This learning guide on applying consumer and homemaking skills to jobs and careers is part of a series of learning guides developed for competency-based adult consumer and homemaking education programs in community colleges, adult education centers, community centers, and the workplace. Focus is on the connections among personal, family, and job responsibilities so that these aspects of living will complement each other. Introductory material includes general guidelines/check list for users with key to symbols used to designate enhancement activities and an introduction. The guide covers three competencies: assess own qualifications concerning job requirements and personal preferences; describe characteristics that are necessary to get and hold a job; and identify and relate homemaking skills to specific jobs and careers that apply to paid employment. Materials provided for each competency include a list of learner outcomes, key ideas, definitions, facilitator strategies, and suggested learner activities. Twenty-two supplements contain information and activity sheets on the following: self-assessment; job values; fastest growing occupations, 1986-2000; fastest declining occupations, 1986-2000; employers' expectations; employability skills; accepting criticism; homemaking skills; and at-home businesses. A bibliography contains 17 items. (YLB)