SEEKING POSITION BY WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1930, Page 7

SEEKING POSITION BY WIRELESS

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;V 1 (SYDNEY, July 31. The distinction' of . having been the first man, iii Australia to advertise ,for a position over the air is claimed by a New ZealandeT, Mr M. PMayze. Novel methods ar© needed in Australia. by any man who seeks a jyib, andMr Mayze certainly deserves to succeed.. His method was.'to/sponsor a half-hour session at one,'of tlie B 'class /stations in Melboufne, and during/that half hour he/emphasised his,' need > and, qualifications. Immediately his ■ session was • conpipleted, he received a telephone cnll/offering him a/ position. , f ; > • /“I was., extremely nervous when /1 faced the-microphone,”, he said. ‘.‘But, after it was all over- I received., several* congratulatory/messages..'l had • never broadcasted before, but I know what I wanted to say,. and/ in. spite or J my nervousness I" think I. said it, effectively:” : t Mr Mayze, who is 24,; was with the Public " Works Department in New . Zealand for several years,' attached to ; thfe .‘hydro-electric - branch./First. ofall he was a clerk,. and 'lateral©' be-came-.a 3/ ft, half years ago he came to . AuaPUilia, seeing in the Commonwealth the land of promise. ■; There to ,be some justification for that 'at the time. Anyway, he joined one of the' electrical firma>tn Melbourne, and he spent nine months on, the road ds: a. salesman.' He. also handled , inside sales in/an/organising position, but when ’the came to -the eletrieal trade,, to every other trade, ;he was dismissed. / ; . i .‘I aih (still'studying at', a'business college,’’//he said. ‘‘Selling, buying and accountancy and office organisation are/ my ' pet subjects.” . ‘ Perhaps v there are others who will • follow, the /example of this enterprising New/' Zealander. And they may . succeed/as, well as he has 'done until the. novelty of the thing wears off. . , -