The young professional woman who sets out generally holds some mistaken idea that the employment world is ready to receive her with open arms. It takes her some little time to discover that this is not so. When she does discover it she feels, some considerable resentment, against the world in general and against her training college in particular. "Why did someone train me for work which does not exist?" she asks, Her bewilderment will soon pass. 'She will find that the fault is really her own, She has looked too high. Most young women without experlence in job-hunting think they are eligible for the highest _appointments, They apply for posts for' which years of experience are needed. They forget that in most professions there is a ladder to climb, and that most of us have to begin at the bottom. I gow a few people who have in starting managed to escape the lowest rung of the ladder, but T do not think they have been any the happier or better for it. It is as well to know one's job from The sooner the young professional woman learns to find her own level the better, and then also will the number of disappointments in store for her be a diminishing quantity, When appointments are made there are a number of things to consider which she does not realise. The young applicant who receives. through the post a polite little note iting that someone cise has been appointed must not take this too much to heart. She is probably as. rood, she may be even better than the candidate who is appointed, but. circumstances are against her.
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