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HOW TO
FINO
A
GOOD JOB
Not since the closing yeors of the Greot Depression hove so
many
Britons and Canadians been unemployed.
U. S. unem–
ployment is ot
o
nine-yeor high. Yet millions of ¡obs ore
opening monthly and millions are hired! Here is how
you can
locote
a
iob- the one YOU need. Others hove succeeded.
So can
YOU!
by
l.
E. Torrance
F
OUR MtLLION
Americans are hunt–
ing for jobs, but can't seem to
find them.
Over a million workers in Britain
and Canada face the same plight.
Yet, the shoclcing fact is, that in
1969 there were an average of three
million
hirings
cvery month in the
United States. In
1970
the rate has
dropped somewhat, but experts estímate
that businessmen and employers will
hire ovcr two million people in the
next thirty days , mainly to replace those
who retire, quit, die,
oc
are fired.
New jobs constan tiy open as businesses
expand, communities grow, buildings
are bujlt, and peoplc buy more goods.
Jn certain areas, however, there are
not enough jobs for all job seekers, and
avrulable jobs go only to those who
know how to get them! One of these
jobs may be yours if you follow the
practica!
~teps
outlined in this article.
These ideas hav(! worked for hundreds
of people already. They can work for
YOU!
Analyze Your Abilíties
Your first step in finding a job is to
analyze your experience and your abil–
ity. You need to find out how many
dif–
ferent types of
tUork yo11 can do
SIICCe!Jflll/y.
Ask yourself, "What jobs have 1
done successfully? What work have 1
done that others have commended me
for doing exceptionally well? What
machinery and eqwpment am 1 quali–
fied to operate? What vocational train–
ing have 1 received in school or in the
armed forces
?"
Make a list of the abilities and skills
you have to offer to an employer.
Take this list and try to find a trend
running through all the jobs you can
do.
If
you spot a trend it will give you a