| Show 10 iff i 1 l V i f. f Vi if cc id i t 11 l- l I. I l I. I TODAY you ask me for a job From the look of your shoulders as you walked out I suspect youve you've been turned down before and maybe you believe by now that kids out of high school cant can't find work But I hired a teenager today You saw him He was the theone theone theone one with polished shoes and a necktie What was so special about him Not experience neither of you had any It was his attitude that put him on the payroll instead of you Attitude son U T He wanted that job badly enough to shuck the leather jacket get a haircut and look in the phone book to find out what this company makes He did his best to impress me That's where he edged you out You see Kid people who hire people arent aren't with a r of things We know more about Bing than Ringo and we have some Stone-Age Stone ideas about who owes whom a living Maybe that makes us prehistoric but theres there's nothing wrong with the checks we sign and if you want one you'd better tune to our wave length Ever hear of empathy Its It's the trick of seeing the other fellows fellow's side of things I couldn't have cared less that youre you're behind in your car payments That's your problem and President President President dent Johnsons What I needed was someone who would go out in the plant keep his eyes open and work for me like hed he'd work for himself If you have even the vaguest idea of what Im I'm trying to say let it show the next time you ask for a job You'll be behead behead behead head and shoulders over the rest Look kid The only time jobs grew on trees was while most of the manpower was wearing GIs and pulling KP K.P. For all the rest of history you youve you've ve had to get a job like you get a girl Case the situation wear a clean shirt and try to appear reasonably reasonably reasonably rea rea- willing Maybe jobs arent aren't as plentiful right now but a lot of us can remember when master craftsmen walked the streets By l- l comparison you dont don't know the meaning of scarce 4 You may not believe it but all around you employers are looking for young men smart enough to go after a job in the old-fashioned old way When they find one they cant can't wait to unload some of their worries on him i. i For both our sakes get eager will you Reprinted from Automatic Machining May 1964 |
