The booklet opens with a section on the psychology of motivation which is intended to clarify the importance of "placement readiness." The seven steps which are an essential part of the job-finding process are organized with a view toward making it easier for the reader to repeat the process each time it becomes necessary to seek a new…

The purpose of the investigation was to determine the differential vocational interest patterns of black college women when compared with two groups of white college women; one white group's mean age was 20, while the second group was women enrolled in college after several years of work or raising a family. The total sample of 294 university…

Age trends in 5-year career stability and change were examined in an approximately one-in-a-thousand sample of 21- to 70-year-old men and women workers. Data on current occupation and occupation five years earlier were collected by the Census Bureau and reorganized for this study using Holland's occupational classification. Career stability…

Sex role conflicts, multiple interests and abilities, and the lack of same-sex role models can create formidable obstacles to gifted girls in achieving their occupational potential. Values clarification, exposure to women who successfully combine two roles, and mentorship programs help to address the career development of these students. (CB)

The women's biographies cited can provide models for personal and career development and can acquaint secondary students with the roles and accomplishments of women representing various cultural and racial-ethnic groups throughout history. Criteria for selecting cited items, which address issues of sexism and discrimination, are listed. (RM)

The critical career development strategy of networking is being transformed by the Internet into virtual or e-networking. Virtual networking provides these advantages: it eliminates the fear of making initial contact and the stress of first impressions; it overcomes restrictions of location, time, or money; it makes responses faster and easier;…

Contrasted characteristics and career mobility of female participants in a 1977 American Association of School Administrators (AASA) training program with those of 41 nonparticipants. Found no differences between the two groups in degree of "internal" barriers (role conflict, etc), but found that the AASA trainees encountered fewer "external"…

Describes four women whose careers have involved library automation and who are prototypes for librarians whose service philosophy will be realized through new tools and tasks. How the women were located and interviewed, their first experiences with computers, the role of mentors in their development, and their publishing efforts are described.…

This 10-year longitudinal study of 46 female and 35 male high school valedictorians found that differences in career aspirations among the women were largely accounted for by their varying approaches to issues of career-family balance. Role expectations appeared more influential in determining career attainment than did actual life role timing.…

Explores the processes by which 91 female undergraduate students make sense of their educational and career options and choices as they move through their education at a large Canadian university. Implications for retaining more female students in the sciences are discussed. (SLD)

Teachers' career transitions and their positive as well as negative outcomes were left relatively untouched in the literature and research on education. In an effort to fill in gaps in knowledge, this paper reports the findings of a life story study that explored inter-school transitions during the career cycle of mid-career women teachers in…

This paper presents the first results of a project initiated in 2004 by the OECD in collaboration with Eurostat and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, and aimed at developing a regular and internationally comparable production system of indicators on the careers and mobility of doctorate holders. A first data collection was launched in September…

In education, women are outnumbered by men four to one at the administrative level. This paper presents findings of a study that sought to determine the association between advanced degrees in educational administration and the careers of those holding such degrees. Data were obtained from questionnaires that were mailed to a total of 210 former…

Although an underrepresentation of women in educational administration persists, the reasons for the disparity have changed over the past 30 years. This book presents findings of a study that examined successful women administrators' insights and viewpoints regarding career achievement and leadership. Phase 1 of the study surveyed 151 women…

As of May 1997, 28.8 percent of the heads of schools in the National Association of Independent Schools were female. The number grew .8 percent during the previous year and has grown at a rate of 1 percent a year for the past 10 years. This document reports the findings of a research project that explored reasons for the dearth of women heads of…