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A  PRACTICAL  COMBINATION  OF
EMPLOYMENT  METHODS
The  various  phases  of  employment  have  now  been
discussed  separately.  None  of  these  phases,  taken  in
itself,  constitutes  a  solution  of  the  problem  of  employment. ­
  Nor  can  any  one  of  these  aspects  be  properly ­
  understood  until  it  is  related  to  the  employment
process  as  a  whole.  The  question  which  is  undoubtedly
uppermost  in  the  mind  of  practical  employment  experts
at  this  point  is:  How  can  the  various  phases  of  employment ­
  which  have  here  been  discussed  be  combined  into
a  single  and  complete  process  which  shall  be  practicable
for  the  ordinary  employment  office?  The  answer  to  this
question  will  be  based  largely  upon  the  actual  experience
of  the  writer  and  his  associates  in  applying  the  expedients
and  methods  which  have  here  been  described.  With  one
or  two  exceptions,  all  of  the  methods  discussed  have  been
applied  in  the  selection  of  applicants  and  the  exact  procedure ­
  governing  their  application  has  been  carefully
worked  out.
In  every  employment  process,  beginning  with  an  applicant’s ­
  appearance,  one  step  follows  another  in  a  fairly
definite  order,  until,  finally,  the  applicant  is  either  engaged ­
  or  rejected.  Therefore,  in  order  to  present  the
combination  of  employment  methods  as  clearly  and  as
practically  as  possible,  it  is  desirable  to  consider  each
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