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Show miUE OF TRAINING BY EDNA EGAiN. rg53 T is extraordinary difficult to 5 ft make women realize fully the I&jb) absolute necessity for a thorough thor-ough training if they intend to take up some special career as a permanent means of earning their living. liv-ing. Many have come to understand that there is little or no opening for the untrained worker, and, in consequence, conse-quence, are ready to take some kind of training before seeking a paid position. This is a great step in the right direction, direc-tion, but there is always the tendency to think that a very short and cursory cur-sory training will be sufficient, and that greater efficiency can be picked up by degrees when actually holding a position. If women wish to do men's work and to prove themselves equally competent, compe-tent, they must seriously tako this -matter into consideration. A boy chooses his future career at a comparatively com-paratively early age, and prepares for that career for a considerable time before he can hope to earn a good salary. sal-ary. Take the numerous branches of men's work tho plumbers, builders, cabinetmakers, etc. In each case they have served an apprenticeship for several sev-eral years. Again, in the case of farmers, farm-ers, lawyers, engineers, etc., every man who has any prospect of making headway and earning a steady income has given years and years to careful study and practical experience before arriving at the point where his success is fairly well assured. This is where women are likely to fail. They are in such a terrible hurry hur-ry to begin. Even in cases where the question of money and time to spend in training presents no difficulty they are quite ready to cram as much as they can into a few weeks, and, without with-out waiting to' perfect their knowledgo. rush out to obtain some kind ofjjosl-tion. ofjjosl-tion. This leaves tho "trail of tho amateur" over all their work, and is the' chief reason why many employers are so .chary of engaging women. They have learned by experience that few women arc sufficiently well trained to bo trusted entirely to carry out their work satisfactorily. A woman who has made a huge auc- imuii ...in. imT i i. ii. !. ..in ii i v, n, . i cess of farming and sees in this work a big field for other women who are willing to take time to learn the details de-tails of the work, sayB: "They expect ex-pect to go with little or no knowledge or experience, and ask tho wages many of them,, of skilled workers or they are prepared to give a short time to learn a branch, say six weeks or three months, and consider themselves fully equipped to .iarn a good llvinc at that particular-work. S |
