Evening star., 1941-09-14
Stenography
Easiest Route
lou. 5. Job
Aspirunts Advised
To Train Selves
For Federal Post
By HAROLD B. ROGERS.

Young people preparing TO enter
school this fall with hopes of get
ting into Government service will
be helped by the information from
an official source that the a No. l
opportunity for getting a job with
Uncle Sam is by knowing stenog-
raphy and typing.
So far as the Government is con-
cerned, particularly at the present
time of vast expansion for defense,
the demand for Stenography, in the
words of one official who ought to
know, is a "bottomless pit"
Not only is it easier to get job as
a stenographer than almost any
other post, but it offers more op-
portunities for advancement in
many ways. Stenography may be
learned at any one of a number of
business and professional schools, or
it may be achieved through courses
in the public schools, even at night
schools by those who have to work
during the day.
Useful in Later Life.
A knowledge of stenography is said
to be worth while not only in get
ting a Government job and obtain
ing advancement, but also as an
adjunct to knowledge and experience
in later life. Some Presidents of
the United States have been expert
stenographers and typists, and even
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found it invaluable in taking rapid
notes during technical arguments by
attorneys.
From stenography. many persons
become familiar with the type of
work being handled by their su-
post of correspondence clerk, and
after longer experience and addi-
tional education, occasionally are
able to climb to high posts Of re-
sponsibility and income in the Fed
eral Government.
A general education such as pro-
vided in the high schools and COL
leges of Washington is considered
valuable as giving a background and
intelligent approach to the prac-
tical problems to be encountered
either in the Government or in
other vocations in life outside of the
Government.
Special training for specific jobs,
however, will enable an applicant for
Government job to stand better
chance of gettingon the pay roll,
provided he has the education, in
telligence and adaptability.
Law Training Helps.
Among the many specialized kinds
of training resorted to by Wash
ington people, both inside and out
side of the Government is education
for the law. Several excellent op-
portunities exist in the National
Capital for obtaining such an educa-
ton. either in full-time schooling
during the day or at evening schools
attended largely by persons who
work at regular job during the
day.
Among the many new law grad
yates who pass the bar each year,
it has been found by surveys that
most of them do not at once find
a strictly legal job. Law has been
used, however, by those in Govern
ment service as a stepping stone
to larger responsibilities for ad-
vancement in the agencies where
they are employed. Sometimes shifts
in work to legal responsibilities are
achieved by law graduates holding
Federal jobs.
Most legal posts in the Govern
ment require that the applicant
have some practical experience in
the law.
The new Government workers
coming to Washington from many
parts of the country take additional
school work here. Every year more
than $1,000 Government employees
here attend night school, according
to one estimate. Some take full
college courses, some study law and
others teke specialized courses to
better prepare themselves to pro-
gress in their Government careers.
Designed for Workers.
Several schools in Washington are
providing special training for those
who hope to get into the Govern
ment, while many courses are Of
fered as so-called 'in-training," to
school the Government worker who
already is on the job, with view
to making him or her more eff
cient in the present job and to pre-
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