applicant for every position. They are
discussed here with special reference to
positions in education.

Not in every case are these factors the
ones which should determine an indi-
vidual’s employment; they are the ones
which, for good or evil, do determine it.
Note that five of the factors have to do
with the individual : his health, his intelli-
gence, his personality and character, his
education, preparation, and experience.
These are more or less within his con-
trol. He can do something about most of
them. One factor, Supply and Demand,
is associated with forces beyond the in-
dividual’s control, forces which presum-
ably operate impersonally, inexorably,
and which may set aside and nullify
much or all that the individual can do.
Largely beyond his control also are the
forces of emotion found in the factor of
Prejudice and Favoritism; and the ca-
price which enters into the play of Luck
or Chance. Even the basic factor of
Supply and Demand may be set aside by
Prejudice, Favoritism, Luck or Chance.

Supply and Demand is determined by
economic conditions and by political, fi-

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