TRAINING FOR COMMERCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 224, 21 September 1934, Page 6

TRAINING FOR COMMERCE.

I was interested to read an article appearing in your issue of Friday last regarding a shortage of trained junior shorthand-typiste. As a member of the commercial community of this city,. I cannot understand why this position should exist. Every year w& have a great number of girls leaving the secondary schools in Auckland. What do they do? The big majority of that number are compelled, especially at the present time, to seek an avenue of employment. Mr. A. J. Hutchinson informs us, through your correspondence column, that the replies to an advertisement for a junior ehorthand-typist are numerous, but, in many cases, there is not one among all the applicants whose qualifications measure up to the employer's requirements. If this is the case, then surely here is an incentive for girls who desire to be engaged in commercial work to make themselves thoroughly proficient in these particular subjects. We all know that a person cannot hope to be successful, no matter what the profession or trade may be, unless he or she is prepared to give the" time necessary for concentrated study. Our commercial colleges in Auckland are of the highest standard, and it would appear from the facts mentioned in your paper that there are opportunities for girls, and even bovs, who became qualified in the necessary commercial subjects. COMMERCE.