Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This handbook, one of five in subset C, describes a variety of school-based activities designed to assist students in accomplishing that aspect of their career transition related to locating, securing, developing, maintaining, and evaluating their selected career objectives. The placement process is approached from both programmatic and individual student points of view. The programmatic component stresses providing activities, services, and resources that have the potential for benefiting all students. The individual component stresses ways of meeting each student's unique placement needs. Each element of the placement program includes both student activities and school/community activities. Suggestions are also included for staffing a placement program, selecting program objectives, and evaluating the school's effort in placement. (TA)