Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
SHIPYARDS NEED
GOOD EXECUTIVES
Men Who Can Handle
Workers Have Place
Awaiting Them
JOBS WITH HIGH PAY
Many Splendid Opportunities,
Yet Few Applicants, OFF,
cials Point Out
JOBS WITH HIGH PAY

There is no need Of man with real
executive ability fretting about his job
these days.
II the man who can handle lot OF
men is not happy in his present job let
him 60 to almost any big shIpyard in
this country and he will probably get
one that will suit from the ground up.
All good executives are not in the
army and the other branches of the
service. There are believed to he plenty
of good men beyond draft age left. What
has become of them? shipyard officials
ask
In all the thousands who apply for
work every day at the shpyards in this
section rarely does one appear who could
make good as a boss over any OF the
big departments OF modern shipyard
Apparently there is misunderstand-
ing somewhere. Do men think they
must have technical skill TO land one of
the big jobs? Or do they imagine that
every job worth while has already been
handed out?
Employment officers at the shipyards
sometimes pause in their rush to Won
der what has become Of the sort Of men
they are always glad to receive and
talk to.
along the Delaware is almost a thing
OF the past Skilled mechanics are al
ways excepted from this. They are all
scarce. particularly real ship carpenters
and coppersmiths AS the crowd comes
and goes the clerks behind the counter
often look and wait in vain for the fell
low who looks like he might At into
some big groove.
The shipyard of today is no different
from other big organizations They
all need good men all the time. II
anything, II is easier for the average
man TO land a good job in the ship
yards just now than at any other place
simply because technical skin does not
necessarily have n thing to do with ii.
There Is the service department for
example. Every shipyard now has ono
of these. Some places they are known
as the Welfare Department. The head
of this should be a pretty big one. And
under him there are several berths where
a fellow can get a chance to show what's
in him. For example there is a super
visor of training. director of athletics,
4 housing manager. No technical skill
needed there. although it can do no
harm. The time department has several
showgrOunds of its own where men can
display their executive powers
1t is no cinch. and any time clerk will
tell you so. to handle from 1000 to 10000
time cards every week in justice to the
company and the men. too.
The chief clerks of the various de-
partments of a shpyard are all capable
men. Their assistants must be of about
the same caliber and some are even
better men. But right out In the yard
where the big ring is--where thousands
! OF men swarm almost like bees in their
hustle around the shipways-many men
have made good jobs for themselves
without any previous experience or
training.
Most of the foremen started in some
gang only a few months ago and won
promotion. They already knew how to
handle men. All they had to learn
was how to get work out of their men.
These foremen get good wages. some Of
them twice and even thrice as much as
| they ever made before. Shipyard Of
fcials declare that many are missing the
chance Of their lives. They haven't
looked into the opportunity. or else they
don't know good thing when they
see it," said one OF them. I'VE can
always make use Of man who can
handle men successfully WeAl make
room 70" such a man any old time"