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The
PLAIN TRUTH
Ambassodor
Co/lege
Art
One important factor in landing the r ight job is to put your "best foot
forward" during the interview. This not only includes your personal appear–
ance but your personolity, determination, and charocter.
clue as to what type of work you might
do exceptionally well. Don't overlook
anything. Just remember that whatever
you can do well, you usually will
ENJOY
doing.
Most people underestimate their work·
ing poteotial. It's amazing how many
differeot jobs a human beiog can do.
Befare makiog a final decision on
choosing a career, study the
futttre
of the
vocation you choose. From year to year,
such professions as teaching, aerospace,
construction, etc. have either a sui:plus
or shortage of laborees. Your best bet
here is to follow the trade magazines of
your skill or the overall summaries of
job needs in such magazines as the
U. S.
N
etvs
&
W
orld Report.
It
is
important
to pick a field with a
f¡¡tm·e!
Plan a Course of Action
Don't go out blindly bunting a job
fcom
door to door. You will save your–
self many fruitless, heartbreaking hours
if you
first
take the effort to fiad out
the exact name and location of business
concerns who hire people who have
your abilities and skills.
There are definite, precise ways to
find the names and addresses of the
companies you might work for. Also the
names of their key personnel who have
the power to hice you and put you to
work.
One very practica! way to find a job
iovolves looking at the classified ads of
your newspaper. Huodreds upoo hun–
dreds of jobs are often listed in
newspaper ads, trade journals and
professional publications. This gives
you
an immediate source of jobs, ofteo
with telephone numbers to call.
Then there are the employment
agencies. They often place "Help
Wanted" ads in the newspapers. You
can also get their names and addresses
from the yellow pages of the telephone
directory. These agencies usually make
money by providing the job seeker with
informatioo about available jobs.
Whenever someone is hired through
the agency, there is a fee which must be
paid. Sometimes, espedally when there
is a great need on the part of the
employer, he will pay all or part of the
fee. Usually, however, it is the new
employee who pays the fee, which
comes to from one to four weeks' salary.
There is, of course, no charge when you
are not hired.
Sorne Helpful Aids
Don't overlook the services of the
public library - it is usually a valuable
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source of writteo material to assist the
job huoter. Ask the librarían for help.
Two valuable books published on
American business are: (
1)
your local
Chamber of Commerce's
Directory of
BmineJS and lnd11stry
(the name may
vary in your locality) and
(2)
the
Thomas Register of American Mamt–
factttrerJ.
The Chamber of Commerce
Directory
lists fums which employ a minimum
number of employees. In this directory
you will find the names of key person–
nel who hold important positions in
every industry that employs tive or more
people, although sorne directories list
only the concerns that employ
20
oc
more.
The
Thomas RegiJter of Americarl
Manrtfactmers
is a ten-volume set which
lists various products in alphabetical
order. Under each product is a list of
the leading manufacturers who make
that product.
In addition, your librarían can help
you locate
specialized
job opportuoities
in large directories such as
Rand
McNaJly's Banker'J Dit·ector-y,
corpora–
tion listings by
D11n and Bradstreet
or
Standard and Poor,
or regional employ–
ment guides. For instance, the eleven
Western states use
W estern Employ–
ment Guide,
A
Handbook for the
Prospective Empioyee
in
the United
States,
by Sharp and Santee.
Also, the Jibrary checkout shelves
should contain many useful books on
employment, under the Dewey Decimal
heading 331.1. For example, two help–
ful books on preparing résumés are
Job
Rhumés,
by
J.
l.
Biegelseo, and
Résmnés That Get Jobs
by Edward
C.
Gruber. For analyzing your abilities and
using them to tbe full, you could read
Turn Yo11r Job lnto
A
SttcceJJful
Career,
by Auren Uris.
A helpful publication found in most
British libraries is titled
British
Qt~ali
fications.
This is a comprehensive guide
to educational, technical, professional
and academic gualificatioos in Britain.
Your librarían may suggest other
books that will be helpful in your par–
ticular area.
While you are at the library, look
carefully at the Yellow Pages of the
telephone directory. Take clown the tele-