276 EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY cant without any special training applies for some in definite kind of office work. The first step is to give her some general clerical tests, then some more specific tests such as the filing tests and arithmetical tests. On the basis of these tests it is possible to assign her at once to the work for which she seems best fitted, and also to establish a tentative rate of compensation. Once assigned to a certain kind of work in the vestibule school, the new em ployee is instructed in this work with the view of preparing her to assume that work as soon as possible in the main office. So far as practicable, the work of the vestibule school should consist of actual routine work taken from the main office, in order that all practice and instructions may have an immediate practical bearing upon the future work of the pupil. The same general procedure applies to a new employee who claims previous education and training. Take, for example, a stenographer who claims to be a graduate of some business school and to have a considerable amount of experience. Such an applicant is tested, first of all, for her ability to take dictation and transcribe, in order to discover the degree of proficiency which her training and experience have enabled her to acquire in these essentials. Besides this, she is given certain clerical and special in telligence tests, in order to determine what her natural capabilities are. On the basis of her performance in these tests, she is assigned to a certain type of work and given a tentative rating, after which she is given instructions in the work for which she seems best fitted. In all cases, the duration of the period of training depends entirely upon the initial ability of the pupil and the rapidity with which the pupil learns the work assigned. During this period each pupil is under continual ob