Examines early years of vocational guidance (1910-1930), noting that movement was not successful in advancing societal reform in area of women's occupational choice. Discusses social and occupational structure of the time, societal attitudes, and vocational guidance approaches used as conditions which contributed to early vocational counselors'…

Looks at how the job market is changing and how workers are looking at their career paths. Includes information on where the jobs and dollars are, how the work force is changing, how and where people are working, new age jobs, women in the work force, and the need for keeping up to date with new technologies. (JOW)

Summarized is the research on the access of women in the Czech and Slovak Socialist Republics (CSSR) to education and training in specialized and scientific studies and to the careers for which these studies prepare. Information is organized into the following sections: (1) economic, educational, political, and social characteristics of the CSSR;…

This booklet is designed to interest and recruit high school females for a career in engineering. Descriptions of employment opportunities, work responsibilities, and the engineering program at Stanford University are included. Quotes from women engineering students accompany photographs of student life at Stanford. Also provided are short…

A list of professional groups that offer one or more services regarding employment opportunities for women is presented. The services include a roster of women for employers seeking female applicants, listing of job openings in their newsletters, financial aid, and career information. The groups' address, phone number, executive director,…

Sixty-four women who hold positions in educational administration completed questionnaires describing themselves, their professional aspirations, their experience in seeking employment as administrators, the roadblocks they believe limit their careers, and the factors that have contributed to their success. Almost all the respondents hold one or…

Describes a class-action suit against the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) the former energy agency, which substantiates the claim that women get less than equal treatment. (HM)

Results of field research conducted in South Texas during 1982-1983 suggest that immigration leads to downward social mobility with respect to legal status of household members, type of employment, and property ownership. Hypothesizes that household immigration from Mexico is a response to new opportunity structures and widening employment…

In order to examine the factors that contribute to the relatively greater employment problems of females as opposed to males, examines longitudinal data on the labor market participation of young (17- to 20-year-old) women. (Author/GC)

The controversy surrounding the sex discrimination suit, brought seven years ago by a University of Minnesota chemist, is discussed as it relates to the current court decision in which the plaintiff was awarded $100,000.00. (Author/SA)

This article is intended to familiarize Missouri lawyers with the advantages, limitations, and important procedural aspects of four remedies that can supplement or offer alternatives to Title VII litigation in appropriate situations: The Equal Pay Act; section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Executive Order No. 11,246, and the Missouri Fair…

Discusses pre-Title IX recruitment and training of female officials for women's athletics, noting changes since Title IX, increases in the number of male officials, and increases in the number of females participating in sports; examines some successful programs and makes recommendations to increase the number of female officials. (SM)

Over the next 10-15 years, the work force will change significantly in composition. The numbers of minority youth, high school dropouts, and teenage mothers--less well-educated segments of the population--will increase. Youth unemployment will rise, although the total number of youth will decline. Women, with their needs for child care and…

Societal changes have caused new directions for research on interest measurement. Specifically, the woman's movement of the early 1970s with the resultant awareness of sex inequities in the U.S. occupational distribution, has encouraged changes in gender-free occupational titles and equal endorsements by sex within scales of item pools and revised…

Based on the assumption that communication skills are a critical component of organizational effectiveness and "promotability," a study was conducted to investigate the perceptions supervisors have of their female employees' communication proficiency. In particular, comparisons were made between evaluations of supervisors on a variety of…