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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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,That summer job may look awfully 138 Bell Telephone Magazine AUTUMN good to you now, but chances arebetter than even that with a diplomatucked under your arm, you will havemuch better opportunities for gain-ful employment. If it is within therealm of the possible, I urge you toreturn to school. Recruiting Through EmployeesWhile many girls apply for work of their own accord simply because theyhave friends who are employees, sub-stantially larger numbers can be at-tracted when voluntary recruiting ef-forts are carried on among the em-ployees on a planned basis. Thismethod of recruiting rates high notonly as to numbers but also as toquality: a company employee natu-rally knows what it takes. Such High school seniors sign theguest book as they enter thecentral office building for a re-cruiting party. Below: Themirror reports that the oper-ator s new light-weight headset^being adjusted by a hostess,looks good on the girl who is con-sidering what telephone operat-ing offers as a career ■
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1946 Hiring a garter of a Million Women 139 activities are participated in by alldepartments, although some mayneed few or no employees at the time.With a total of over 485,000 em-ployees in System companies, the po-tentialities are great. Bell System employees like theirwork—they are proud of their com-pany and what it stands for. TheSpirit of Service, traditional amongtelephone operators of the past aswell as of the present, is catching,and it doesnt take long as a rule forone of the operators, a First Ladyof Communications, to sell theidea of working for her companyto others. Often these newcomersland at a switchboard, sometimes atanother kind of work. Similarly, aprospect sent in by a Commercial De-partment employee may be assignedto that department, or she may takeher place at a switchboard or at adesk in the Accounting Department.The employment offices try to placeeach employee in the kind of job sheis best suited for, and the kind shewould like to get. Two methods of recruitm

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