This document examines selected data from the 1987 Gallup Career Development Survey in which 735 employed workers 18 years old and older responded to the 20 survey questions. The data examined how much help was needed in career choices and who provided such help, how much help was needed in career information and who provided such help, how much…

This document is the ninth annual report of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) and its network of State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees (SOICCs). The report highlights the initiatives, activities, and accomplishments of the NOICC/SOICC Network during program year July 1, 1987 to June 30, 1988. It…

To provide information about changing educational and vocational opportunities for students from small, rural North Dakota secondary schools, a Career Development Institute was established at the North Dakota State School of Science. The purpose of the Institute was to broaden students' knowledge of the opportunities available to them in the world…

The primary purpose of this monograph is to describe how to develop and implement a career resource center, from conception to evaluation. Six brief vignettes are presented which focus on bringing career education into different types of schools. The purpose, goals, and functions of the career resource center are identified and related to the…

This report examines two specific feasibility areas: lateral transfer of personnel between the Navy and industry, and short naval careers. During the course of the study, discussions were held with senior representatives of 38 corporations, with labor union officials and with several Navy areas, including the sections of BuPers and the Naval…

The materials listed in the annotated bibliography are especially appropriate for use with students in the exploration stage of vocational development which usually occurs during the junior and senior high school years. The material represents only a small fraction of available career resources, but it may serve as a starting point for persons…

The correlated curriculum program (New York City schools) is a four-year career-oriented program designed for the general course student. Students explore careers in business, health, and industry during the first three semesters and receive broad occupational training in careers of their choice for the remaining five semesters. The approach is a…

Eight career development learning units were produced by classroom teachers in the Milford, Delaware, School District using the triad concept of school, teacher, and community and using career clusters as a data base for school activities to increase student awareness of the variety of career opportunities available. Career oriented activities…

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between level of vocational development and career choice, knowledge and perceptions of occupations and level of aspiration among college females. Subjects were selected from the dormitory population at the University of Connecticut using a random stratified method so as to include a total…

Girls and women "play at" making vocational decisions and setting life goals. They have little concrete information about the requirements of the work world and are unmotivated to seek out such information. Because adequate information is the basis of sound decision-making, it is important that counselors take active steps to motivate girls and…

This statement by the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education concerns the goals of business education, contributions of business education to general education and to the comprehensive high school, and support of business education for business. (CT)

Surveyed speech communication faculty on demographic information (age, sex, earned degree, publication data, etc.), work activities or job profiles, and career paths. Found a relatively young faculty, limited upward mobility, and a diversity of satisfying careers despite a predominate "publish or perish" emphasis. (PD)

Examined the concept of vocational development in relation to structural changes which occur in the cognitive schemata individuals use to process vocational information. Results from 101 college undergraduates indicated that vocational decision-making skills, career exploration, and career planning varied as a function of cognitive structure.…

This bulletin is designed to help an individual find careers that fit him or her by identifying what he or she likes to do, what he or she is good at, and what he or she wants to achieve. To identify an individual's interests, it suggests completing the Career Interest Checklist provided which is based on Holland's system of placing people's…