The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-20

Err, LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI
with major in sociology, and or psy-
chology and education.
Port-Time Work MGY Advance
Do you like to meet people, and
have a knack for convincing people
of your product or self? Then
chances are you would make good
in sales work. Selling offers many
opportunities from your very
first Job as soda clerk or newspaper
selling to the higher positions
where the product sells you or you
sell the product. There are college
courses that will help you toward
this career, whether it be advertis-
ing sales, sales promotion, public
relations, or just plain selling. You
might pick up some additional ex-
perience in this line while you're
in college by working part-time.
If public life appeals to you -
whether as teacher, preacher, or
politician, you will need to be able
to speak before the public. All the
experience you can get in public
speaking will be of use to you. If
you prefer reaching the public
you prefer reaching the public
through writing, or just like to ex-
press yourself by words = yes, you
think you would like to become a
writer - it's not impossible: just
prepare yourself for it by studying
English, foreign language, and jour
nalism. Later on you may decide
upon what phase of writing you like
best.
Nc End OF Opportunity
There is scientific writing for the
government, editing trade maya
zine, a church periodical, a Red
Cross Journal, or even a farm paper.
Numerous things are to be done,
all waiting for someone who can
and will write - history to be writ
ten, news to be put before the public,
and plans to be written for the flu
ture.
If travel appeals to you, there are
other jobs for you besides that of
the proverbial travelling salesman"
If you like science and mathema-
tics, you may wish to prepare your
self for a career as chemical or civil
engineer, or a geologist. OF course
you may also get job as account
ant, clerk, typist, stenographer,
meteorologist, weather observer,
with large mining corporations, oil
companies, with Red Cross, COM
mercial airlines, with the Depart
ment of Army or Navy overseas.
First and second class post offices
will be able to furnish. you with
application forms for Jobs under
civil service. and also announce
ments as to openings.
Jobs For The Job-Minded Graduate
1t would be impossible to emu
merate the many jobs that will be
helped by, or that require, college
training. The advantages of college
training cannot be over-estimated
or over-stressed. Yet, there are those
of you who do not prefer to go to
college because any who wishes
to may go). For these there are
many varied opportunities in voca-
tions which do not require college
training where the high school
graduate with ambition and abili-
ty may start in and work up to
higher positions. Let us consider
few of these.
If at first, due to the fact that
you do not have any real experien-
ce in the business world, you have
to take what seems to be small,
unimportant job, do it well. Give
it all you have. Study for the next
higher job and be ready to step
up when the next step is clear and
opportunity knocks.
You who have only recently &C.
qired skills such as tipping, short
hand, or skill in the crafts, have
margin over the older worker in
that you are perhaps now at your
peak of performance and have not
lost any of your speed. The quicker
you are started on that new job
the better.
There are many positions open
with the government which require
no experience, only the successful
completion of high school and a
passing grade on competitive exami-
nations are given from time to time,
and the announcements and appli-
cation forms may be had from your
neighboring post office or public
ennlOvnent service as the case