This compendium profiles 11 career planning programs that the U.S. Army Recruiting Command and National Consortium of State Career Guidance Supervisors have recognized as being exemplary coalition-based programs offering complete and effective career planning opportunities to the youths and/or adults they serve. Presented first are a discussion of the "Seven Cs" of successful career and life planning programs (clarity of purpose, commitment, comprehensiveness, collaboration, coherence, coordination, and competency) and guidelines for using the compendium. The programs profiled include a mix of junior high school, senior high school, and districtwide programs in the following states: Arkansas; Florida; Iowa; Missouri; Nevada; New Hampshire; South Dakota; Tennessee; and Utah. Each program is profiled in an abstract that includes some or all of the following: program name; grade level(s); audience (rural, urban, and/or suburban students); program overview; program characteristics (discussions of how the program illustrates each of the seven Cs of career planning, as well as discussions of commercial and noncommercial and/or local materials utilized and program features); and name/address of contact person. Appended are listings of key contact persons, state career guidance supervisors, and U.S. Army Recruiting Command Education Service specialists. (MN)