E-WOW-A is designed to meet the needs of high school students and adults who wish to assess their career interests. This instrument is partly visual and has been written at an easy read level. The Students’ Occupational Outlook Handbook is recommended as a resource for use with this program.

Users of this tool will accomplish the following:

• Rate responses to work activities
  
• Choose a job to explore based on results of their self-assessment, and get realistic information
  
• Develop a training plan through practical questions and activities

The Voc-Tech Quick Screener (VTQS) is a self-assessment inventory designed for students who feel postsecondary education may not be for them. VTQS helps the student match interests and goals with jobs, learn about training programs, and make career decisions.

The student will rate occupational interests to discover which job activities are preferred, match occupational interests with 14 vocational-technical occupational groups, and select the three most preferred groups. The student will then examine specific jobs, training requirements and the outlook in the chosen field.

College Paths is a resource book providing students and parents with information about issues to consider when preparing for college. This compact resource offers tips on early preparation for college, choosing a two-year or four-year college, sources for scholarships, financial aid, internet research resources and more. College Paths also assists students in putting college planning into action, and enables them to make sound choices and decisions.

Students will be able to answer:

• Why should I attend college?
  
• Should I enroll in a 2 year or a 4 year college?
  
• What can I do to prepare for college?
  
• What financial aid options are available?
  
• Where can I get more information?

Two regional volumes cover 5,000 skills-training programs for 240 career fields and entry level positions. Compare different program costs, services, financial aid availability. Includes articles on job trends, attaining an apprenticeship, resume and cover letter composition and financing your education.

The Major-Minor Finder is an assessment survey connecting college planning with career planning. We have updated this extremely popular resource with more in-depth information to assist the student in their decision making process. Emphasis has been put on the student's role in the decision making rather than attempting to categorize the student into a fixed "personality type", as some assessments do.

The updated version of the booklet is cross-compatible with prior answer folders and booklets unless the program is administered orally (in which case you will want a complete class set of the same version booklet).

This program may be administered in one class period, or incorporated into a lesson plan and extended over several class periods.

This program helps the student to:

• Assess aptitudes and interests
  
• Learn about jobs in each college major and their projected growth
  
• Learn about the skills and interests required for different majors
  
• List college majors that are most compatible with their interests
  

This handbook is designed to meet the needs of high school students and their parents as a resource of the most popular undergraduate majors offered in the United States. 232 pages.

This edition provides:

• Descriptions of 192 popular majors
  
• Definitions of terms, such as abilities, work interests, work values, and basic skills
  
• Typical courses of study within the major
  
• Where employment may be found.
  
• Occupations related to the major
  

This workbook will show students how to handle them-selves, overcome problems and keep their jobs. They will learn how to deal with issues both in and out of the workplace that affect their future job survival and success.

Includes guidance on why a good attitude can make up for fewer skills, why workplace rules should not be broken, why students should be ready for unexpected problems and much more.

With the help of this guide, teachers can teach job survival in a way which best suits their individual classroom/teaching environments. For lively, interactive instruction, choose from the many group activities, presentation suggestions and discussion ideas. This manual provides guidance to clarify and reinforce key job retention topics such as attitude, skills, goals and problem solving.

With this guide, students can make their college applications stand out from all the rest creating unique and memorable essays. The guide also features: 50 sample essay questions, essay requirements for over 180 colleges, strategies for getting "YOU" into your essay, and techniques for improving writing skills.

This handbook includes itemized tuition and fees for over 3,000 four-year and two-year colleges, plus need- and non-need based scholarships offered, policies to reduce costs, and payment plans. The handbook will help you calculate costs, estimate your families' expected share, and to compare financial aid possibilities.

The College Handbook is THE guide to over 3,600 accredited colleges, in a completely updated edition. This handbook coveres admission requirements, majors, costs, aid, ambiance, contact information, and more. The key facts about colleges can be compared and contrasted easily, making a wealth of information manageable and truly useful. Designed for quick reference.

Includes Real Stuff CD-ROM (Windows compatible) with SAT test prep questions, and links to the powerful college and scholarship searches found at the College Board website.

This book is the fastest way to identify which colleges have what your students want. The guide describes over 900 majors and where each is offered. For students undecided about a major, "Majors by disciplines" and "Brief descriptions of majors" helpt them sort out their ideas.

This guide covers 1,500 institutions which grant associate degrees. This one-of-a-kind resource makes it easy for students to compare academic programs, admission and graduation requirements, costs, and facilities of all accredited public and private junior and community colleges in the United States and Canada.

The most compre-hensive reference book available on 4-year colleges, this book covers over 2,000 accredited institutions. The bonus CD includes links to CollegeQuest online resource for financial aid and college guidance information, SAT and ACT prep test and financial planning software.

Figler and Bolles have offered sound career planning advice to millions of job hunters, and have followed up on that success by addressing their own peers. This book offers insight to beginning and experienced career counselors alike, enabling them to be more effective while addressing the many dimensions of working with clients on every level.

This test preparation guide includes a combination of practice tests, test-taking strategies, and subject review. Readers begin by taking a diagnostic test. Math and verbal reasoning skills are reinforced through the intensive review and practice questions. Includes 216 vocabulary flashcards.

This astounding test preparation resource includes practice tests, test taking strategies, and structured study plans. So much of a student's success on the ACT depends on reading comprehension, where knowledge of vocabulary is paramount - this edition of ACT Success is augmented with more than 200 vocabulary flashcards.

This book is a comprehensive directory of several thousand free and inexpensive career publications developed by professional and trade associations, federal agencies, state occupational information committees and academic departments.