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EIGHT FACTORS
IN EMPLOYMENT *

MPLOYERS and registrants are aware

that eight factors determine em-

ployment. They are listed approxi-
mately, but only approximately, in the
order of their importance:

[1] . . Supply and Demand

D2. Education and Preparation
CS | Experience

[ 4] Personality and Character
ro 1.;.,,.rntelugerce

[6] . Health

ty Prejudice and Favoritism
[38] Luck or Chance

More than 5000 business and school
executives have checked these. Virtually
all agree they are fundamental. Some or
all of them operate in the case of every

* By Clyde R. Miller, Director of the Bureau of
Educational Service, and Associate Professor of
Education, Teachers College, Columbia University.
School executives and teachers in charge of classes
studying vocations occasionally ask for permission to
use this statement of factors which determine em-
ployment. Such permission usually is granted if ap-
plication is made to the Bureau of Educational
Service. Reprints can be supplied at cost, or permis-
sion to reprint may be obtained.

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