The quest for more efficient and cost‐effective ways to provide employment opportunities to those seeking jobs has been of concern to the Job Service and other providers for many years. It has only been during the last 10 years that the concept self‐placement has come to the fore and from that, the concept group job search has developed, gaining considerable emphasis and interest in the process. This article analyzes the group job search process, briefly describes the basic models, and presents another approach that has been developed and utilized in Nevada.
In this study we sought to assess WIN clients with the USES General Aptitude Test Battery, the Basic Occupational Literacy Test, and the Jackson Vocational Interest Survey. The available data are analyzed for indications of success in training and eventual employment.
The finding of a mean difference of 11 points (one standard error) between wooden and plastic peg boards for the M‐aptitude of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) as reported by Kapes and Sievert (1973) led to this investigation. The intent was to replicate their research and, by the use of a broader sample range, to examine other selected variables to determine whether any differences remained constant across the population. The results of the study indicated that individuals tested on the wooden equipment perform significantly higher than those individuals tested on the plastic equipment. Converted score differences for the M‐aptitude indicated an average difference of approximately 10.5 points in favor of the wooden apparatus.
This article uses Jones' comparative table for the typolology of Holland and the Guide forOccupational Exploration to extend the relationships to include the occupational themes and work roles of Jackson and Kuder.
Administrators in the employment service (and in other agency settings) frequently admonish counselors that they are to “counsel,” not to “do therapy.” Yet, the terms counseling and psychotherapy (or therapy), are both widely used, often more or less interchangeably. Although there appears to be general agreement that the two are not exactly synonymous, there does not seem to be that same general agreement concerning the differences between them. This article endeavors to present the three basic positions established in the literature and to suggest an alternative position for consideration by practitioners of the art (or science).
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