Show HOW TO GET A JOB JOB- Sell Self Not Degree in Hunting Job 1 By MAX B. B ROBINSON Director of Cooperative Work ork Feim Feun College Y M. M C. C A A. Cleveland Clevel nd Sell yourself yourself not not your college degree The employer is only interested in what you can accomplish accomplish ac ac- ac for him Your degree in itself guarantees nothing Know what you ou want want apply apply for something definite And dont don't forget forget forget for for- get the smile These pointers pointers and many others each year are offered to college seniors about to seek their places in business' business or industry More of this guidance and coaching could still be used Employers seek college trained men to provide future leadership Except for a few jobs requiring highly specialized or technical knowledge their immediate needs could be filled from ranks In using graduates therefore employers expect other qualities besides mere knowledge of facts The ability to influence people to too analyze to find facts as needed and to make reasonable decisions these these must accompany the college college college col col- col- col lege degree or it may be worthless worthless worth worth- less as an aid to employment and promotion I One should not ask so seriously What are the chances for advancement advancement ad ad- and expect the would-be would employer t to outline his his his' whole future This man is always willing to begin at the bottom but in the same breath he wants to know how long he will have to stay there This may be a perfectly natural question but some of the smarter seniors are leaving it unasked To the employer chances for advancement seem good for the right man Most employers would not hire college men unless they felt they could advance On his first job the graduate should remain inconspicuous asa as-a college man man in the eyes of other workers at least until he is well oriented and has the feel of the organization One of the greatest aids to college college college col col- lege men is actual working experience experience r before graduation say during during during dur dur- ing summer vacations if obtainable obtainable obtain obtain- able then or during a year out of school Cooperative colleges which regularly reg reg- regularly schedule quarter or half years at work in between similar intervals of college work are on the right track They are bringing bring bring- ing mg education and the needs of business and industry into close relationship and are giving the student an opportunity to build a perspective which the student wit without experience must lack The opportunity to try ones one's I self at work under real discipline to observe different jobs at different dif dl- ferent levels to understand worker work i ier er attitude through close contacts I at an earlier age may prove to be guidance aids out of all proportion proportion proportion tion to the remuneration received That is why cooperative graduates graduates graduates ates have experienced little trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble in finding satisfactory t por por- after graduation That many graduates find the doors to employment and promotion promo promo- promotion tion lion wide open is more than a matter of luck i |