Using Readiness Assessment to Improve Career Services: A Cognitive Information-Processing Approach

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-174

  Sampson Jr , James P ^a   Peterson, Gary W ^a   Reardon, Robert C ^b   Lenz, Janet G ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0012674265     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2000.tb00556.x     Document Type: Article

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