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examination were assigned. In this respect, a job analysis 
giving the physical characteristics of the work is very 
important because it will enable the employment service 
and medical service to cooperate more closely in assigning 
men to the work for which they are physically best 
adapted. It will prevent the choosing of men with a 
hernia for work requiring heavy lifting. It will reduce the 
chances for giving pedestrian work to men or women who 
have a tendency to fallen arches. It will prevent a large 
number of accidents, and will greatly lessen one of the 
most important causes of labor turnover. 
From the psychological point of view, nothing does 
more to upset a worker’s state of mind and make him 
discontented with his job than physical incompatibility. 
However, unless the employment interviewer has a clear 
and definite knowledge of the physical aspects of jobs, he 
can not avoid producing misfits. Moreover, unless there 
is a thorough understanding between the interviewer and 
the applicant about the nature of the job, trouble is sure 
to follow. It may seem foolish to tell an applicant that a 
job is hot or dirty; but here honesty is the best policy. 
If an applicant is hired for a dirty job without having 
been acquainted with that fact beforehand, he may start 
work but quit after a few days or a few weeks, and thereby 
cause the loss of a considerable amount of time and effort, 
as well as make it necessary to go through the whole 
process of hiring once more. If an applicant is told 
that a job is dirty, he may accept it nevertheless and not 
mind it; while, if he refuse the job, not much has been 
lost. Naturally, some discretion must be used in this 
matter. A job which would be considered dirty by one 
man would not necessarily be considered so by another 
man. The relativity of sensations and feelings is one of