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Show t. It's a Job to Get a Job These Days, But Here's How I VOI R CAREER IN BUSINESS, by Walter Hoving , (Ducll, Sloan & Pearce, $2) i NEW YORK department store executive with an intimate knowl j r edge of his subject and a deep desire to lighten youth's job-' job-' hunting burden has written a book for which young people seeking to find positions in the workaday world of business have long been 'n need. I Entitled "Your Career in Business," the book by Walter Hoving, president of -, Lord & Taylor, yw-.v -j fairly bulges ' f '2 with sound ad- : I J vice on how to ; r" 3 I go about the dif- : V V ficult task of i . - -I satisfying a per- : K " j sonnel manager. , - W "". J ' j Mr. Hoving : s..,-f 1 wisely avoids ' - ..J approaching the : ' '1 problem of j youth from any , '.'T angle other than Walter Hoving : j Starting with the elementary business of choosing a career, the book takes the would-be wage earner step by step through the maze of modern day business. Mr. Hoving points out clearly that employers have something better to do than attempt at-tempt to guess what job applicants would like to do. In other words, a prospective employe is taking up a business man's valuable time in any interview and should put in the time to the mutual advantage of both by presenting qualifications mat, given tne proper directives and the knowledge and opportunity to apply them, the young men and women of today, confronted with the challenge to establish themselves them-selves in a dilemma-filled universe, will find the way, with a little help j from their elders, which "Your Career in Business" supplies in abundance. The book faces facts but never attempts to minimize the stern realities re-alities that must be met and overcome over-come if the career-determined youth who reads its pages hopes to realize his goal. The author has written his book in a sympathetic manner and yet his sympathy is thoroughly reinforced re-inforced by common sense. succinctly yet comprehensively. j The applicant can hardly hope toi impress anyone with potential ability abil-ity if he hasn't even a vague idea' of what to say or how it should be said; of what to do or how it should be done. Mr. Hoving points the way, ex- plains what is desirable in an employe, em-ploye, how the latter can get the most out of his job once he gets it, and even is most explicit as to the best, most efficacious ways of going about getting the job. The rest is up to the reader. If he is sincerely out to establish himself in the business world, he can't fail to benefit by reading thoughtfully "Your Career In Business." |