Are Americans planning for the increased longevity they are now experiencing? This question needs to be considered by the counseling profession. Retirement is a major life transition and preretirement planning has been identified as an extremely important part of the successful transition to the role of retiree. Seibert and Seibert (1986) and Schlossberg (1981) are among those who have argued that persons who plan for major transitions are more successful in coping with anticipated changes than those who fail to plan. Many people, however, either do not have access to preretirement programs or choose not to attend. Newman (1979) found that only 15% of employees over age 53 participated in the United Auto Workers preretirement program between 1965 and 1973. Also, a study of retirees by Perry (1980) found that 53% of those surveyed had not made any retirement plans and two-thirds of these people were not even aware of preretirement programs.In spite of the growing number of retirement planning programs offered by industry, government, educational institutions, and other organizations, McCluskey and Borgatta (1981) noted that only 5% to 10% of the population approaching retirement participate in these programs, and this proportion has not increased much over the past 20 years. "Few people see retirement as requiring rational planning. Information gathering concerning retirement tends to be unsystematic and only rarely
A Career Information Center is described that provides restructured occupational information in a microfilm format that is readily kept current and is instantly accessible. The information is based upon what students and counselors feel is occupational information of the most worth. The Career Information Center also provides counselor in-service education in the belief that the principal rationale for counseling in the secondary schools is educational and career development activities for all students.
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