Construct validity of the Occupational Aptitude Patterns Map was supported in an experiment in which positions held by young adults in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were classified and characteristics compared to job aptitude theories. The map differentiates jobs on the basis of their cognitive ability requirements. (SK)

This report contains Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery profiles for seven occupational categories and for selected jobs within each category. Results from four ASVAB aptitudes form the basis of each profile: word knowledge, arithmetic reasoning, space perception, and attention to detail. These are essentially equivalent to the following…

In this guide, the secret of career success is recognizing individual talents or specific knowledge and integrating the thinking and behavior of entrepreneurs into the daily routine or job. Part I, Career Planning for Tomorrow's Marketplace, sets the scene by describing the information age, technology, and the rise of global consumerism. It…

Understanding the world of work is contingent upon the availability of good occupational information. Since the individual must interpret what he knows about himself in terms of his understanding of the characteristics of the world of work, it is important that the world of work be described to him in terms that make this interpretation easy. Jobs…

Forecasts of the opportunities and requirements that will face the American labor force are presented and discussed. The emphasis is on exploring the distribution of skills, temperaments and other individual characteristics of the labor force in 1960 and to systematically, as contrasted to subjectively and impressionistically, forecast their…

Describes construction of an occupational classification structure and development of interest and aptitude measures for assessing counselees in relation to these two primary dimensions of the structure. Details uses of the Guide for Occupational Exploration, the keystone of the new counselee assessment-occupational exploration system. (RC)

Based upon the structure of Canadian Classification and Dictionary of Occupations, the volume presents highly condensed descriptions of classification clusters representing the universe of occupational groups in the Canadian economy. It is a useful tool for vocational counselors, students, and clients. Each cluster is assigned a number; the…

The U.S. Department of Labor has identified 114 worker trait groups, into which all jobs can be placed on the basis of the extent to which each job is involved with working with information (Data), working with people (People), and working with tools, machines, or materials (Things). Jobs grouped under this system also require similar worker…

The imperatives for meeting employment and societal needs, both present and future, and for ensuring students of meaningfully productive lives compel educators to teach preparation for work beyond preparation for elite professions or a limited number of practical jobs toward training for a broad spectrum of occupations. (Author)

A context is proposed that not only focuses career exploration in a logical way, beginning with the decision maker and moving to occupations, but also helps organize the process of decision making. Decision makers are seen as part of the context, for they have values, aptitudes, and resources that are relevant to choices of occupations. For career…

This manual provides guidelines for teachers of career exploration and for guidance counselors to help assist the handicapped student in making a realistic selection of jobs or occupations in the health arena. It contains descriptive information about 49 jobs and occupations in the health field. Selection has been limited to those jobs and…

This manual presents an introduction in Spanish to the various areas of vocational and technical education commonly available in the vocational secondary schools of Pennsylvania. It discusses course requirements, future possibilities in the particular vocation, and related jobs. Included among the fields discussed are auto mechanics, electrical…

The use of computer assisted programs in career exploration and occupational information is well documented. Various phases of the vocational counseling process, i.e., diagnostic evaluation, program planning, career exploration, case management, and program evaluation, offer similarly promising opportunities for computerization. Using the…

This handbook is intended as a guide for disabled career planners who wish to enter the work force. The introduction presents basic steps for gathering information about oneself and about jobs. Chapter 1 discusses collecting health/medical information. A sample form is provided. Chapter 2 focuses on collecting vocational information, which…

Military and civil service carpenters, masons, and plumbers were surveyed using a job inventory checklist and relative time spent rating method along with background item responses. Job clustering and job typing of combined responses were performed and comparisons were made between civilian and military groups as well as comparisons between the…