The Archive · 1926

Graduates from a Shanghai Gas

Company's School of Cookery would be almost certain of good positions and a certificate from such a school would be worth a great deal more than a written reference from some previous employer who has, in the }vast majority of instances, "go back America." Why is it that- almost every applicant for the position of cook, when asked for particulars of his last position, invariably replies "Just now have go homeside" so that it is not possible fo check him up? Written references from previous employers are of little use as it is a common practice for these to be eng by the originad recipient to such of his friends seeking employment.

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