Job-Finder's Workbook.

The Job-Finder's Workbook, to be used in conjunction with the Competitive Job-Finding Guide For Persons With Handicaps, is an excellent adjunctive resource for involving the clients in the job placement search. The first section of the workbook has exercises which match the client's specific skills to various job level requirements, and identifies those jobs offering the greatest probability of employment, and those strategies most effective in the job search. The second part of the workbook contains 18 blank forms for clients to fill out with the counselor to help organize job-relevant information aiding the job search.

I found the Client Data Form especially helpful. This form collects job-related information which may be correlated with a Work-Readiness Assessment Form analyzing the client's ability desire, availability, and adaptability to work. The Survey of Employment Barriers is also very useful. This form helps determine whether the client's attitude, behavior, existing external situations, or potential employer barriers may impede the job search. Selecting An Employment Objective Form helps the client match his or her employability to selected employment alternatives. This form helps the client to select the three most appropriate jobs fitting his or her employment credentials in the industry most suited to the client's capabilities.

Finally, the Job Analysis and Job Accommodation Form goes beyond the usual "physical capacities" and "job tasks" to include "working conditions" and "personal characteristics." This helps determine whether the job is "appropriate, appropriate with modifications, or inappropriate," and also provides space to note which accommodations may be required and those which would actually be available.