I have a small but fast growing Allied Health Academy. We train medical assistants, dental assistants and massage therapists. Our medical and dental programs each have externship components. We agressively seek externship sites that are hiring. Our massage therapy program has an internship component that is held in our clinic. I have opened the clinic up to our licensed grads so they can have assistance starting their new careers without being at the mercy of a spa hiring them or not having start up cash to go it on their own. Our problem has been motivating some of our students from all programs to actually seek employment when they are finished with school. We have a professional development class for interviewing and resume wiritng etc. We have tough academic and hands-on skill requirements, so they all must demonstrate competence prior to graduating. Since our classes are usually small (sometimes 4 or 5 students) it makes it hard to achieve at least a 70% placement rate when we usually have a few who choose to either turn down several job offers or to not search at all. We are in the application process for accreditation now. Placement is very important. Even without accreditation, as the owner, I have always been very placement conscious. During the interview process, we stress the fact that this training is geared to those who want to job search, and the applicants say all the right things. Any suggestions on motivating the students to actually want to work when they are done? HELP!