for "post-camp guidance" of youths who have returned to their home 
communities and have not been able to find employment. Such guid¬ 
ance ordinarily does not need to be extensive. But it is nonetheless 
important. 
It is evident that although there are essential differences 
in certain qualifications desired by industry and those desired by the 
Civilian Conservation Corps, there is a close parallel between the work 
of the business or industrial personnel director and that of the CCC 
selecting agent. Each is definitely a personnel representative of his 
organization. 
As a personnel representative of the Civilian Conservation 
Corps, therefore, the selecting agent’s job may be summarized briefly 
under the following general headings: 
1. To obtain thorough understanding of the purposes of the 
CCC, the nature and requirements of enrollee jobs (in¬ 
cluding all of camp life), and opportunities for train¬ 
ing, employment and advancement. 
2. To inform the community of the purposes, the requirements 
and the opportunities of the Civilian Conservation Corps 
and interpret the program in such manner as to enlist the 
interest of the maximum number of qualified applicants. 
3. To seek to discover what characteristics of applicants 
influence, or determine, their success as enrollees. 
4* To develop and apply a process of appraising applicants 
in terms of the success factors established. 
5. To make final selections based upon careful review of all 
the facts available, plus the use of discriminating judg¬ 
ment. 
6 . To have concern for the welfare and progress of enrollees 
in camp, and to provide such service functions on their 
behalf as are necessary and desirable. 
7. To assist enrollees to readjust themselves to their home 
communities, including useful suggestions concerning their 
search for suitable employment. 
Since it is the purpose of this book to provide helpful 
suggestions to selecting agents about the specific methods qy which 
they may most effectively and easily accomplish their work, its con¬ 
tent is arranged in exactly the order indicated in this list of re¬ 
sponsibilities • 
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