FOR BUSINESS GIRLS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 14

FOR BUSINESS GIRLS

| "When a girl leaves the business collego and goea out into tjio world to 'earn, a crust,' there are many things to face which1 have not entered the college curriculum" (writes "Elaine," in tho "Western Mail"). "In most offices you will find a spirit of helpfulness' towards a neweomcr, provided she adopts an agreeable attitude towards ' her more, seas-. oned colleague. Arrogance will kill it at onco where a certain'amount .of deference, a readiness to accept advice, will meet with a quick response. A dozen occasions may crop up when you may need their assistance, and in their hands lies your salvation. You^-will bo expected, however, to use youi\ brains and not fly to your eollcaguos with a -plea for help on any silly little point; for you must realise that. their work goes on just the same, oven ,if you arc a new arrival, and by exercising a little common-sense, you will not only earn their commendation, but will bogin to'establish for yourself a sense of self-reliance- which is a good stock-in-trade for every business girl. "Tho first days in a new office or business house- aro lonely ones, but do not be rushed into forming ties you may regret later by some voluble expansive young person with whom you may find you have no tastes in common. 'Remember, tho people- who .'take knowing' are. usually tho most worth' knowing, and one lasting friendship formed on a 'basis of mutual liking is better than half a dozen of the gossipy sort. As a

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jnnior in an office, probably the washing up after tea will fall to your lot; you will be in tho warmest spot in the summer, or furthest from the fire '• in winter. Don't regard this as a grievance; you yourself would think it very odd if tho best spot were given to you, and tho more subordinate jobs given to <i senior! "Most-girls, when they leave the ofiice at 5 o'clock, boast that they leave their work behind them. • Although this may mean' that\tlicy "are all the fresher for it next day, at the same time it is always the girls who make a business instead of an interlude of their.work who ge.t the best jobs when1 the time for promotion cornea along. ■ "Finally, do not'drop, into the habit of powdering and manicuring at your desk. Apart from- being ill-bred, it creates a bad impression, and, beyond all, do not discuss your private :hopes and fears ia tho office, nor 'hero worship' (pr> otherwise) your chief!"