Describes a system which utilizes computer analysis for rating and weighting resident selection variables to reduce random error and bias in the ranking of applicants. The result was satisfactory selection with significant savings of time and effort for the residency program faculty. (JT)

The problem of graduate unemployment in India is examined in a study of 650 job seekers in Madras City. The relatively long period of waiting before a graduate actually finds and takes a job is attributed often to high income expectation. Correlations between job and studies preference of students are among the factors discussed. (LBH)

Videotapes were made of male actors playing the roles of interviewers and job applicants in an interview for the position of research assistant. Behaviors of interviewers can influence perceptions of job applicants as well as perceptions of interviewers. Presented at the Western Psychological Association, Anaheim, California, 1973. (Author)

Job Seeker's Aids is a step-by-step procedure that can be used by rehabilitation counselors to help clients locate and visit manufacturing, institutional, and other places of employment for the purpose of identifying and applying for job openings. (Author)

This test validation study examines the validity and determines which combination of employment tests could be potentially useful in selecting job applicants for boxboard container production jobs and determines the fairness of these selected tests with respect to their future use with minority and nonminority job applicants. (Author/RK)

Compared two forms of client-centered job placement at a senior center. Results showed after a 12-week follow-up period, 89 percent of participants in the job club, a group-based mutual help program, were employed, compared to 25 percent of those using a job-seekers manual. (Author/ABL)

The influence of physical attractiveness, dress, and job type upon 300 college recruiters' impressions of females' employment potential was investigated. Subjects rated female applicants from a photograph on eight employment potential statements. Results indicate that the applicant's style of dress exerted a consistent influence on recruiters'…

Presents an innovative model that demonstrates how occupational social workers can make unique and timely contributions to the placement and retention of chronically unemployed persons in competitive employment. Supported work services model described is based on a national demonstration project recently funded by the federal government and…

Stresses the importance of teaching prospective technical writers to develop, organize, and present a technical communications portfolio. Provides a checklist on portfolio construction for students. (ARH)

Evaluated psychometric and demographic data in 84 successful and unsuccessful social service clients. Successful predictors of vocational success among psychiatric populations were: having been married, having held full-time work, and not having been diagnosed as learning disabled. Suggests a combination of information from intelligence tests,…

Provides information from studies suggesting the importance of incorporating the teaching and assessment of employability skills in a career development curriculum. Employability skills are defined as competencies in identifying, learning, evaluating, and constructively using information on sources of job leads and employers' stated reasons for…

Selection decisions in the evaluation of applicants for managerial positions and recommended starting salaries were examined in samples of professional interviewers and students. Significant differences were noted bewteen the two samples in the number and nature of factors used in making selection and salary decisions. (Author/ABB)

Helped to determine whether applicants for assistance from the state employment office view fast- and large-growth occupations with a hierarchy similar to that cited in the professional literature. The close relationship between occupation and social status was confirmed. Growth occupation information did not seem to influence or affect job…

Study participants applied for vocational services at various agencies. Process summaries and interaction logs yielded themes including, among others (1) power and status implications in the helping interaction, (2) ritual role delineation, (3) the apathetic norm, and (4) options of the helper to supersede the focus of helping. (Author/CH)

Employers examine grades, postsecondary school attendance, cooperative education participation, and work experience characteristics in assessing job applicants entering the full-time labor market. Thus, student decisions that affect achievement or work experience will affect future job search success. (CH)