Focusing on human resources and vocational guidance, this issue presents 10 reports with concentrations of materials on the following topics: career development, with research and development activities of Super, Krumboltz, Briggs, Ryan and others; selection, placement and follow-up, featuring the work of London, Haines, and Garbin; and studies of occupational trends, featuring the work of Medvin and Fishman. As stated in the General Report of the Advisory Council on Vocational Education, vocational education "...looks at a man as a part of society and as an individual, and never before has attention to the individual as a person been so imperative." In this context, documents are presented which make a case for functional vocational guidance. (CH)