Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-08
BOYS AND THEIR WORK.
what to DO and Expect When starting
Out In business.

out In business.
BE sure you know what you can do,
and what you want to do before you
begin to seek employment Boys, as
well as men. fail because they work at
something they do not understand, or
do not like. You must not expect to
find just the sort of work you want
without some trouble or Inconvenience.
The difficulty with most boys who
present themselves for engagements in
our stores, said prominent whole
sale grocer to me the other day sis
that they are totally unprepared for the
positions they seek They are looking
for some light employment, where the
hours are short and The pay high, and
they profess TO be willing to do any
thing that is wanted OF them if the la
Dor viii not soil their hands and they
are unrestricted in their liberties
They are apparently eager for en-
ployment in our great grocery house,
but they have given the subject Of
our business no thought before
making application for place; they for
get that in all commercial houses the
pay, with a prospect Of rapid advance
ment if the services rendered are valua-
bic 70 us A boy seeking employment
with rs should first Of an have a nat
ural aptitude for the grocery business
You can see at once that If d boy S mind
runs in other channels the work would
be distasteful TO him, and he would sim
ply be doing what he was told in a per
functory 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 as: we
want only those whs are not afraid to
toll day and night. if necessary. until
they have established their usefulness.
or created a place for themselves Once
we find boy who is doing this who Is
thoughtful Of our interests. who gives ev-
idence Of business ability, and is strictly
honest and faithful. advancement il
rapid, and he may hope. in time. to OBJ
tain any position in our employ places
worth having, with an annual salary
anywhere from twenty-five hundred ta
twenty thousand dollars year. II is
a free field and no favor Every bust
ness house in the country wants bright.
industrious and money making boys and
men but the boys must be willing to
begin at the very lowest rung Of the
ladder, and carve out their own for
tunes There are many men IN our
stores who did not begin with MS, as
boys, but have learned the business
elsewhere, but the majority of our en-
ployes have been with MS since boy.
hood, and they are now carrying ON our
vast business One man. who is now in
a very responsible position here ut
twenty thousand dollars a year, began
years ago at six dollar, week -
you can see there is plenty Of opportu-
nity. # a hoy fails it IS largely due TO
himself"
What this gentleman had To say in
speaking Of his business Is largely true
of other great commercial houses The
hoy seeking employment in one of the
wholesale dry goods houses must he
well educated. have uneNceptiona' ref
ercnces. he willing Is work early and
late for small pay with the chance of
rapid promotion when he worthy Of ii;
he must also have as ! said before,
natural aptitude for the work, and. of
course the more knowledge Of the busi-
ness be may possess the better chance
BE has Of securing a position NJ firm
cares To bother with - boy who is not
himself ambitious. and who Will not
work with courage ANA determination
for the interests If his employers.
III 81. pertinent to know some
thing as 30 the compensation
boy may expect wilton he begins
work IN commercial hau~e~ There are
a good many large firms who insist that
a boy shah give three or -four months
OF his time without pay There are
other houses who begin With only a
small sum per week say two and half
or three dollars, until the beginner has
given evidence that Ne likes the place,
and his employers esteem him and that
he viii he worth employing permanent
~ There are still other houses that
have no fixed rules on the subject and
who pay from three dollars to six dol
lars per week, according 20 the W orll
the boy may be required to do In the
main, should say that the average rate
Of pay for boy who is beginning
work in great store is four dollars per
week for the first six months Foster
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