7 The Guardian, Chariottetown, Tues. Ang. 31, 1965.

If you're thinking of leaving school: please take time to read this message, it could change your

entire future.

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DON'T

BE A HIGH SCHOOL

DROP OUT!

> a Some emplovers hesitate to run the risk of hiring people with limited education since they are less likely to be adaptable to the constant chances which are ‘occurring in modern industry and. business. They offer graduates the better jobs to begin with, not necessarily becatise the education and training they have is of immediate benefit, but rather because the |:etter-educated can be more easily trained, developed and promoted. One of the chief qualities these employers look for in an employee is the a bility to acquire and retain new skills and ideas and master new problems, A person who leaves school early is not necessarily lacking in this partic viar potential, but from the point of view of the employer he has -not proven that he possesses this ability. : _In personnel selection, by far the most accurate indication of future performance is past performance, and a school. drop-out stands a better than a average chance of being a company drop-out. For that reason many companies stated they preferred not to hire school drop-outs, unless of course ee there were extenuating circumstances ~- 7

were more likely to be able to think for themselves

mature, and to use

Some emplovers recognized that graduates, usually being older and more

their own initiative. This helped to reduce the cost and time involved in ¢ raining.

The young person who carries with him a secondary school certificate brings to his first job more maturity,

«Judgment, and _ potential for-future advancement. The boy -or girl who leaves school early wusually requires era

More training on the job or further training at night school. ee rT % . +

are even wider for those who obtain more advanced education

“HH. goes eetout saying that career opportunities and all those young men and women who are able

and training at a university or an institute of-technole gy, to do so should take advantage of such training.

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Most of the emplovers surveyed felt a young person, by completing his or her secondary. school educafion,

__- indicated the ability to start A project and complete it. Industry is looking for successful graduates o have

proved that they have self-discipline and are capable of perservering and applying themselves, ~

: a a rs ie oe In the interest of helping the young, of this community to live a happier successful life, this message is being published em : = ‘National Empleyment- Senico. Canada.-Packers - Ltd... : George Cheverie > Clifford Orford Passi Sk il 41-6511 Manager Special Service Officer = re ee : Keith G. Pickard _~ Chandler Bros. Ltd. ee toil eas 1 Plywood Place — Dial 4-6557 ~ 92 Queen Street — Dial 414-8618 —$— Moors: & McLeod Ltd. Vere Beck & Son Ltd. : “Your fay orite shopping Centre” “MONU MENTS ; £ - sina 217 Elm Ave Dial 41-6935 Civil Service Commission of aa cease aaa 57 Queen Street _ Charlottetew * : Walter Carver Jr. ° ‘ a ‘Petroleum Products” $1 St. Peters Rd. — Dial 1-3583 van Bros. Ltd. ; = ; bisiaae: Storey Electric Ltd. ° ae 60 Queen Street — Dial 4-4683 136 Prince St. — Dial 4-7341 ie ~ Ze as " | we Aitred J. Mennesse r f ; no aaa Y Stewart Motors Ltd. i) 53 a =— Dial 4-3545 994 Gt. George: St. — Dial 4-5579 L. G. DEWAR, M.D. Prince Edward Island | M. MacKENZIE MINISTER ' ae DEPUTY MINISTER Z é: ici 7 a = X ae me :

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