Show BABSON'S AUTHENTIC STATEMENT n des t Special to o THE EXPRESS BABSON DISCUSSES JOB RESPONSIBILITY AND DROPOUTS BABSON PARK MASS MASS- MASSIn MASSIn In this unsettling day and age many workers feel that their job is of no real import import- importance importance ance They think of it only as asa asa a SOUI source e of income and they dont don't care much whether they I do their level best or not How it Works Naturally this attitude doesn't afflict all workers but I do think that far too many employed men and wo- wo women women men consider their jobs are not particularly important This is not true and the quicker our workers worker's of all allag ag ages s find that out the better beHer off they and the economy will be In tile the first pl place ce if a job were of no special importance it wouldn't be bethere bethere there Since the job is there this means that it is necessary necessary sary and that it is worth do- do doing doing ing well Doing a job badly hurts I not only yourself but every body in your entire organization organization tion Those involved in turn turn- turning ing out any product or presenting pre pre- presenting any service are are- and must oo be ent upon one another in order ord- ord order er to achieve top results If anybody lets down all are injured In an automotive company for example all steps are equally important Manufacture of the various materials assembling of the parts painting upholstering cleaning showing and dem- dem demonstrating demonstrating Necessary and too is inspection of each step tcp in the complicated 1 ed cd process of taking an auto I mobile or truck from its ill In- Initial stages through to the ul- ul ultimate ultimate customer Nobody can cansay cansay say that the inspectors inspector's job is less crucial than any other along the line Why Each Job is Equally Important A craftsman's mistake could travel right to the customer and botch a sale if It were not for the inspectors craft crait In checking the work through tiu-ough aU all its phases Disappointment be be- be because cause of a faulty product breeds dissatisfaction with the company itself No amount of advertising can convince a customer that a company's prestige is deserved when he encountered something dras- dras drastically wrong in its products product Individualism may be n a good thing in our private lives but when it comes to making a living teamwork is isI I important all Only through perfect teamwork can employers employers employees and stock holders aU all get the most out of 01 any operation A man who makes a tiny electric switch may think his job very unimportant unimportant when contrasted with that of a brilliant scientific engineer who designs a space spaceship spaceship ship But a multi million lar space ship could fall at takeoff off could plunge Into the ocean or could just plain blow blowup blowup up if anything should go wrong with that tiny switch So it if you happen to be the theman theman man making that small switch dont don't think that you are less important than the big salar led engineer It If you are not responsible on your part of the team it wont won't do the engineer any good to be brilliantly reo re- responsible on his part of that team Teaching Young People Responsibility A good many young people today are not naturally aware of the necessity of discipline and unfortunately their families lies and school teachers often fail to make this need ne-ed plain to them That is the reason for forthe forthe the innumerable dropouts from junior high schools and high schools throughout the nation If these children have no sense of responsibility to to- toward ward their own education it itis itis is not likely that they will as- as assume assume sume any when they go out into the business world Such chIldren grow into adults who consider their jobs of no real value who do not know the meaning of job responsibility Let me warn the parents of f today's youngsters that employers em- em employers are against hiring school dropouts This is a time of specialization There is 20 less demand right now for common labor than In 1950 and certainly no- no nobody body can expect any rise In Inthe inthe the going wage rate for those in unskilled categories Best opportunities are in engineer ing advanced mathematics physics electronics data pro ceasing and communications If you let your cl children or your grandchildren drop out of school they the will probably never acquire any needed reo re S and they will never get the training that will make them prospects for forthe forthe the bIg perhaps jobs even for any job of tomorrow Dont Don't let your cl child ld become a drop out |