This unit, one in a series of packets of teacher and student materials for cooperative occupational education (COE) designed for special needs students, is intended to introduce students to three common methods used to contact prospective employers and to prepare them to make the initial contact. Each unit will probably require more than a single period of instruction. Instructor materials include performance objectives (unit and specific objectives), suggested activities for teacher and students, supplemental activities, a list of instructional materials included in the unit and additional references, information topic sheets, a key to the unit review, and transparency masters. Contents of the package of student materials are unit objectives, information topic sheets (one sheet for each topic covered in the unit), assignment sheets for each information topic, and a unit review. This unit provides material on four information topics: getting ready to contact an employer, preparing a personal data sheet, preparing a personal data card, and finding ways to contact employers. (YLB)