New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
COLLEGE MEN SOUGHT
I. u. G.. Il. Branch Cannot Furnish
Enough to Supply Demand.

Are college men drug on the market in New
York and is college education a handicap IN
business Ife!' This question. inspired by recent
Dessrnistio urterances. was put 10 Walter T Dfack
secretary Of tho West Side Young Mems Christian
Association. which last year found S2llcC0 worth
or work Tor men. Mr.. Diack sent for the head OF
the employment bureau.
How are our books on college men?' he asked
We can't supply the demand" was The reply
- nave standing order from a big technical
concern 10 send them all the college mel We can
get And We could place a lot mora Of the right
sort II We could ind them. But for that matter
We can't supply the market for any kind OF men
t-ast year Z--o employers asked Us 70 send them
boys and men 10 take positions at from 81 10 SO
"eeH- ana YET We had only 1859 applications for
WORK. VI thes9 applicants 81 got positions d.
rectIy through Is at aggregate salary OF Sioe3
week and Judging from the number Of with
drawaIs OF applicants WAC found positions else
where practically the entire number had u-tIa
trouble in getting places"
Even $500 positions are hard 70 III" said Mr.
biack. = have an application Tor q particularly
able business man and haven't been able TO ind
the right person 70 nj t. For We never send a
the for the job"
How DO you explain the complaint about lack
OF wo-1?''
IT IS largely the fault OF the applicants Tina
and again men who need @ shave, whose clothes
are not clean. whose linen needs much % be- Ge-
sired ask Tor work Il they applied 70 an en-
rloyer IN that shape they could never get 2 Job.
Sometimes man may be all right otherwise but
have dirty nails or unkeupt hair. and Just these
little things often explain his failure 70 get work
Ia these cases We give little advice ard rs dsII-
catsly as possible tell the man 10 Try what clean
AneIl ana a AtE-e spFuclnS UP VIII do-and II often
"oVAs Wohcers. FOR = man who looks Ike a fs1-
ure cannot talk Ike success. Another source %
failure 10 rise IS the fact that many men VINO
'aNe position az small salary 10 tide over, in
stead or doing their best work regard themselves
eS GndeTpaId and 90 only much IS they think
they are paid 10 do. As s result, when they gst a
caaLce Tor higher position. their references from
the old temporary position are so bad that they
fail 20 get the good openings.
And this IS where COLLEGE men ravs a r-aat
advantage As q general rule they are neat and
uGy IL appearance and have good address. GIors-
over. there seems 70 have been o change in rha
attitude OF the business man toward the college
man de has found that the college man instead
or being stuck on himself and afraid OF work and
particular about what re wants 20 do with hIS
college education IS willing 10 do anything and 70
begin NJ small salary, provided there IS prom
Use OF advancement IL lie hUstIas. As q result va
are placing college men in odd positions Racal--
" TWO college men through this bureau took po-
sluons 10 work under the river IN compressed air
IN the tunnels ut so 4 month, and from al va
hear they are making good Another college stu
dent took q place Tor the summer lecturer
ona OF the sightseeing wagons. \ third got 9 JOB
as drum detective, not because Of his musical
ability, but because he clever ~ finding The
cases or drums sent out around its cylinders %
Eds by soda water concern
some college men 90 not ind positions because
they do not about 4 IN the rishr way. do not
try hard enough 70 set work that they axe partcu-
larry fitted 70 do. only recently we found an eX-
pert chemist graduate Of ST. Petersburg L-ni-
verSity-cleaninS cars in the subway He could not
e'--N' - N~-- A-Ot CONNECT N----
teal work It easy to place him IN a drug
store n = good salary There are lots OF squars
men III round holes and lots OF round square
holes, not succeeding and not happy, NsaDWht-5
there are lots Of places which just III t5EgiCg Tor
the rlSht sort or man. An instance OF this was a
college man who loved teaching. but who rry-
ing 10 be happy in business. Just suggestion ed
him 10 apply and a fine city iISt-.CtorsllD,
where he IS proving valuable and is entirely s4-s-
lied. The trouble is that many Col-e-a men
start out with the idea that they can't md what
t"ey really are especially capable OF doiHs ana 50
try 70 set used TO something entirely out OF their
line am not speaking here OF professiOEs-they
may be bScomns crowded talking OF work
work IN such variety that almost any collsSs man
Fan find something at which he Will sUCCesd-ant
u this. as far as we judge, there IS abundance
right here in New York"