CAREERS FOR WOMEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19144, 9 October 1925, Page 14

CAREERS FOR WOMEN.

At the international Conference of Women in Science. Industry and Commerce at Wembley, Mrs. Haster, F.I.P.S-. who presided, mentioned that there were only seven women on the London Chamber of Commerce. Miss Gladys Burl ton said that for the successful saleswoman there was always a market. Whereas a delightful personality could be dispensed with in the counting-house, it was of the first importance in selling. Skill in diagnosing the Various types Of people was essential for good service. She illustrated this with a story of a young man who nervously entered a shop and said: "'I don't know whether I have to get a camisole or a casserole," to which the bright young saleswoman replied: "Well, sir, is the bird dead or alive?' (Laughter.) The university woman was rather handicapped in business because she was several years older than others, and it was difficult to get a grounding. The employer to-day wanted education, and yet he wanted to "catch his people very young," at the age of 16 of 17, before there was time for a very good education. He had not "tumbled" to the fact that he was asking an impossibility. Miss L. F. Nettlefold, of the British Federation of University Women, said she thought there were no very great opportnnitif s either for men or women in the wholesale trade at the present time, unless they had either a considerable amount of capital or family "pull." !