Reports the results of a survey on career development services taken of the civil service systems of the 50 state and 50 largest city systems. Characteristics of providers, the extent of services offered, the length of time offered, and the target of the services are reported. (Author)

This article states that what society can rightfully expect from school counselors is training of graduates from school so that they are well informed about the career and life possibilities open to them. The counselor should also be able to demonstrate ways in which education can be interwoven with life. (Author)

Business educators can provide career guidance activities for high school students through recruitment, development, and placement activities. Techniques discussed are: slide/tape programs, films, tests, demonstrations, minicourses, occupational reference library, field trips, interest clubs, advisory committees, resource speakers, and placement…

Creating a Career, a 45-50 hour curricular program for classroom presentation by an instructor has four main areas of focus: (1) self-development, (2) occupational choice, (3) world of work, and (4) job search skills. Components and main features of the program are described. (MW)

Volume 3 presents a descriptive outline of the Wisconsin school-based career placement model. The two major objectives for the model are: (1) to maximize the individual student's competencies for independent career functioning and (2) to maximize the availability of career placement options. For orderly transition, each student must receive the…

An enlargement of the understanding of the career for the individual is necessary in order to put the imperative need of work for everyone more into perspective. First, secondary education in 1980 needs to be taken, not as a high school education but rather as an educational process reserved for those in need of an interdependent, not completely…

This study synthesizes evidence on the realignment of practical career guidance, counseling, and placement that has occurred since 1968 for noncollege-bound students. This study examines and classifies 13 guidance programs according to whether they emphasize vocational choice, vocational development, employability development, or placement and…

This is a review of the relevant literature and current practices in the field of occupational guidance. Because it was prepared in connection with the beginning of a seventh grade occupational guidance class in Utah, it deals, in the first part, with the vocational-maturational level of seventh graders. The second part summarizes contemporary…

This article emphasizes the need for preparing preservice students in teacher education for effective participation in the high school classroom and for membership on a guidance team. The article includes a) basic questions used to determine the readiness of students to facilitate career development, b) a professional approach to effective teacher…

This paper describes a career development program designed to meet the needs of secondary school students. The course was designed to involve the individual in the process of influencing his future. The program seemed highly successful the first year but encountered numerous problems the second year. Implications are discussed. (NG)

Describes a guidance program which renews school district guidance services so that the school district may better meet the needs of students during periods of change and confusion. (Author/RK)

Describes the four phases of the Comprehensive Career Education Model and its curriculum, guidance, and evaluation tasks. (SB)

Effects of additional counseling on junior high school students' academic achievement and school adjustment, as well as educational and vocational planning, are described. (Author)

The overall objective of this study was to develop an occupational unit based on specific learning objectives and to evaluate its effectiveness as a learning experience for a class of fifth grade students. (Author)

Adults requesting information on educational courses are often in effect seeking guidance on more complex employment problems and need help with thinking out a career change. Describes the work of the local Careers Service and how they can provide both industrial and educational gudance to adults. (MF)