The Canadian Girl at Work: A Book of Vocational GuidanceWillison, Marjory MacMurchy, Lady
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The Canadian Girl at Work: A Book of Vocational Guidance
Willison, Marjory MacMurchy, Lady
Women -- Employment -- Canada; Women -- Vocational guidance -- Canada
We should learn not to try too hard, or be over anxious about work.
Once an old gentleman who had taken up golf late in life said that his
caddy had taught him a great lesson. "You are too anxious." the little
boy said. "Just do as well as you can and don't be so anxious. You would
play a better game that way."
We do not always believe when we are learning that work will be enjoyable.
We have to learn _how to work_ before we can get the full enjoyment from
our occupation. You had to learn how to skate and how to dance before you
enjoyed skating and dancing. Trying to skate and trying to dance and being
awkward, and not knowing how, does not give one the full enjoyment of
skating and dancing. But when we do know how and have become skilful, how
delightful these recreations are! When we know how to work, work also is
full of enjoyment.
It is well to remember that work is a permanent part of our lives. Do not
think of it, therefore, as a harsh or unfriendly part of life, but realize
the meaning of employment as one of our greatest possessions. It is a means
by which we can enter into the full enjoyment of our own faculties and
which helps us to understand the importance of life. The comradeship of
work is very real and lasting. The girl who goes forward, therefore, into
her life's work with a determination to do her best, while she will often
meet hard problems, is certain to find usefulness and happiness in her
employment.
LIST OF OCCUPATIONS
Accompanying, see music.
Accounting.
Acting.
Advertising.
Anaesthetist.
Architecture.
Auditing.
Banking.
Basketry.
Bee-keeping.
Blouse making.
Bookbinding.
Bookkeeping.
Business managing and owning.
Butter making.
Buying, see store employment.
Candy making.
Canning.
Care of children.
Catering.
Cheese making.
Chemical industry.
Children's clothes making.
Children's nurse.
China decorating.
Chiropody.
Civil service.
Commercial traveller.
Companion.
Composition, see music.
Comptometer operating.
Concert singing and playing.
Confidential clerk.
Cooking.
Costume designing.
Dancing.
Deaconess.
Dentistry.
Designing fabrics, wall papers, etc.
Dictaphone operating.
Dietetics.
Domestic science:
Cook, special cooking, dietitian, manager of clubs, hotels, restaurants,
tea rooms and cafeterias, lecturer, teacher, writer.
Domestic service, see house employment.
Draughting.
Drawing.
Dressmaking:
Designing, sewing, buying, machine operating, managing and owning.
Embroidery.
Employment expert.
Enameling.
Entertainer.
Etching.
Expert in flour testing.
Factory employment:
Machine operators, designers, forewomen, stenographers, bookkeepers,
nurses, dietitians, welfare workers, travellers, managers and owners.
Farm work for women:
Farm managing, bee-keeping, plant growing, flower growing, poultry and
eggs, butter, milk and cheese, vegetables, fruit growing.
Farm managing.
Florist.
Flower growing.
Food demonstrating.
Fruit growing.
Governess.
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