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…

Analyzes the current job market for teachers. (FL)

Life/work planning can be an individualized process for self-analysis, decision, and action. It uses the same approach for any experience desired, by considering an individual's skills, goals, and values and by combining work, learning, and adventure. (MSE)

A two-stage model is used in career planning classes and workshops to teach students to identify and expand their existing networks and to use networks for information interviews. The first stage describes networking and the second describes information interviewing. It provides a conceptual as well as a pragmatic approach to networking and…

A survey at Indiana University revealed that most of its liberal arts graduates found jobs that satisfied them. A well-rounded education combined with career planning and careful job search methods can be an asset in daily life as well as in the marketplace. (JAC)

A recent survey studied the relationship of recruiters to college placement offices and compared results to a similar survey in 1972. Respondents generally held favorable attitudes toward placement offices but suggested better physical facilities and screening of students. (JAC)

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.…

Surveyed students' (n=489) perceptions of career search, including modes of service delivery preferred, importance of common career goals, and degree of help needed. Found that students preferred traditional modes of service delivery, ranked enjoying work and co-workers as most important goals, and expressed medium-to-strong need for information…

A culturally relevant career development needs assessment survey was administered to 227 international college students. Factor analysis indicates that the participants' vocational needs centered on obtaining work experience, overcoming interview barriers, and developing job search skills. Overall, the vocational needs of international students…

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to explore the views, career expectations, and job search behaviours among a sample of business students. It also aims to examine the role of campus career services in shaping students' careers and how cooperative education influences their expectations and aspirations. Design/methodology/approach: A field…

This guide was designed for use by high school seniors in the state of Kansas who are planning their futures. It consists of a set of forms and worksheets for students to complete and various resource pages. A section on choices and decisions focuses on career sources, graduation requirements, and the General Education Development program. A…

Graduates' perceptions of their education and their success in the marketplace can provide measures of institutional effectiveness. To assess graduates' attitudes towards their education and to determine their career status and vocational success, 1,213 University of Houston graduates were sent a survey questionnaire. An analysis of the results…

This workbook is designed to aid women in finding ways to prepare for work, deciding on the right work for them, and getting the job. Questionnaires and forms with instructions are provided in each section to aid the user in a job search. Section I is a preface. Section II concerns preparing for work. Questions elicit information on life and work…

This career education workbook for adults is designed to promote self-directed career exploration. The workbook activities are arranged to help the users complete the following steps in an organized fashion: (1) gather information about themselves, their current situations, realities and practicalities, and the larger world; (2) evaluate…

This is an extensive list of mailing addresses for free and inexpensive guidance-related materials. It includes service and counseling organizations, professional and occupational associations, and business firms. Only addresses are given; no information about the kind of information available is provided. (BP)