Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...employer and other employees. Speak or Write English.--If safety first signs, bulletins and announcements to employees, time slips, instructions by foremen, and many other items of importance are to be read and understood, a knowledge of English is essential. Since, however, it is often necessary to employ men who do not read or write or speak English, it is advisable to obtain and record this information when an applicant is employed. If an applicant cannot fill in an application form, some other person must do it for him. When such people are employed they should be educated in English as rapidly as possible, either in night school or elsewhere. Citizenship.--Alien applicants should be encouraged to become citizens. In order to appeal to them it is desirable to obtain a statement from them at the time they apply. If they are employed, they should be looked up later and instructed how to proceed in obtaining their citizenship papers. In order to impress the management in a campaign of this kind it is sometimes necessary to give them the number of employees who have not become citizens and their status. Physical Defects.--A statement from the applicant concerning physical condition is valuable when the application is received by mail. It is also necessary for the interviewer to know if a man has lost a limb or has heart trouble before considering him for certain occupations. Applicants are prone not to give this information voluntarily, but when required to write Yes or No, they are more apt to give correct information than when asked verbally. Some men with artificial limbs or who are crippled in some way which would prevent them from doing proficient work are very clever in disguising the fact. Remarks.--A space for remarks to be used by the...
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