I Want To Be A Secretary

Duration: 0:16:00

Genre: Educational

Creator: Coronet

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses clerical aptitudes and points out the preparation needed before one can become a secretary. Follows a young woman through her clerical training and job search. Shows pre-World War II offices and office workers, primarily women. One of Coronet's earliest educational films, Demonstrates how June Woods is helped by her high school vocational guidance counsellor to plan appropriate training for, and get a comprehensive view of the work in, the secretarial field. Mr. Adams arranges for her to visit the executive secretary of a large city office, where June gets an on-the-job picture of typical secretarial duties and gets her vocational questions answered by one actively engaged in such work.

Complete Record: Discusses clerical aptitudes and points out the preparation needed before one can become a secretary. Follows a young woman through her clerical training and job search. Shows pre-World War II offices and office workers, primarily women. One of Coronet's earliest educational films, NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.