| Show Make Male First Step a Good One On 1 PM w I J. 4 j i 4 1 r 1 ic J SLOPPY FORM ERASURES WILL LOSE JOB Rex Campbell illustrates how not to apply for job Care in Making Maling Applications Applications' U Urged Upon Seel Seekers rs of f Jobs JoS Time spent in sharpening the ax is saved in chopping wood This old saying aying could well be used as a guide to job seekers who are endeavoring to make a favorable contact with an nn through a letter of application The primary purpose of such a aletter letter is to impart to the potential potentia employer information of ones one's capabilities capabilities ca ca- so that tha Edfors note note- he may readily Some suggestions ascertain if thion the thi theon on what to fo oh ob- writer write possesses possesse serve in writing the qualities hian hi he hean an t i ion o n desires for the thi for employment position in his in in- in lire are described in The ap ap- this article which p 1 11 1 c cat a t Ion how how- is ii the seventh of ever can have havi havia havea a series on other purposes In Ii adjust adjust- adjusta a case where thim the thi themen m men e n t f end and job employer has no not finding b being e i n gad advertised v e r t i sed for foi presented by The help it may serve Telegram for the as a sort of wedge benefit of thou thou- to start an open open- sands of h hi I g 9 h ing which the ap I ap-I apIs s 5 c h o 0 ol 01 college may later atei I and post widen by personal persona ate ete students soon contacts until hito hi he heto to S sell C e I k place place- has sold mente ment to the employer The application however whether it be a persona personal letter or a prepared form must beof be beof beof of such a nature that the employer can easily read it and learn ones one's qualifications without being a detective detective detective de de- and a mind reader And it should be so neat that he would like to have such work done in his firm The experience of a leading NewYork New NewYork NewYork York personnel director is evidence of the great possibilities which applications applications applications ap ap- have and also of the great danger of elimination they possess if not prepared correctly He said that of the applications applications applications received by him each year must be discarded because of improper preparation The thousands of local people soon to be released from school may find value in Ira the rules for preparing preparing ing a letter of application being taught Laught in a six weeks' weeks conf conference rence in job ob finding and occupational adjustment adjustment adjustment ad ad- in connection with the Salt Lake adult evening high school They rhey are 1 1 Be careful A recent analysis analysis anal anal- ysis of letters written by college college col col- col- col lege graduates revealed that of them had misspelled words A number had failed to give their addresses and some did not even sign their names 2 2 If the application blank is isa isa a a. prepared form fill out every space Each space was put there for a purpose and the employer wants to know everything about you 3 Be neat Use a typewriter or pen and ink and write legibly 4 Dont Don't be evasive or give false information The employer will become distrustful 5 So R Read ad a prepared form through before beginning to fill it out This may save duplications duplications duplica duplica- Lions and mistakes 6 Think twice and avoid erasures 7 Dont Don't take all day to fill out the application form but atthe at atthe atthe the same time be accurate Some employers time each applicant A classical example may be f found und in the methods applied by a young chemist in June 1933 His first draft was criticised and in the following following- two weeks it was revised 11 times before it was ws we-s we ready to be besent besent besent sent to a carefully selected list of I employers Every word sentence paragraph and margin was subjected sub sub- to scrutiny Best method of folding and other details which might make mak a favorable Impression were studied Using go good d quality paper a clean typewriter and nd a new ribbon he presented his personal history data experience and references references refer refer- and sent copies of the letter Half of the employers re replied replied replied re- re plied six of whom expressed favorable favorable fa- fa interest which led to Interviews interviews inter Inter- views and one interview terminated in a job Next The Interview l |
