The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-14
Loyalty to His Employer
Is the Clerks Cue,
BY HENRY DAW @ N,

Chicago Tribune: THE hardest
thing to be learned by the clerk re-
peated one of the most expert of en-
ployElent agents before answering the
question. Make the answer good and
strong and | will tell you: 1t is to
learn to carry out as it Should be the
detail instruction of his employer"
This labor expert had an interesting
process of reasoning in accounting for
the condition in store, Office and fac
tory. 1t is that the American people
especially are a lawless people at heart
-lawless especially in the small way
to make each person have the slightest
regard for the liberties and rights Of
others; the children of these people
have not the training that they should
have, and discipline sits lightly upon
them; lacking nearly all semblance Of
loyalty for the employer, these young
Americans are keeping employers
awake at night in the effort to solve
avs and means for bringing them into
the full position of employees. owing
their bread to their opportunity to
labor.
Considering the applications for the
wide range of cl%erkships in Chicago 1t
Is the opinion of the employment ex-
pert that the applicant has small recog-
milton of his opportunities and that he
appears utterly asleep to the conditions
upon which his employment or failure
Of employment may rest.
First impression Goes Long Ways.
A business man wishes to hire a
clerk for the reason that there is more
work to do in the house than can be
done by the present force. This means
that the employer Is a busy man who
probably will have little time to give
In the consideration of an application.
Not only Is this true, but in the case
of the average business man in search
of help, he depends greatly upon the
first impressions which a candidate
make. If the truth might be discover
ed it probably would be that the busy
business man in receiving an appli-
cant has sized him VI while the appli-
can't has been crossing the room.
This value of a first impression can
not be overestimated, and If the can-
didate for a position knew just how
little will serve to upset a young mans
chances with an employer, he would
consider the first appointment to be the
supreme test. AS a matter Of fact,
most choices Of employees are made at
this first meeting or are definitely re-
fused. I know An employer who turn
ed back a young man who came into
the room with a lighted cigar in his
fingers, though the employer himself
was smoking, and 1 know another one
"" ~ hPpliN " liz
reason that he came into the employ
er's private Office and sat down there
with his hat on while the employer was
uncovered.
Cannot Be Too Polite.
Going back to the lack of training
In regard to the details of a work in
hand. you might safely say that If
these two young men had possessed
that knowledge from proper training
they might Zach have had the place
they applied for. This training would
have prompted them to be on the look
out for any OF the small observances
OF etiquette in business. and they coulc
not have offended in either way. Blu,
1T was the old front of the times which
u young people seem to have assum.
ed. lacking the spirit of loyalty and re-
garding the proprietor as one who Is
necessarily in the way. and from WHOSE