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A Study Of Data Processing Employment Opportunities For High School Graduates In The Ogden Area With Implications For Secondary Business Education, Val C. Stauffer

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

LaSalle found that while automation is increasing at an even accelerating pace, little emphasis is apparent in high school curriculums on the significance of automated processes for prospective office workers. He further stated that business education departments should study local situations and prepare students to qualify for available data processing employment.

The need for data processing training in the Ogden area is evident in the frequent requests by local employers for people trained in data processing.

A Study To Determine The Number, Type, And Requirements Of Office Entry-Level Jobs In Ogden, Utah, Banks, O. Shelby Cox

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This study was undertaken to determine the number, type, and requirements of entry-level office positions in Ogden, Utah, banks.

Questionnaires were taken to the participating banks in the Ogden, Utah, banking community. The responding banks indicated that they would consider recent high school graduates to all of the positions studied; however, a majority of the banks preferred to hire females rather than males to to the office positions studied.

All of the responding banks required some type of requirement for each of the office entry-level positions, and majority of the banks required a pre-employment test of the applicants. This information …