GO TO COLLEGE..; ... Or Got A Job
Which Is Right Choice For High School Grad?
ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE
Question: Should I go to college?
Answer: Yes—if your high
schcol grades were good enough;
if you can pass an entrance ex
amination; if you can afford it.
Question: Why should I go to
college?
Answer: To continue your edu
cation and place yourself in a
better position in your chosen
field.
Question: Will a college degree
guarantee me a job and a high
income?
Answer: A college degree certi
fies that you have completed a
specified course of education. You
still have to get out and get your
self a job, just as a high school
graduate does. And you have to
“earn” your way to the top.
Question: Then, why shouldn’t
I go ahead and get a job right
now?
Answer: You can get a job right
now—but a job that requires no
more than a high school education
will not pay as much as a job
which sets a college degree as a
requirement. As we said earlier,
a college degree puts you into a
position to realize a higher salary
for your services.
Question: If I start now, with
some good company, isn’t it pos
sible I might receive several pro
motions in four years, and by
then have a good start on a
career?
Answer: It’s possible. It’s also
possible that four years from now
you will discover that a co-worker,
with a similar salary and similar
pay, is fresh out of college—and
you must compete with him for
future promotions.
Question: Is a college education
really so important in getting a
“good” job and is it such a factor
in company promotions?
Answer: Simply^stated, the best
Jobs go to college graduates be
cause employers believe the col
lege graduate is better qualified
to accept a position of respon
sibility. If a high school graduate
has outstanding qualifications, he
may do well in any field; but an
other individual, with equal qual
ifications, plus the added recom
mendation of a college diploma,
is certain to do better. As to the
matter of promotions in business,
put yourself in an employer’s
position: If you had two men of
equal ability and talents, except
that one had a college education,
which man would you promote?
Question: Should I go on to col
lege even though I have not yet
chosen a career?
Answer: Certainly. The college
of your choice will appoint an
advisor to chart a course of gen
eral study and lend counsel to
guide you to the choice of a
career for which you are suited.
GETTING A JOB NOW
Question: I don’t want to go to
college. I want to get a job right
away. How do I go about it?
Answer: Decide the type of job
you would like to have . . . factory
work, office work, selling, etc.
Once you have chosen the type of
work you wish to do, make a list
of the companies in your com
munity which might hire you.
Visit the personnel office of each
and fill out an application for
employment.
Question: Is that all there is to
it? I just go around and make
an application?
Answer: That is the beginning.
When you make application for
employment, you let a prospective
employer know that you are avail
able. He may not need you today
or tomorrow. Next week, how
ever, an opening may arise and
he will be looking through* the
job applications filed with the
personnel office to see if a likely
candidate for the job is available.
Question: Then, if I am suited
for the job, they call me and tell
me when to report to work?
Answer: Not exactly. The job
application that you fill out at a
company personnel office does
not always tell an employer all
that he would like to know about
you. The job application provides
general information. If you are
considered for employment, you
will be asked to come in for a
job interview at which time more
specific questions will be asked.
Question: What preparations
should I make for a job interview?
Answer: You should be pre
pared to “sell” yourself—to con
vince your interviewer that you
are “the man for the job.”
Employers want neat, intelli
gent, and efficient employees.
The first impression you make
is through appearance. Dress
neatly, be well manicured and
polished, but don’t overdo it. If
your clothes are flashy, you might
be considered too flashy for the
job.
An interviewer will judge intel
ligence not by how much you say
but rather by what you say and
how you say it. Don’t be afraid
to talk about yourself, your hob
bies, your achievements, what
ever they may be, but don’t drag
it out.
How can you display efficiency
during a one-time interview? Sim
ply by showing that you have
given some advance thought to
the interview. Bring with you a
folder containing documents that
will be of interest to your pros
pective employer—your birth cer
tificate, high school credits, a
certificate of health, and a brief
resume, or personal history. You
might even prepare a scrapbook,
using information about yourself
from your school yearbook, local
newspaper, including two or three
character recommendations from
responsible adults. Your inter
viewer might give this only a
casual glance, but he will be im
pressed—and he will know that
you are sincerely trying to “sell”
yourself and show that you are
capable of handling the job which
you seek.
Question: What if I can’t find
an opening in the field of my
choice? What do I do then?
Answer: Get a job—doing what
ever you like “second best,” or
doing something you don’t like to
do, if this becomes necessary.
Look for a “second choice” job
that will give you some free time
to continue looking for the kind
of a job that you really want. It’s
always easier to get a new job if
you are working, rather than un
employed.
MISS SHIRLEY SHELTON
HONORED AT SENIOR
PARTY
Mrs. Hal Gilliam and Mrs.
Wayne Truitt of Lexington,
Mississippi, honored Miss
Shirley Shelton with a picture
show party Monday night ot
last week^ May 7th. The ho
noree and a few close friends
met at the home of Mrs. Gil
liam and went jo see the
show, “Follow rl i.at Dream,,J
featuring Elvis Presley.
After the show they as
^sembled at the home o" Mrs.
h
Gilliam again and were served
cake, ice cream, and cokes
The cake was made and de
corated as an open book with
“Shirley Shelton” on one side
and “Seniors T. H. S. 1962”
on the other.
Attractive favors were giv
en to the following guests:
Shirley Shelton, Betty Sue
Killebrew, Brenda McRae,
Linda McRae, Gloria Powell,
>Mary Lou Jones, Bonnie
Sjielitl i, and Joh*i Shelton,
cousins of the honoree from
Winchester, Tenn.
I
' .>TTT troop
HOLDS LAST MEETING
This is our last meeting of
the year. We planned our trip
to the Holmes County Park
on May 24th. We made a
horseshoe. Wanda Sinclair
was supposed to serve re
freshments but she was not
here. We wert to the drug
store and go' what we want
ed.
Report e:
Kathy Rlnicker.
Holmes Co.
Herald
LOCAL STUDENT TO
GRADUATE FROM
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
(Special io the Holmes
County Herald)
Clinton, Miss. - Samuel Ste
ven Lee, of Tchula, and Don
ald McCrory, and James Price
Brock, Jr. of Pickens, will be
among the 286 candidates for
degrees and awards in the
136th annual commencement
at Mississippi College on May
27.
Mr. Owen Cooper, president
of the Mississippi Chemical
Corporation in Yazoo City,
will be the featured commen
cement speaker. The gradua
tion exercises will be held at
5 p. m. at Robinson Field.
Baccalaureate services will
be held at 11 a. m. in Nelson
Hall auditorium with Dr. Wil
fred C. Tyler, president of
Blue Mountain College, de
livering the address.
Degrees to the graduating
students will be presented by
Dr. R. a. McLemore, presi
dent of the college.
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