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The Use Of Shorthand As An Employment Criterion In Selected Utah Businesses, Robert Jon Ackley
The Use Of Shorthand As An Employment Criterion In Selected Utah Businesses, Robert Jon Ackley
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study was to gather data to answer the following:
(1) Is shorthand used as an employment screening device when there is little expectation of the use of that shorthand skill; and if it is, what are the competencies which employers believe individuals possess if they have completed a shorthand course?
(2) Are persons who have completed a course in a particular shorthand system (alphabetic, symbolic, or machine) as acceptable to employers for positions which require ability to take shorthand as persons who have taken a course in a different shorthand system; and if not, why are …