The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24
WAR DEMAND FOR
WOMEN WORKERS.
is INCREASING
Y, W, c, A, Employment Sec
rotary Kept Busy,

"A Patriotic Call to Women for
Business Service" 10 the heading Of the
application cards In the employment
department OF the Y. W. c, A. In the
Terminal building.
And the way In which that cali Is be-
ing answered has the rush At recruiting
headquarters badly worsted An Av-
erage of from ten to twenty calls from
girl, in search Of employment is main.
tanned day in and day out The beauty
of the whole proposition is that posi-
tons are secured for nearly every girl
in search of work, The only girls UNI
able to find employment are those not
fitted for IL.
Opportunity Limitlsst
The opportunity foe girls who are
willing to make the sacrifice necessary
for efficiency, especially in office work,
is wonderful" said Miss Amanda Haw-
kins, employment secretary Of the local
association. 1T is better than 1t ha,
ever been before in all history and
grows brighter each day Girl, are
filling the places made vacant by men
entering military service. The great
demand for girls in the business world
Of Oklahoma City is not due alone to
war conditions. II seems to me the
business growth Of the city is playing
Just as large part in the call for
girls"
Not only is there a demand, but
bushes" houses are willing to pay the
price. Salaries have increased with
the demand. Employment cards at tho
Y. W. c. A. show that stenographers
who a year or even six months Ago,r re.
eeived SIS weekly, now are paid SIS.
Where SIS a month was formerly a
maximum for a trained worker, $lCO
and over 10 being paid, Girls who are
taking mems places arc demanding that
they be paid mems wages, and their de-
mand is being met.
Nor is the increase for stenographer'
only. Every branch of the industrial
life of Oklahoma City has felt the raise.
Clerks who were glad to get S. weekly,
are now being paid 81, 81 and s.. The
wages Of domestics and housemaids
have also advanced. As their room and
board Is included, the money advance
has not been in proportion, but aver.
ages 81 a week.
Woman for Place.
In Miss Hawkins, the Y. w. c. A
directors feel that they have the womsr
for the place. Sympathetic and Kindly
with a word of cheer for those VIII
need it, she spends her days In tryinI
to better the condition OF employee
girls and women and in getting EN-
ployer snd seeker zftcr WORK togethe,
Hex phone rings ronstsfttty and NE de
mands Upon her are many and variec
Mi" Hawkins has been with the 10
~ association only since June. He
home is At Fort Worth and she ha
had three years experience in thc EN-
ployment department OF the Y. W. c, A
She came to the Oklahoma City burea,
from Dallas.
Every class of worker from the hes
trained and most Nfficient business
woman to those seeking employment a
mattresses, sewing women, and maids Il
aided. Those who are not efficient. arr
aided in becoming so and those in
capable Of holding a position are frank
ly told their shortcomings.
To s,enpgraphers, Miss Hawkin'
gives dic,atiqn as a test Of their ability
Special attention is paid to nestness
accuracy and correctness in the use o
EnPliSh 1t is planned to start classe'
in English this fall in order ~ help tn
great army of girls in need of instruc
ton IN that line,
Many more calls than car be iiIle'
are received The Y. W. {. A. ha
found positions for scores of younI
women now drawing good salaries !,
banks, law &iices, wholesale hou c
and at the capitol building. Long dis
lance calls from out OF town bushes
men in need of helpers are receive
daily. Some OF these are filled, bu
mos, Of the applicants desire work /
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