CHAPTER VI 
Hiring of Labor 
A successful business man once remarked that his 
success was due chiefly to the men whom he gathered 
Machines, around him. Human ability is a great busi- 
labor, and ness asset. To-day, more than ever before, 
efficiency. human element is the greatest factor in 
business operations. The best equipped plant cannot 
make a success unless properly skilled and trained men 
are in attendance. Again, skilled and trained labor can 
not overcome the handicap of poor machines and equip 
ment. The greatest efficiency is obtained by having the 
importance best possible machines and equipment, with 
of skilled skilled and trained laborers properly organized 
workers. anc i working together for the success of the 
business enterprise. Efficiency places particular stress 
and emphasis upon the working force, the human brains 
and the human hands which form the most important 
factor in any business undertaking. In obtaining effi 
ciency in a working force, the most difficult problem is the 
obtaining of men to perform the different tasks. 
The hiring of labor is an important work in every busi 
ness undertaking, but it is given little attention and 
The hirin stud y- * s recognized as true that the men 
of labor,"a whom an employer employs are the direct 
problem cause of his success or failure, yet it is only 
neglected recently that it is commencing to dawn upon 
the employer that a large share of the success 
of a working force comes from hiring the right kind of 
men for the several places in a business enterprise. The 
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