. Bell telephone magazine . r questions. Acommon plan is for the employees touse this opportunity to give theirfriends who are prospective employ-ees a close view of what the companyhas to offer. Incentives maintain the employees are thankedgenerously for their aid by people inthe organization who are close tothem, other methods are also include a recruiting news sheet—Recruit-her—for example, whichpublicizes the results by groups andgives the names of participating em-ployees, and an Iionor roll posted inthe office. A novel idea is the chainposter, which features t


. Bell telephone magazine . r questions. Acommon plan is for the employees touse this opportunity to give theirfriends who are prospective employ-ees a close view of what the companyhas to offer. Incentives maintain the employees are thankedgenerously for their aid by people inthe organization who are close tothem, other methods are also include a recruiting news sheet—Recruit-her—for example, whichpublicizes the results by groups andgives the names of participating em-ployees, and an Iionor roll posted inthe office. A novel idea is the chainposter, which features the photo-graph and name of the employee whorecommended the new employee, fol-lowed by the photographs and namesof all other new employees added tothe force as a result of hiring theoriginal girl. Other activities are informal lunch-eons at which participating employeesare entertained, and the recruitingdance—for whicli employees qualifytlirough participation in the recruit- 1946 Hiring a Quarter of a Million Women 141. High school students^ visitinga telephone buildings take partin the companys Teen andTwenty Time radio program^one of its many recruiting ac-tivities. Right: A^stiir fromthe Bell Systeins Hollywoodmovie Step High Ing plan. At one such dance, whichwas preceded by a well planned cam-paign Involving bulletin board post-ers, booster handouts, and easel dis-plays, the ballroom of a large hotelwas engaged. In attendance were640 employees and their additional employees were ac-quired as a result of the campaign,while stimulation was given to theentire program of recruiting throughthe employees. Making Our Needs Known The place to which most people gowhen they are seeking employment Isthe want-ad section of the the approach Is direct—thekinds of positions open are stated, and the advantages are describedcompletely and attractively. Strik-ing captions are used and In manycases pay Is highlighted. While tele-phone company pay Is good, man


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