This guide is designed to assist liberal arts students at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in planning a career and acquiring a job. It is meant to be used to chart the student's career planning through four years of college. The following topics are included: (1) a description of the people, programs, and resources available to assist…

This guide to career possibilities in hospital and health administration describes some of the skills required of a health or hospital administrator--interpersonal skills and managerial abilities; and also some of the varied tasks that such an administrator performs. It provides biographical sketches of several health administrators which…

Undergraduate college students (N=40) were asked to rate their reactions to using the DISCOVER II microcomputer career guidance system and the Self-Directed Search. The majority of the participants preferred the DISCOVER II as a vocational exploration program. (Author)

Describes Career Encounters, a program of the Career Counseling Office of Memphis State University which provides students with opportunities for on-site visits with professionals in careers of interest to the students. (Author)

Describes an assignment that provides a field experience related to the career interests of students and also strengthens business-academic relationships. (PD)

This paper describes a course in career exploration for undergraduates. The course attempts to provide a comprehensive, developmental program of self-exploration, decision-making skills, career possibilities, and contact with the world of work. Student evaluations indicated the course was successful. (NG)

This guide has been produced in response to requests from parents, teachers, and counselors who use Minnesota Careers with their children and students. The parent guide is primarily for parents and guardians who would like to take an active role in their childrens career exploration, and can be used as a resource with Minnesota Careers 2002. The…

The Insights program begins the journey of becoming ready to work by introducing students to the varied career opportunities, skills, and technologies in today's health care industry. Students travel as a class or group to the host site for a series of seminars. While on site, the students and their accompanying teachers meet with professionals…

This study gathered follow-up data on recent graduates of a secondary social studies education program at the University of Kentucky. Findings indicated that the program ought to keep in close touch with its teacher graduates and the program ought to be broadened to include field experiences. (RM)

Three career counseling programs at Wesleyan University are described: career counseling network, career education workshops, and on-campus career counseling workshops. Five suggestions: establish a career education committee for alumni, involve other departments, have work for alumni volunteers, include students, keep reviewing career programs.…

An Association of American Colleges program to promote graduate student exploration of and commitment to college teaching is described. In it, liberal arts colleges are paired with graduate institutions so students have experiences making them aware of the variety of campus cultures and range of faculty responsibilities. (MSE)

Correlational analysis of data from 134 undergraduates assessed the variance between career choice variables and decisional progress variables (vocational self-concept, commitment, readiness). Most significantly related to progress variables were exploration variables: amount of information and intended-systematic exploration. Congruence between…

Examines the extent to which career decision-making efficacy and outcome expectations relate to career indecision and exploration intentions. Results, based on a multiple regression model and 350 participants, indicate that self-efficacy beliefs are the best predictor of career indecision, whereas outcome expectations are the best predictor of…

The problem this dissertation addresses is: Are the black private colleges initiating development of new career thrusts as a means of academic regeneration? The review is limited to new courses planned for or initiated during school years 1973-74 and 1974-75 or planned for or developed in the summer of 1975. Other questions addressed include: (1)…

Recently, there has been a growing interest in career education in the speech communication field. Parallel development of interest in organizational communication has provided the impetus for the institution of curricula to train students to perform the role of organizational-communication specialist. This paper outlines the elements of training…