The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-18
GETTING 4 JOB m New YORK
What a Young nan Aaventuring There
Must Expect at the Start.

& WHAT Young ran AdVentufinG Aneie
Must Expect at the Start
I There are III the United States prob
lably something ike 100000 young men
whose ewes are directed more 81 less
lloneinely toward the golden, elittering
hpsnc Larele tie New York Job
Sew York witi 81 fascinating dash ana
lrusb ana buildings towering into the
lsiesl A New Aork job with IDS Big
pay and untold chances for rapid ne
vancemaNt ana more mn9 more, eouse-
qusnt pay ana glory what au alIur
ing combination y fhe young fellow stan
ia college q to he young fellow as
satisfied with life "a tbe farm q @
the young fellow disconnected with tho
siowmoeiaa business opportunities Of
rs home town What a pretty, enteRe
picture But let us look On tie other
side
First. rs reckoning with the New York
ioh vie must not kp br the biggest,
most 1il6cult promise The getting 0f
tie ioh ITSELF Bat suppose tits dlfli
eultv removed rs fhe New York i0b
such 4 wonderful thing after alll Ana
IS is nuch.aera1ed "pay So manifi
cents Let Us ssy tie Young man hes
the ambition @ become a journalist. His
Iname Is legion NJ hc succeeds IN get
ting a place on d morning newspaper
~ the metropolis he vail start inh at
ISIS a week which. Incidentally Il ahont
the highest pas amy young man can
Iget on any regular city job when he
begins His raise normally viii be 1T
tie rate of IS ! year until be becomes
sufficiently proficient 70 be given g
space" job. II the young man gets &
Job On AIN evening newspaper Si2 viii
be the average financial startinppoint.
Wall street, with It's lofty sonnd IS
another lure II the young mama
stranger gets Job Ia Wall street, he
Will start Ia at about SO 2 week, al
though TIE figure may b listed az SIS IN
some instances And the subsequent
raises VIII take considerable time to
reach the i5 10 say nothing of the 20
dollar mark There is lot Of money
iu Wall street undoubtedly but it isn't
Fla the Young mans FIRST job.
Clerking viii bring the Young man
anywhere from 81 to $40 4 week at Inc
start. Eight dollars would Be a very
fair average estimate. And, in chr0ni-
cling these dgBre the clerkships III
the average shop are chosen as stand-
ards for ndging. II the young man
gets 4 job in the Wholesale houses down
tawn-an Office iob--he viii Re started
ont az about S8 a week although obyi.
ously. if he commands . knowledge of
bookkeeping o. stenograpny his pay Will
start at q figure nearer sl2.
If one 81 these young men gets q
Job Oh the office staff IF an insurance
company. Be viii start IN at d salary Of
about IS 4 week. this figure too being
q fair initial criterion Of the remunera-
tiou BE viii receive from similar Jobs
with other big companies. A Job with
an engineering firm pays net more than
from So to 8l0a week at the start but
if the Young man has ability bis oppor
tnnity for advancement to $50 week
viii BE open and comparatively easy
Again. III this case the Young man with
An engineering education IS not eonsd
cred Ii Tire applicant obtains a job
in q lawyers office, he win receive SIS
or $40 a week. Two years later he
may be getting $50 a week, and, again,
he may not
Ii the young man has had college
education, the amount of money he viii
receive while holding the Jobs referred
to Is about the same at the start as
the amount nis comparatively less edu
Gated brother win receive In the pro-
fessional lines however, such as law and
engineering, his opportunities for hnan
eial advancement viii ordinarily lie
better This is an outline Of the posi-
hilities q some Of the general class y
sglamorous' New York Jobs II + rec
commended = the consideration II the
young man On the farm or in the home
town. TIE may come to see that, after
all the city job Is net the great thing
u has been cracked up to be- Harpers
Weekly.