Vintage Recruitment Ad is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on January 14th, 2018.
Vintage Recruitment Ad
This sign was spotted at the Swanage Railway Station as a museum piece of the history of the station and the British Railways. The age requirement,... more
Title
Vintage Recruitment Ad
Artist
Phyllis Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This sign was spotted at the Swanage Railway Station as a museum piece of the history of the station and the British Railways. The age requirement, detail wage information, and description of duties was eye opening to me. I can only wonder what response this ad generated.
According to Ken Sundheim, the birth of the modern recruiting industry, didn’t take place until the 1940’s as a result of WWII, when employment agencies began to advertise for workers who were not obligated to military service, in an effort to fill the void in the workplace left by those who were called to duty. The end of the war led to an influx of workers returning from the army, which meant headhunting companies became popular as a response to the growing workforce. The rest, as they say, is history.
But we’d like to take you back to a time when there were no recruiters, sourcers, headhunters or HR professionals. When the only people responsible for making hires were direct business owners and Masters of vast estates in the countryside. At that time, instead of the advanced ATS and job boards we use today, almost 100% of job advertisements circulating were placed in prominent national and local newspapers in a bid to catch the attention of the lower classes looking for employment.
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January 14th, 2018
