Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-15
goYs AND Their WORK.
what to Do and Expect When starting
Out Ia business


Out ia business
BE sure vou know what you can do
,nd what Won want 10 do. before you
berin TO seek employment. BOYS. as
vel as men, fail because they work al
something they 90 not understand OF
do not like. You must not expect t.
sna lust the sort Of work You want
without some trouble OF Inconvenience
-The difficulty with most boys who
present themselves for engagements II
or stores said a prominent whole
sale grocer to me the other day, i.
nat they are totally nnprepared for the
positions they seek They are looking
far some light employment. where the
hours are short and the pay high, anc
tbev profess 70 be willing TO do anv
thing that IS wanted Of them II the "a
Dor win not soil their hands and they
are unrestricted in their liberties
They are apparently eager for EN-
plovnent n our great grocery house
BAT they have given the subject O.
orr business no thought before
making application for place; they for
get that il all commercial houses the
wav to begin IS al the bottom. on small
pav. with a prospect Of rapid advance
nent If the services rendered are valua-
be Is rs. A boy seeking employment
with Us should. first Of all, have a nat
rrsl aptitude for the grocery business
You can see at once that If a boy mind
rms In other channels the work woulc
be dfstastesul to him. and he would SIN
nv he doing what he was told in per-
functorv manner. hoping that some
thing would turn up in the business or
profession upon which his mind IS set
such boys are OF no value to Us; We
want only those who are not afraid Z
toll dav aud night, II necessary. until
they have established their usefulness.
or created a place for themselves Once
We find boy who i doing this. who Il
te,-- sftfll Of cur interests. Who gives ev-
eee II hr siness ability. and Is strictly
honest and faithful. advancement Is
rapid. and he nay hope. in time. to Oh
teD anv position 4 our employ-places
worth having. With an annual salary
anvwhere from twenty-five hundred e
twenty thousand dollars year II /
free field and no favor Every ousf
ness house in the country wants bright
Industrious and money iting boys ane
men. but the boys must u willing (
begin at the very lowest rang o. th'
ladder and carve out their own for
t.nes. There are many men in ou'
stores who did not begin with Us. a
bovs hut have leaned the bushes
elsewhere, bat the majority q our EN-
rloves have been with MS since poy
hood. and they are now carrying on on
vast business. One man. VINO is no" i
a very responsible position here
twenty thousand dollars year oegal
wears ago at six dollars a week ,
Won can see there Is plenty Of opportr
nitv. II boy fails it IS largely due .
himself"
What this gentleman had to say 7
sn4aktng Of his business is largely tru
Of other great commercial houses n
boy seeking employment in one o. n
wholesale dry goods houses must
wen educated. have unexceptionai re-
erenees. be willing TO work early an
late Tor small pay. with the chance
rapid promotion when he worthy ~ 4
he must also have. IS ! said before
natural aptitude for the work and
oosrse. the mere knowledge OF the ous
ness ne mas possess the l'etter e'''. ~
he has Of securing position No nrl
cares 10 bother with boy who 7 Il
himself ambitious. and who's VIII no
work with courage and determlna ~
for The interests Of his employer
il Is pertinent 70 kno"
thing = to the compensation
boy may expect when rs peg y
work in commercial houses lhere q
a good many large firms who insls' q. I.
boy shah give three or four month
of his time without pay. There 4
other houses who begin with only
small sum per week. say two ana q 70
or three dollars. until the oegln neL =
r~s- 49, -- +hz. &c likes the Pc
and his e,nplovers esteem him ana N
he viii be worth employing I'erlla'. Z IS, s.
~. There ara stiil other hoas ~
have no fxeJ rules On the suoJeee
who paw from three dollars = - 3.
lsrs per week. according 70 the We.
the 6ov may be required 70 do e s
main. should say that the sser4ee s.
Of pay for a boy who = - -.
work in a great store IS four ooii4 -. !
week for the 6rst six months
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