The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
HOW AMERICANS GET JOBS The American Method Is to Go and Hunt Up Berth. as British View

The appointment of an American Mr. Thornton, as general manager of one of the leading English railway systems. will cause many to wonder whether tho English method of dealing with employees is at fault
 An American. seeking employment. walks after a job" he doesn't wait for something to turn up he turns something up. And this is how he does it.
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 If he finds himsel in EN 4 calls upon heads of nlAef ea4 explains that he is rtaei 1lf .s salary. and why he g1r l5 as .s
 His application is rasntFad AS 1s proposition from ore busllesr a1iAa other There Is no laias sfasn9. faat asking Tor job and no lefdizs es.s descension about givil 1fai n3 4ars.Hle.. and having. thinking ,ear arlt fatk4.s you know by and by. irithef y9i.f aastaesa are wanted or they arc net. ana ren ssHtf in 15 seconds whether rou hilvr ii rh4 as.
 Again. there are en7'oymai nseee in America where a man aasts E fass a3.l t when he Is suited wi irt-5f Hfn3s vation badly wanted in g tnd
 The employe in England Is often afraid to walk after" an improvement because he fears his employer will hear of his ac- tion and dismissal will follow.
 This fear is the root of the trouble in England, and explains why the American system is better both for employer and employed, why man can get head Faster in America, and why American directors are never at loss for a man. ager They have their eye on two OF three all the time
  the best men are, 1t is partly because their system is all wrong. They don't know their men mainly because they discourage ready approach As direct result, many thousands of English workers lose all in,a terest. and become "cloclS watchers's, They do as little as they can. because to do much brings no reward.
 The head of their business is a stranga and fearsome being. They have no inti- mate feeling that his success Is theirs-in England unfortunately 1t seldom is. Thev drift into groove and stay there afraid to move English employers have much to learn from American methods and English workers still more.
 If an Engllshman Is in blind alley job he should first increase his value, and then ask for rise. That matter of in- creasing his value is the one esser.ial of advancement Your own idea of v0ur value is an exaggerated one. Forget it. You have to prove your increased worth to the man whom you are asking to pay hard cash for 1t. He pays only when you show him good value
 Don't ask for rise merely because you have been so long in one job, doing one kind of work because this is one reason why you don't deserve mora money. Prove you can do the same job in better way, or do more of 1t. If you cannot show that your rise will pay" your employer. you won't get a rise. because your employer is business man. in business for what he can get out of 1t. Make your services of the high est possible value, and then get the high est price for them the market offers. You will find that most employers want highly paid men. If your employer is one of those who do not. there are many who do-thousands of them.
 Find them.
 Usually. however, they will find you ir you are worth finding
 This is exactly what happened to Mrk Thornton