Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
IDEAS FOR STENOCRAPHERS
Men and Wsmsn Of Ability Can Command
High Wages
SPEED AND ACCURACY PRIME REQUISITES
Modern business Colleges Keeping
RiRht IN with the Demand By
Employing Competent
Teachers.

With the marvellous development Of mod
ern business methods the profession OF
stenography has taken rank with the
foremost OF business sciences 1t has also
developed a class OF professional workers
Of the highest order Of intelligence, COM
handing the highest salaries, and has had
much TO do with the later perfection OF
business transactions.
The knowledge OF shorthand has now
become an absolute essential I'm the pro-
fession OF stenography, and a girl or man
desiring a lucrative and dgnihed position
makes no mistake In securing a knowledge
OF photography or phonetic writing The
age is a fast one. The most rapid worker
| is the best paid one. providing the rapldity
OF work is accompanied with accuracy.
| While II Is a trite and possibly true say
| ing that The woods are full of stenogra-
! piers" there are many se-called stem
ographers that do not deserve the name,
and are incapable OF doing what business
| men want done The business man as a
rule does not wish to do much teaching
and very little waiting. What he desires
| in his stenographer is accuracy, rapidity
| and neatness and these are the essential
principles that go to make up the
true stenographer. Deficient in any OF
| these particulars, the stenographer is USE
| less TO his or her employer. Ineficiency
! is not tolerated any more with women than
| with men.
Accuracy Must GO with Ability.
Ability to write shorthand with facility
| and accuracy can be acquired only after
the most painstaking effort. Spelling, capt.
| talization and punctuation are very i'm
| portant factors and count for much. The
stenographer should be able to execute a
/ neat, plan, legible style of business writ
| ing and correspondence. Business men are
making the standard of stenography and
| typewriting higher and higher, and the
applicant for a position of this character
must be able to meet these demands IL
he or she expects to hold a first class posi-
ton, or any position for any length Of
time. The ability OF the stenographer is
! judged by the results attained.
Good materials are essential for the stu
dent. The most expert cannot expect to
| accomplish much with a poor pen, 2-cent
| pencil or a poor quality of paper. Good
! tools are as essential In the art of stem
ography as in any other art or vocation.
Good Teachers a Requisite.
One of the prime causes for large num-
! Der of inefficient stenographers is the
| habit of business colleges employing teach
ers in the shorthand department who have
no experience as reporters OF amanuenses
| Pracucability Is important, and the teacher
! who has no experience in actual work can
not impart that which he has not.
! There is a greater demand for efficient
women stenographers today than ever be-
! fore. Plenty of positions are open and
| waiting for such stenographers, who can
| earn SO per week and upward, and the
better the stenographer the more eagerly
are her services sought. Poor stenogra-
pliers are not wanted at any wage.
Remunerative positions are constantly
| awaiting the proficient stenographer and
| to attain them there is only required a viii
| and determination to become efficient.