Results of the California Psychological Inventory and Career Development Inventory for 200 college students indicated that planful competence in career development is related to greater realization of one's potential and social adjustment. Mature attitudes toward career planning are related to extroversion and a positive orientation to social…

This article discusses marketing as an important tool in getting out the message that really matters about the value of career and technical education. Across the United States, a number of career tech schools are employing marketing strategies to make their communities aware of the benefits of career and technical education. One of these schools,…

The mission of Foods and Nutrition Education is to prepare students for family life, community life and careers in the foods and nutrition fields by creating opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors needed to: (1) Analyze career paths within the foods and nutrition industry; (2) Examine factors that influence food…

Since the 1953 introduction of Super's model of career development, many publications regarding career development and career planning have been developed. However, career planning models for women and diverse individuals are not prevalent. This paper contains a literature review of various well-known models that have few specific applications for…

A longitudinal model assessing the relationship between indices of career development (career planfulness and career expectations) and school engagement (belonging and valuing) was examined through structural equation modeling for a multiethnic sample of urban 9th-grade students (N = 416). The model was examined within the context of a career…

Market reforms in former communist countries are supposed to have liberated individuals and enterprises alike. Post-industrial, globalised contexts are said to create greater risks and to require flexibility of businesses and employees, and that the latter are therefore required to become reflexive, proactive, and to take charge of their own…

Career development is an essential role of the school counselor. This study examined the role of school counselors in assisting middle school and high school students with choosing careers. Special attention is given to school counselors working with students with and without disabilities. Results indicated that school counselors spend more…

This study examined the problem of the professional and life self-determination of students enrolled in higher pedagogical educational institutions, with Ulianovsk Pedagogical University serving as the base. The objectives were the following: (1) to study the reasons that the students in the different stages of their schooling (the first and fifth…

In an attempt to bridge the gap between the newly emerging knowledge of career development and the technology of vocational counseling, a workshop was conducted for the purpose of disseminating the recent advances in career development to a group of university professors engaged in counselor education. The major presentations, printed here,…

The Career Development Laboratory is a program of vocational orientation for junior high school students which was conducted at Sayre Junior High School, Philadelphia. To determine the program's success three instruments were administered: a Career Plan Survey showing students' present career plans and their present knowledge about the career, a…

Introduces a "developmental-contextual" framework for conceptualizing and studying career development in adolescence, including implications of such a framework for intervention. (Author/ABB)

Among the results were that educational attainment and marital-familial status best predicted whether women would pursue careers in the sciences, professions and teaching, or to be housewives and office workers. Of the personal variables, scholastic aptitudes and socioeconomic status, as well as early career choices were the best predictors.…

Lockheed Corporation's approach to career development for blue collar workers is based on these principles: providing accurate, current information for decision making, encouraging employees' personal and professional development, and integrating career planning into existing procedures and structures. (CPAD Network, 1190 South Bascom Avenue,…

Reports on a survey that gathered data from 118 large companies on what each was doing or had done in the way of career development and on the kinds of programs and services it offers its employees. (Author/IRT)

Describes five new ideas for mental health counselors that are supplanting principles of career planning: viewing jobs as career bridges rather that career steps; considering context and content of the field; defining oneself in terms of competencies rather than job titles; focusing on possibilities rather than job positions; and developing…