Evening star., 1938-07-01

Those Of you who specialized in
while in school are the lucky ones.
Your school training has given you
something important and tangible to
sell to An employer.
II you haven't specialized and don't
know what type Of job you're capable
Of landing and holding. get busy right
away. Go into conference with your
self, frankly considering your assets
and liabilities. Then II you realize
you haven't enough experience or
training, take steps to overcome the
deficiency. If doing 80 means return
ing to school for more training or
study, try to 60 back to school. or
sign up for 4 night school course.
Unskilled labor has not much chance
these days.
If you're q boy. three fields Are open
to you: Business, professional and In
dustrial. In the first two college
training Is = great advantage, If not
almost 4 necessity. You'll be In con-
slant contact and competition with
college-trained men. Today, because
work Is hard to fnd, they're willing
to take even An ONCE boy Job!
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IN THE industrial field, employment
managers say, technical or me-
chanical training Is most valuable.
The fellow who took . number Of
shop courses while In school has the
best chance here.
If you're . girl. the business, profess
sional and mercantile fields are the
best ones open to you. The college
girl. has the greatest opportunity in
all three, but the flrst two also call
for extra preparation, such q . Sec
retarial course, several years Of law,
or training in nursing.
The unframed girl will find her
best opportunity in the mercantile
field-selling, modelling, or, If she has
flair for clothes, designing. But
here again the college girl Is tops.
Most employers choose college trained
girls In preference to high school
graduates when they can hire them
for the same wage. You can hardly
blame them for that.
Music, journalism, the theater and
the other arts are only for specially
talented people, many Of whom must
have extra training and experience.
The fact that you edited your school
paper or had the lead in the senior
play merely shows you have talent that
can be developed. It doesn't mean
that you're prepared to apply for your
first Broadway part, or that you can
write . news story which will pass the
critical eye Of = veteran city editor.
But extra training will develop your
natural talent and perhaps make .
good Job possible.
Here's the main idea: STAY in
school, nights or days, as long a you
can-doing al you can to increase
your ability in some particular line.
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Mr.. H. T. HEALD Is the youthful
" president Of the Armour In
stitute, one Of the finest technolosical
schools. Recently he made this In.
teresting statement:
There are many opportunities to-
day for . young man to find q good
Job. The day Of opportunity has not
passed, popular belief to the contrary.
The thing for Z young man to do
Is select = field which is just be-
ginning to open up-Diesel power, air
conditioning, IRE protection, safety en-
cheering, crime prevention, industrial
engineering from the efficiency angle,
televidon. air commerce.
"A smart fellow can 20 as far -
he wants IA these new fields, and the
young man with engineering school
training hGs the greatest opportunity
1oe ouoeoU. 4oWev09, thaEO ~ AlDo