What Business Thinks and Says

Abstract

Abstract There has been little question, particularly in the minds of business men, of the importance of desirable personal traits of employees. The unpleasant experience of business men during the war with employees lacking in desirable personality traits served to stress the importance of these qualifications. The following article, based upon a talk given by C. J. Peck to the graduating class of Jones Commercial High School, Chicago, points out some of the personality traits that business men desire of their employees. The school offering vocational training in the business field has a responsibility to strive toward the development of these personality traits as well as to give training in the skills. This former field of instruction has been slighted, not always because of the lack of recognition of the need for training, but because of the difficulty in developing and changing attitudes and personal behavior traits. As yet, no easy, well-defined methods have been devised for giving training in this ...