--designed to assist students in career planning and preparation for an effective job search campaign. Offers ideas for assignments as well as sample forms dealing with skills/interests, resumes, career information, company research, and interviews/company visits.…

Critical elements of career development may be ignored unless systematic intervention is planned. The objectives to be achieved in the Career Guidance Model are grouped into five phases: (1) awareness of self and society with individual orientation/attitudes; (2) awareness of self-in-society; (3) individual selection orientation/valuing; (4)…

The U.S. Department of Labor has identified 114 worker trait groups, into which all jobs can be placed on the basis of the extent to which each job is involved with working with information (Data), working with people (People), and working with tools, machines, or materials (Things). Jobs grouped under this system also require similar worker…

This workbook is designed to assist young people in using their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores for career exploration purposes. Designed to be interactive, the workbook motivates the students to become involved in interpreting their ASVAB scores and completing exercises and charts that help them determine their values,…

The book and its companion workbook offer a complete program in vocational guidance and are intended as guides to students in the process of developing meaningful activities as they plan for further education and a career. Intended for use by senior high school, college, and university students, they are also valuable for self-study or as an…

Vocational Exploration is a small group counseling approach for career development, used for helping young people and adults to make more effective career decisions by combining group dynamics and career development theory and procedures. The process consists of five phases, where five participants and a counselor progress through 18 sequenced…

This manual was developed to assist counselors in understanding and using the latest version of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), the ASVAB Form 14. These topics are discussed: (1) introduction to the ASVAB-14, including its purposes, key features, content, and use in career counseling; (2) testing procedures, including…

The intent of this two-part instructional package is to assist senior high school students in making rational decisions regarding career choice and further training and education. Part 1, Introduction to a Capstone Program, defines behavioral objectives and includes a basic information section on job clusters and the capstone program. Five…

The units contain suggestions for various approaches to the study of specific careers and career clusters at the junior high school level, and provide 13 lessons covering the areas of: obtaining career information, creative writing, journalism, health, environmental control, personal services and government, job application techniques, writing…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to acquaint the senior high school student with the Mesa Career Guidance program and to enable him to identify his responsibilities in an individualized learning situation. Instructional sequence of the two- to three-hour unit includes goal statements, performance objectives,…

This guide is designed to assist teachers, counselors, and faculty advisers responsible for assisting students at all educational levels in their career planning and development. Several activities are presented to help students explore career options and develop an awareness of and sensitivity to the changing world of work, including: (1) a…