The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-10
Job Hunting a Ia Lowry
By CYNTHIA LOWRY (R, Newsfeatures Writer


 by which most young women main- tain themselves between the end of school and the beginning of mar riage.
 It is true that number of young women enter the employment pool of the nation with starry-eyed determination to have a career, but these still constitute an inn pressive minority. The vast ma jority use their skills to acquire funds for life's necessities until they find young man eager to keep up steady supply of dresses, hats, nylons and such.
 In view of the fact that summer time is job-hunting time fer thou sands of new high school and col lege graduates, it might be appro- priate to take a look at the em- ployment situation and to consider a system, which I have just thought up for getting and holding job and a man. It has only one draw back.
 Obviously, the first problem fac ing most of the 1851 army of young female hopefuls is to select a job which will bring them into prox- imity with the largest numbers of eligible young men. The happiest hunting grounds at the moment are, of course, in the armed services. This solution to the problem, simple as it may seem, may not be the answer to alll II girls gyiifrlss. There still are chances to be found in business establishments. Try to pick spot which provides the most money for the least work, and then slide by actually doing 8 little less than that.
 Upon accepting employment, the employee should see to it that she holds the whip-hand constantly. After all, the launching of man. hunt requires her best efforts in time, thought and physical energy and any employer is preSumptuous if he expects her to consider that her job comes first This may be little difficult to accomplish because many employers are old-fashioned enough to think that, if they are paying good money to get certain jobs done, the work should be ac- complished on schedule.
 Never tip your hand on the pre- liminary interview. Let the pros pective employer think you are prepared to marry your job, that you really care deeply about the quality of your work and that you are going to be heartbroken if you can't bring your talents to his office. Dress carefully aud conservatively. There's time enough later to bring out whistle provoking clothes.
 Don't be discouraged if nothing exciting happens during the first couple of weeks. Use this time care fully, making friends with the other girls in the office. They may even introduce you to some interesting men, but this is unlikely. Pick out the important things to do and get that work out You always can stick odds and ends in your desk if it interferes with time spent hang ing around the water-cooler or run ming out for cup of coffee.
 If you are rank beginner, you can afford to be a job-floater for q while. Thus, you can look over several offices in a period of two or three months in case you don't find an attractive assortment of men for after-hours dating Whatever you do, don't really get interested in the work you do because this might lead you to abandon your first goal: picking up a permanent job as lomemaker.
 There's only one thing wrong with the system: you're likely to get fired.