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Excerpt from Occupations: A d104book in Vocational Guidance In choosing his life work the young man faces a problem of vital importance, and he should act upon the best possible information and counsel. It is no satisfactory solution to leave him with the vague statement "The world lies before you," or to tell him "There is always room at the top"; nor is the matter settled by saying "You need more training." The young man learns after a time that the real test lies not so much in ambition and upward looking as in effort well directed. He then wants to know what may be done and where to take hold. In three different, yet closely related ways, the vocational needs of such a young man are being met. The first is vocational education, the movement represented by the rapidly increasing establishment of trade and technological schools. The second is vocational guidance administered through vocational counselors, a most valuable work initiated in Boston and fast spreading to other large cities. The third plan, vocational information, is based upon the view that when the young man has the vocational materials with which to think, and is stimulated by parent or teacher to make use of these data, his mind will generally shape up the right solution. In other words, he will eventually place himself in his life work. The plan of this book is a combination of vocational guidance and vocational information, with the emphasis placed strongly upon the latter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.