A^ /(o , 3 f -A: fi 6 III or what else 'J cc 00 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS Arthur W. Motley, Director DID YOD KNOW THAT... • an education helps you appreciate more things? — because it opens up more ways to enjoy life. • with the necessary education and training you will have a better chance to get an interesting job, good wages, steady employment, and satisfaction in life? — ^because more jobs will be available to you. It is harder and harder to find a job nowadays or to get ahead if you are poorly educated and untrained. Ma- chines are doing the work unskilled beginners used to do. Look at the choice of job openings you'd have with an education. ^^ ^^ PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WORKERS CLERICAL AND SALES WORKERS PROPRIETORS AND MANAGERS :^^Sjti \^ «?- ^ SKILLED WORKERS SEMISKILLED WORKERS 4, SERVICE WORKERS -ff: = k'K Si.. Then look at what you'd have to settle for with little education. UNSKILLED WORKERS And there will be less and less demand for these workers. THE ARMED FORCES URGE YOU to complete high school before entering the service because you will have a better chance to — • absorb military technical training • be selected for military schooling • be advanced in rank During the "Sixties" over 18 million young jobseekers will have had at least a high school education — competi- tion for the better, more interesting jobs will be keen. WHY IS EDUCATION SO IMPORTANT? You may think what you learn at school isn't anything you really need. However, acquiring some adequate preparation for living and working is one of the wisest things you'll ever do. An education in itself won't guar- antee you success, but it does open doors leading to opportunities. Education Will Give You Greater Job Security Education qualifies you for more opportunities for full- time work and reduces the chances of long periods of unemployment. For example, see how much less unemployment 1959-60 high school graduates had in comparison with school drop- outs of the same years : Unemployed 22 of every 100 dropouts 13 of every 100 graduates almost 2 to 1 in favor of better education Unemployed over 6 months 16 of every 100 dropouts 5 of every 100 graduates more than 3 to 1 in favor of better education 5 Education Has a Dollars-and-Cenls Value With more schooling you not only tend to have more job security, but you tend to earn more. The difference in earnings between a school dropout and a high school grad- uate increases from age 20 on. In the illustration, based on 1958 Census figures, you can see how much an education is worth in terms of actual income. The annual salaries shown are for grade school graduates, high school dropouts, and high school gradu- ates in the same four age groups: 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, and 55-64. $3,000 25-34 _ 35-44 years years 2,000 1,000 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 years ~ years years years « 8TH GRADE GRADUATE HIGH SCHC| rYou ave7'age annual salary PEAK 510 - $6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 DROPOUT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE Education is the Key to a More Satisfying Life You acquire habits you'll need Forcing yourself to study, to complete your assignments, and to learn subjects that are hard for you gets you ready to apply yourself on a job. You develop abilities of reasoning and thinking The experiences of an education train you to develop a desire to learn, to observe, and to evaluate. You learn how to adapt to different situations and problems, and to consider other individuals' ideas and opinions. You learn to work with others Getting along with your teachers and classmates is the best way to learn how to get along with your future boss, fellow workers, and neighbors. You discover more ways to a happy life Your goals, ambitions, and emotions are affected by the knowledge you possess. This could mean a richer, more meaningful life for you — as an individual, neighbor, citizen, and parent. WHAT IF YOU CAN GET A JOB BY QUITTING SCHOOL NOW? The job you get now will be no more interesting, might have longer hours, and be more confining than school. The jobs that school dropouts are able to get do not pay much and offer little chance for advancement. * At first, you will have more money than your friends at 8 school, but then what? Your schoolmates who do grad- uate from high school will soon earn more. On the aver- age, a high school graduate during his working lifetime, beginning at age 18, earns $46,000 more than high school dropouts $76,000 more than grade school graduates. You PROBABLY will get a job where you will do the same thing year after year. Unless you are lucky and can be trained on the job for other work, chances are you will be qualified for only one kind of work. Usually you have to have a high school education to qualify for training for skilled jobs. BUT YOU NEED MONEY NOW! O.K., but don't quit school. Get a part-time job-rafter school and during school vacations. You will earn some money and also the part-time job will give you • good experience • a chance to show your employer what you can do • possibilities for a full-time job when you graduate. HOW DO YOU GET A PART-TIME JOB? You will need help to find such a job. Talk this over with your school counselor. Discover what your general ability and interests are. Visit your nearest public employment office. There an employment counselor will explore job opportunities with you and relate them to your aptitudes, interests, and needs. Let friends, relatives, and neighbors know you want a job. 9 Watch the help wanted columns in the newspapers. Post a notice on school, church, supermarket, and other bulletin boards. Advertise with post cards or by word-of -mouth in your neighborhood or where you think there may be job oppor- tunities. Organize, with other students, a campaign in the com- munity to interest businessmen and others in providing more part-time jobs. Contact the Y's, the city recreation department, men's and women's service clubs, and your church groups for job possibilities. Begin in early spring to look for a summer job. Re- member, a summer job may be developed into a part-time job* for the rest of the year, and may later lead to a good, permanent job. BUT . •Materials on part-time and summer jobs are available on request from the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington 25, D.C. 10 STAY IN SCHOOL School is your big chance. It helps prepare you for the jobs that will bring lifetime rewards if you are ready for the opportunities. It's true that * 'lucky breaks" help, but remember that EDUCATION does too. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Glovernment Printing Office Washinsrton 25, D.C. - Price 10 cents U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1962— 0-642541 11 ERSITY OF FLORIDA