You and your work

You and your work is a short film from 1948 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Shows how a vocational guidance counselor helps a young man who has just lost his job to change his attitude and achieve success when allowed a second chance. The young man takes a job at a shoe store and after a while finds the work boring and tedio...

You and your work
Release date	1948
Running time	0:10:29

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71159

Summary

Shows how a vocational guidance counselor helps a young man who has just lost his job to change his attitude and achieve success when allowed a second chance. The young man takes a job at a shoe store and after a while finds the work boring and tedious. His performance on the job suffers as he comes in late to work and is intolerant towards customers. After he is fired, he goes to see the vocational guidance counselor about getting another job. The counselor suggests that each job can be boring or exciting. He states that if people take pride in their work no matter what they are doing, they will do well. He stresses the importance of personal satisfaction, pride of accomplishment and a sense of importance to others in enjoying a position. With this insight, the young man returns to work at the shoe store with the intention of taking pride in his work and enjoying it as well as he can. Soon he is given more responsibility by his employer and more pay. Eventually, he becomes the manager. Demonstrates the relationship between the attitude of the worker toward his work and the results of his work.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:10:29)

16mm

IUL Genres

IUL Subject

Job satisfaction

Vocational guidance

Motivation (Psychology).

Full Original Title

You and your work