APPROXIMATELY 200 COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS FROM 85 HIGH SCHOOLS ENROLLING 76,610 PUPILS THROUGHOUT SEVEN SOUTHERN STATES ATTENDED A 2-DAY CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE AND EVALUATE GUIDANCE PROGRAMS AND TO SUGGEST IMPROVEMENTS. A FOLLOWUP STUDY OF THE CONFERENCE, INDICATED THAT 88 PERCENT OF THE RESPONDENTS HAD IMPROVED THEIR VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE PROGRAMS THROUGH A GREATER VARIETY OF INFORMATIVE MATERIALS AND THAT 67 PERCENT HAD BETTER ACCESSIBILITY TO SUCH MATERIALS. TEXTS OF THE MAJOR SPEECHES ARE GIVEN--(1) "THE ROLE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL IN PREPARING STUDENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT," BY SAMUEL DANLEY AND HUGH RYALS, (2) "CAREER OUTLOOK," BY BRUNSWICK BAGDON, (3) "MANAGEMENT LOOKS AT EMPLOYMENT POSSIBILITIES," BY HOWARD LOCKWOOD, (4) "OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES," BY ROSE TERLIN, (5) "THE COLLEGE PLACEMENT OFFICE AND THE HIGH SCHOOL," BY ANTHONY RACHEL, (6) "TASKS FOR TODAY, GOALS FOR TOMORROW," BY ARTHUR CHAPIN, (7) "MOTIVATION -- A REALISTIC APPROACH BY SCHOOLS IN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES IN RELATION TO EMPLOYMENT," BY WILLIAM JOHNSTON, AND (8) "RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT TRENDS FOR YOUTH," BY ELI COHEN. COMMENTS BY OTHER SPEAKERS, A CONFERENCE SUMMARY, A SUMMARY OF GRASSROOTS REPORTS FROM THE PARTICIPATING STATES, AND A STATEMENT ("EMPLOYMENT TRENDS AND SCHOOL ENROLLMENT") BY WILLARD WIRTZ ARE INCLUDED. THE APPENDIXES CONSIST OF SOURCES OF RESOURCE MATERIALS, EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS, A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, AND AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. (MS)