The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-06
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opportunities for employment through
!. the many different types Of factory
! and production work. @
: Skilled trades and production opera
) tions offer the widest single field OF
: employment endeavor for young men
who are graduated from high school
(, in 1910, analysis of the survey re-
slveals.
Salesmanship offers attractive op-
port.mities for young high school
graduates who like that type of work.
A high demand for gasoline station
attendants and driver-salesmen for
food routes was forecast.
ssIn the field of clerical work and in
hotel and institutional service, men
high school graduates of this year are
expected to be in, demand, the survey
shows.
Employment as farmhands also was
high in estimated job opportunities,
followed in order by construction la
borers, auto mechanics, grocery sales
men, factory laborers, office clerks,
stock and store clerks, machinists, and
inside sales-persons.
Estimated fields Of job opportunities
for girl graduates from high school in
1910 lie in salesmanship, office work,
= and in the service trades. Maids who
. can cook, and mattresses who are neat,
, clean and efficient will probably be in
|. high demand, in the opinion of per-
. sons contacted during the survey.
: Factory work in assembling, finish
, ing, packing, and light machine work,
. offers wider job opportunities for high
. school girl graduates than are gen
orally realized.
) Jobs for high school girls who grad
uate this year, rated according to
, probable demands, are as follows:
: mattresses, stenographers, maids who
: can do cooking, office clerks, nurse
. maids, notion sales, bookkeepers of all
: kinds, inside salespersons, typists, and
/. salespersons Of women's wear.
/. Men college graduates of 1910 were
: estimated to be in probable demand as
. accountants, Mechanical craftsmen, me-
. chanical engineers, pharmacists, indus
!. trial chemists, electrical engineers
chemists, life insurance statesmen, and
/, male stenographers.
Women who graduate from college
: this year were stimated to be in prob
. able demand in the following occupa
: tions, in order: private secretaries
: general stenographers, nurses dieti-
: tions, grade teachers, social workers
/. high school teachers, general office
!. clerks, inside salespersons, and genera
/. ledger bookkeepers.
i. A study of the occupational esti
mates in 1912 to 1916 for specially
trained young men, who graduate from
: high school or college, indicates tha
!. they will, probably be in greatest de
/. mapd as .hachinists, die makerss brick
! layers, tool makers, salespersons, Me
|. chanical engineers, mechanical drafts
/. men, accountants, machine and tool de
; signers, and electrical engineers.
|. Occupations in VIII h special,
; trained high school or college womel
!. will probably be in greatest demand il
: 1912 to 1916, according to consensus o
opinions expressed in the cooperative
survey, are as follows: general steno
I graphers, trained nurses, hairdressers
private secretaries, general salesper
sons, bookkeepers, social workers
maids who can do cooking, dietitians
and grade teachers.
Employers contacted during tn
survey stated emphatically that youn,
graduates entering the highly competi
. tive job market of today, must be will
ing to roll up their sleeves, get thei
hands dirty, and begin in the bottom
row of jobs, earning promotion
&. through performance and application
of their best efforts.
Wide recognition of the need fo
more vocational guidance and training
j. was expressed. The survey reveale
general opinion that such additions t.
|: the school system would give students
early in their careers, a chance t
make selections of an occupation
specifically train for it, and be reason
ably certain on graduation of being il
a position to choose rather than hun
job.
Emphasis was also placed on the i'm
portance of youth training for employ
ment in industries and occupation
which are expanding.
. Industries cited for example includes
the comparatively new synthetic tex
tile field, plastics and glass, where op
portunities for employment are bein,
created by a rapidly expanding market
Long distance truck hauling wa
conceded by survey opinions to otfe
. an entirely new group of occupations
most of them fruitful fields of employ
rnent.
Need for more learners in the meta
and building trades was also empha
sized. Expansion of apprentice training
systems was advocated.
- Many employers expressed the be
lief that too many young people ar
preparing themselves for "white-col
lar" jobs, and that more youths shoul
train for skilled or production occupa
tions and trades, which offer better op
portunities for employment, usually a