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 lege, select a small one where you will receive individual instruction, and a school where only stenography, typewriting, spelling and English are taught. The average employer gives preference to the girl grounded in stenography over one who has a smattering of bookkeeping, stenography and general office work. Beware of the school that offers a diploma at the end of three months.

Be sure you read your notes, even single words, as you are learning.

This is the secret of quick, clean transcription. Of what avail is it to write a hundred words a minute and then take thirty minutes trying to decipher those same hundred words? Nothing is more detrimental to your interests than slow transcription.

Do not neglect your typewriting. Select one of the standard machines, and practice on it until you become rapid and accurate, and know every trick of the machine. When you are ready for a position, the knowledge of the machine will be of enormous value to you. Nearly all agencies of typewriter builders maintain an employment bureau, and the girl who is an expert on their machine is always recommended first. After taking an examination you can enroll at these employment agencies without charge.

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