Describes the experiences of university students who completed the Intelligent Careers Card Sort (ICCS), a career exploration exercise that is based on the Intelligent Career framework. This Intelligent Career model is discussed in the context of the subjective career and the changing economy, and research on card sorts is briefly reviewed.…

Conducted two-phase longitudinal study to explore power of Strong Interest Inventory (SII) for college students to facilitate career exploration activities such as talking to professionals and seeking vocational information. Experimental subjects (n=75) who participated in SII testing and group interpretation reported significantly more…

Examined relationship between early career orientation and interest in volunteer work. Entering college students (n=858) completed questionnaires on background, attitudes, and expectations, and Campus Involvement Interest Survey. Results revealed that, although volunteer work can serve as resource for career exploration and job experience, option…

To test the effectiveness of the DISCOVER computer-based career development system, 46 college students completed the Survey of Career Development, the Information-Seeking Behavior Log, and the Self-Assessment of Confidence and Progress in Educational/Career Planning. The instruments were administered as pre- and post-treatment indicators to two…

This paper describes an undergraduate level course developed with the dual agenda of teaching students basic empirical research skills and permitting them to explore concerns related to the workplace. Familiarizing students with workplace issues can assist them in making appropriate career choices and can help them to formulate plans for making a…

Personal account of the trying but finally successful nonacademic job search of a recipient of a doctorate in English. (DF)

Describes the planning of an English career day for high school and college students interested in being English majors that was designed to alert them about employment opportunities in business. (HOD)

Some approaches at the University of Notre Dame are discussed for accommodating career changes between engineering fields and from mathematics and science to engineering careers. (Author/BB)

Describes an information interview assignment for business communication students, in which students interview practitioners in a chosen field for information and advice. (MM)

Argues that career preparation courses often serve only the vocational, not the intellectual and emotional, student needs. Argues that business and technical writing instructors can develop students' thinking skills by teaching them to investigate the history and culture of their chosen careers. (MM)

Provides an overview of an interview/discussion with Njeri Fuller, a court reporter. Points out that the key to Fuller's consistent successes was being persistent. Concludes that a student can have it all: high grade point average, constructive social life, and exploration of potential careers. (PA)

Undergraduates (n=108) were assigned to six groups: computerized Career Decision-Making (CDM), computerized Self-Directed Search (SDS), CHOICES, CDM and SDS, wait-listed, or control. Teaching decision-making strategies through CDM improved short- and long-term vocational identity; the informational approach (CHOICES) had long-term impact. Despite…

The career wheel exercise is designed to help an individual to be better informed and thus make better career-related decisions. This article describes the career wheel exercise, which is an active career exploration device. Through this exercise, students validate or invalidate their beliefs and assumptions about the careers they are pursuing or…

Examines how college students typically make a spiritual quest in their learning and development in college and how their spirituality influences expectations and preparation for work and community life beyond college. (Contains 11 references.) (GCP)

This report provides information on the outcomes of the Intervention for College Attendance Program, a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher…