Most individuals in the field of academic advising know Virginia Gordon through the dedicated and transformative work she did for NACADA. Less well known is the equally creative and transformative work she engaged in for most of her professional life at Ohio State University. This article addresses how her ideas and convictions about academic…

The author suggests that employers can make their jobs meaningful to their visitors by describing jobs in terms of the basic skills used in the various operations. He concludes by explaining how to prepare a skills-oriented presentation. (BM)

One of a series devoted to the topic of career education in transportation, this guide is designed for elementary and junior high school students to use in gaining career orientation. The three units that comprise this guide provide student activities for the three program areas outlined in the teacher's guide, which is published separately (CE…

Describes an experimental junior high school course which explains the economic and human aspects of employment. The program is published and distributed by the Joint Council on Economic Education, 1212 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10036. (BH)

This handbook offers a field-tested model workshop designed specifically for vocational education institutions interested in providing services for displaced homemakers. The three-hour format brings together displaced homemakers and service providers (vocational educators, adult education programs, federally funded programs, and community…

Students who have participated in career exploration programs have often been undecided at the end of the program. The phase of the process where they must make an occupational choice is called occupational orientation. After this step plans can be developed for educational preparation for entry into the chosen field. (KP)

Intended for use by teachers in elementary and junior high schools, this guide, which is part of a series on career education in transportation, presents an orientation program for existing and emerging careers in the field of transportation. Chapter I gives an introduction to career education and its four phases: career awareness, career…

Implemented pilot career planning workshop at one university. Workshop has been offered every year since 1982 in conjunction with first-year orientation. Research on 83 students (experimental, control, and comparison groups) was conducted to establish workshop effectiveness. Found that workshop was effective for improving student retention only…

This program of exploring occupations seeks to use existing vocational programs to help the upper junior high and high school student: (1) understand himself in relation to various occupational roles, (2) plan for achieving his occupational goal, (3) show an awareness of himself as a productive citizen, and (4) learn of the available community…

As colleges and universities become increasingly aware of students' need for assistance in career planning, conventional "placement" programs have been pressed into service to provide such assistance. One of the main problems expressed by placement and counseling center directors in this regard is that students fail to seek help in career planning…

The combined effort to first orient, and then place, 185 unemployed aerospace professionals into state and local government jobs is analyzed. Twelve months after placement activities commenced, 80% of the program participants are reported as now employed, with 70% employed in State/local jurisdictions. Previous decision making experience by the…

Parents of college students are often an untapped resource. Recommends developing a comprehensive, intentional plan to work with these constituents in university career centers. For University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, parents have proven to be strong allies in promoting career planning and financially supporting the many needs of the…

This manual represents an attempt to develop a model and procedures for implementing career planning and placement assistance services in Minnesota high schools. The procedures described were developed for and tested in four participating high schools of different sizes, administrative structures, and geographic locations. Divided into seven…

This study examines the effect of one social milieu factor (Israeli kibbutz versus urban lifestyle) on Israeli adolescents' future orientation. Responses of 114 kibbutz and 112 urban adolescents to an open-ended Future Orientation Questionnaire are grouped into nine life domains: school and matriculation, military service, higher education, work…