This document presents the final report with two attachments: a teacher training guide; and the curriculum guide for the Job Club Project, a job search curriculum for non-college bound high school students with and without learning disabilities. The study used a post-test, control group design with a total of 162 students (90 in the experimental…

These student materials are designed to accompany the Economic and Societal Factors Instructional Guide. Page numbers are consistent with the numbering in that guide. The guide's nine units deal with the following topics: (1) job acquisition (sources of employment, job application, completing the application form, resume, job interview, follow-up…

This book, aimed at college-educated professional people, contains nine chapters covering job loss and strategies for finding new employment. Originally published by the U.S. Employment Service under the title "Job Search Guide: Strategies for Professionals," the guide presents an overview of the job search, including handling job loss, managing…

This handbook is a set of workshop materials that career/lifelong planning professionals, counselors, and human resource development specialists can use as a basis for presenting career planning workshops for adults. A staff guide that describes the Career Redirections for Adults workshop appears first. The remainder of the handbook is divided…

This text is the second in a series of advanced career education materials which, with an elementary segment, form a career education curriculum for elementary-secondary migrant students. Complementing texts on careers and roles and on work exploration and work experience, the text uses activities, poems, and cartoons to focus on self-awareness…

This fifth in a series of eight learning modules on professional role and development is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in locating and applying for teaching positions that best match their professional beliefs, abilities, and goals and help in planning for professional development. The terminal objective for…

This PLACE Sourcebook on the World of Work provides clients in employment counseling with information about occupations, the norms of the labor market, and sources that clients can consult to find additional information on the part of PLACE related to getting the job. For each employment-related topic in the corresponding Workbook (CE 031 885)…

The book is intended as a manual for the reader who has some career or job questions. Exercises (such as questions to answer and charts to complete) are provided for independent use by the learner who may then be able to use the data generated to make decisions, to get opinions from significant persons, and to act upon what has been learned.…

Urges senior year engineering students to pursue professional positions in a timely, organized manner. Suggests that contacts should be established with the college placement office and prospective employers during the fall quarter prior to graduation. (TW)

This book highlights techniques that can be implemented to build library collections on jobs and careers. The authors explore demographic and economic changes that influence the job market and the future of the workforce. They also examine how resources have shifted from books to collections incorporating Web pages, CD-ROMs, and audiovisual…

Urges that activities which provide opportunities for students to develop interviewing skills should occur each year in the elementary curriculum, beginning with kindergarten. Suggests role playing and other activities can help provide self-assurance needed when students leave school and prepare for employment interviews. (Author/JAC)

Offers suggestions that music teachers can follow for successful interviews when seeking a first teaching job or contemplating a career move. Presents the employment search of a student to examine an introductory videotape and preparations for interviews through simulations. Stresses maintaining positive attitudes. Suggests printed and videotaped…

This guidebook is accompanied by a videocassette, on job search strategies for students with disabilities (the videotape should be accompanied by each school's own training materials based on personal needs). The guide begins with information on Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It discusses the Title's purpose, main provisions, and…

This curriculum guide contains 15 lessons based on competency areas and indicators from the National Career Development Guidelines. They address competencies in each of the three developmental areas outlined in the guidelines: self-knowledge, educational and occupational exploration, and career planning. The lessons were designed using a…

This document is the Spanish language version of the student materials component designed to accompany the Economic and Societal Factors Instructional Guide. Page numbers are consistent with the numbering in that guide. The guide's nine units deal with the following topics: (1) job acquisition (sources of employment, job application, completing…