The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-05-20

other JOBS Tor you DeSloeS lndt 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 geologist. OF course
you may also get a 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
It 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 ver-estimated
or over-stressed. Yet, there are those
of you who do not prefer to 60 to
college because any who wishes
to may go). For these there are
many varied opportunities in voca-
tons 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 a
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 ac-
qired skills such as tipping, short
hand, or skill in the crafts, have a
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
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
employment service, as the case
might be.
More Information
For you girls, besides the business
field there are beauty courses,
nursing, club receptionist work, or
jobs in your own pet field such as
photography, YMCA work, church
work, modelling or working as a
, sales girl in department stores. For
you boys who like the out of doors,
there is farming on large or small
scale; if you like mechanics, there
are many jobs as auto repairmen
operators of heavy equipment on
large construction jobs. There are
trade schools to prepare you TO,
many skilled jobs with high pay as
radio repairmen, airplane and auto.
mobile mechanics, welders, and cleo
tricians. Many of these skilled oc-
equations may be learned through
apprenticeships served while you
earn.
There is always someone to help
those who inquire after knowledge.
If you have decided upon your cour-
Sc of Study and cannot decide upon
what college or university to choose,
the Federation Of American Colleges
and Universities, in the U. S. Office
of Education, Washington, D. c.,
will be glad to supply you with in
formation. Loads of information on
varied fields may be obtained from
public libraries from books, maya
zines and periodicals. The State En-
ployment service provides a free
employment service to you, if you
are trying to locate position and
will be glad to give you any assis-
lance possible toward helping you
to evaluate your potentialities to-
ward the selection of vocation.
Whatever you may decide to do
after you have graduated from your
high school course, first prepare
yourself for it, then go out to get it,
and after you have secured it -
apply youself to the work complete
] ly. Give it all that you have, not