A Study Of Requirements For And Deficiencies Of Beginning Office Workers

Author : John Robert Burton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book A Study of the Opportunities For, Requirements Of, and Knowledges, Abilities, and Related Characteristics Needed by Beginning Office Workers in the State of Connecticut, with Implications for Business and Office Education written by John Robert Burton and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was designed to obtain detailed information on the qualifications and needs of young people seeking employment in Connecticut business offices. Survey forms were mailed to every fifth Connecticut company listed in the 1966 "Dun and Bradstreet Reference Book" and other companies recommended by the Connecticut State Employment Service. Of 1,226 firms contacted, 824 responded providing the data requested. Research teams conducted 522 interviews with beginning office workers and 353 supervisors of these workers in 130 firms which employed 5 or more beginning workers. Among the many findings were: (1) Most of the major employers were located in the metropolitan areas of the state, (2) Some firms carried on active recruitment programs and the high school was the main target for recruitment, (3) The tests most relied upon as selective devices were the aptitude test and a straight-copy typing test, (4) Nearly two-thirds of the workers held jobs that would be classified in the clerical job family, a sixth in machine operation jobs, and the remainder in secretarial, bookkeeping, and customer contact families, and (5) Nearly all workers had graduated from high school and only 1 in 4 had taken training beyond high school. (Ps).