A test designed for board members and administrators to rate and to learn more about their guidance programs. (JF)

The establishment and maintenance of a successful placement program necessitates the establishment of a smooth flowing record-keeping system. The materials comprising the document were prepared as a supplementary handout for a career placement workshop; they are forms and materials used by one community college and are offered as samples. The…

Resulting in part from a project designed to identify and describe comprehensive programs of excellence in career education, this booklet is the seventh in a series describing current, successful career education practices. This monograph presents a model for a placement and follow-up program, which involves the entire professional staff of a…

Vermont Technical College's (VTC's) graduating class of 1987 has attained a 100% placement rate, marking the third consecutive year that every VTC graduate has found employment, continued his/her education, or entered the military. This report offers follow-up data on the 182 men and women of the class of 1987, broken down by degree major. In…

As part of a follow-up study of vocational school students, the relationship between training and occupational placement was assessed using the coding scheme from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. (Author)

Reported is a survey of the placement of the engineering and technology graduates who received degrees in June, 1970. This is the seventh in the series of annual surveys conducted by the Engineering Manpower Commission. Deans and placement officers of 180 engineering schools and 109 other technological institutions participated in this survey. The…

Discusses five functions of a placement and followup service in an area vocational school. (SB)

Describes a study that identified factors that nontraditional and traditional completers of vocational education programs perceived as barriers in obtaining their vocational goals. Concludes that many school-related problems remain, and makes recommendations for further research. (NRJ)

It is past time to commit money and manpower toward developing a vocational placement and follow-up structure within every school district, involving the teacher, business, industry, and at least one placement specialist. The sole function of the placement specialist would be vocational placement. (DS)

To assist educators building new programs in educational administration, the author describes six devices used at Southwest Texas State University to promote and market its educational administration division. The devices include conferences, internships, a newsletter, graduate followup, job placement, and the uniqueness of the program itself. The…

This document contains a compilation of original manuscripts written by competent authorities in the field of job placement services for students. Viewing placement as both a product and an integral part of a developmental process, these papers are divided into the following six topical areas: (1) information, (2) exploration, (3) counseling, (4)…

A placement service may make higher education possible for certain students by providing on- or off-campus jobs for them while they attend college. It also helps graduates and former students find jobs related to their study areas, keeps the institution in touch with employers so that the adequacy of course content can be evaluated, and interprets…

Activities and accomplishments of a 3-year K-12 career education project are described. Components of the project were career awareness (grades K-7), occupational investigation (grade 8), exploratory and employability skills (grades 9-12), guidance and counseling, and placement and followup. Accomplishments of the last year of the project included…

Discusses a study that followed roughly equivalent samples of vocational and nonvocational graduates. Includes personal comments and advice bearing on the school-to-work transition. (JOW)