This paper describes the Career-Planning component of a college course in personnel management. The project includes a written resume and the student's career schedule. Areas covered are needs assessment, possible careers, long and short range plans, and the student's assessment of personal strengths. (NG)

Determined if selected scores from the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (KOIS) could be indicative of client career maturity. The data for each subject included three scores from the KOIS and one measure of career maturity. Significant correlations were found between the KOIS scores and career maturity. (Author)

Shyness, academic self-esteem, and dysphoria were measured in 100 college students. Shyness was uniquely related to vocational self-concept and vocational maturity. Academic self-esteem was related only to vocational self-concept, and dysphoria had no unique associations with career variables. (SK)

Applied Campbell and Fiske's multitrait, multimethod analysis to scores from 3 measures of career development (Attitude Scale of Career Maturity Inventory, Vocational Preference Inventory, and Decision-Making Scale of Career Development Inventory) completed by 129 college students. Table of multitrait, multimethod correlation coefficients for the…

Examines relationships between leisure behavior and occupational identity in college students (N=109). Results indicate significant relationships among thinking and contemplating, ethical leisure behavior, and occupational identity. Students more involved in intellectual and creative leisure activities were more advanced in occupational identity…

Studies the application of the monotonic criterion, i.e., career development proceeds in a continuous pattern. Systematic increases in scores on the Career Development Inventory are shown by high school students, but not by college students. Findings and related theory support discontinuity of career development process after high school. (DOW)

The degree of convergent validity among four methods of identifying vocational preferences is assessed via the decision theoretic paradigm. Vocational preferences identified by Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI), a rating procedure, and ranking were compared with preferences identified from a policy-capturing model developed from an…

Describes development of a screening test to identify individuals with the best potential for being helped by a computer assisted guidance program. The Career Decision Making Questionnaire was administered to 142 students. Results indicated the importance of prior experience with career information. (JAC)

Results indicated that decision-making style contributed to vocational maturity and certainty of vocational choice. Both interventions resulted in increases on both dependent measures. Rational decision makers did best with rational interventions, whereas intuitive decision makers did best with intuitive interventions. (Author)

The effectiveness of the Career Success Club, which engaged college students in career management activities, was measured by comparing 206 members and 212 nonmembers (170 freshmen, 125 sophomores/juniors, 123 seniors). Sophomores, juniors, and seniors displayed more enhanced career development than freshmen. (Contains 40 references.) (SK)

This article reports on a further exploration into the reliability and validity of the shortened form of the Career Development Inventory-Australia (Creed & Patton, 2004), a career maturity measure being developed to meet the need for a shorter and more up-to-date measure to provide data on this career development construct. Data gathered from…

The Vocational Rating Scale (VRS) is a 40-item self-rating scale which attempts to directly assess the individual's awareness of the degree and nature of patterns in his or her specific vocational self-concepts. Scores on the VRS are related to the degree of certainty regarding overall self perception. (Author)

Korman and Super differ in regarding vocational self-concept crystallization of high and low self-esteem persons. This was measured by the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale using undergraduate students. A significant difference was found for both sexes in the degree of crystallization across self-esteem levels, therby supporting Super's model. (Author)

Examined relationship between career maturity and commitment to work, sex, socioeconomic status, and college level among 372 undergraduates. Found commitment to work related to both attitudinal and cognitive factors of career maturity. Sex and socioeconomic status were not related to career maturity. (Author/NB)