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Show ABOUT THAT JOB! What It Is What It Pays-What Pays-What It Leads To l ilt: BTRNOGR VPH1 R ii Elizabeth In'iold (Of Bta.te-City Free Employment; Service. O. If you have S sonil education but! have no special ocallon you may nol realise what bro;ii. many-sMsd ne!r stenosrapKy opsni to a woman. Mi I I II I I) In the first plate thlr I .t prcsrnt1 an un (Crowded flelil. Plrst-cIaM atend-; lUPbUl with good education arc' mmmanlln!T good oalarlos and iiro In demand, in thr second place stenography steno-graphy may hr used as : crutch or a w edge by ambitious girls. The ! teacher, for Instance, who wnnt- '.' find jumpier work each Benson does well tO U8C one jjnmmer to take thoroiiKh -tenographlc training. She then has no difficulty placing herself I each mimmer. The high school or collpe Kill wh must work her way through school does well to do the uune. If a girl has ability and skill there are constani demands during the sum-! sum-! mer for substitutes to take the place , of regular stenographers who are on Ihoir acntions. This eubstltute work usually pays very well. Mai.y stenographers who are ambitious am-bitious use ihi-tr training . h a v.-rdce to gi into the field that appeal.- to :hcm. By r.cimg as secretary or stenographer steno-grapher in Investment, banking houses, real estate. InSUratiOO, and advertising ' organizations a Kirl frequently has an opportunity to get a thorough knowledge know-ledge of the details of the business My making s study of the history of finance, or the science of advertising. : or whatever the field she Is dealing with, a girl not only makes herself more valuable to her employer, but mav turn what otherwise would be I monotonous work into very valuable experience for hers ' Stenographer"; ffOQUantl) come to the public employment service and request to be notified of any opening In these special fields simply because I they know that In this way they can SOi ure the business knowledge and training they need to BUCdfSd. A prominent Judge recently advised students who I ntenrl to become lawyers to use n summe;- in their first he us of nigh school to take thoroug i ourse in stenography as this would enable them to get work in law offices even summer and give them the most valuable training and experience experi-ence ihey could possibly get in preparing pre-paring for their profes-don. C.M VI II l( If you are ambitious and are going to be a stenographer get the best education you possibly can. Few employers em-ployers want stenographers under 1 . I C.n through high school by all rn.ea.ns. If you nre forced to leave school go to H'ght school. Then select your business QOUrse with the greatest care A poor training Is almost worse than none at all. Business colleges vary greatly in their standards Tte sure before you pay a big tuition fee that you know what the public schools offer free of charge In commercial courses. The thing" that will put your salary ahead are good general education, training In English, spelling, punctuation, punctua-tion, the inclination to be accurate and neat, the ability to hold words In memory, and businesslike habits A training in stenography will nfver handicap the ambitious capable girl with executive ability. Women holding such Important positions as the women doing merchandising research work I for the Bush Terminal Co . and women Ion good salaries traveling for the department de-partment of labor, all have their type- writers In their rooms at the hotel. As for salary, many good stenographers steno-graphers are now drawing higher salaries than some of the women doing executive work Young workers who lhae little experience with dictation I are being started at about $75 a . month Women with experience are 'drawing from $113 to $150 a month I and up. |